Farrer Scholarships for Wheat Students
WITH the object of perpetuating the memory of the late William Farrer and his rare achievements in the field of wheat-breeding and improvement, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 69
Pastoral, Prospects
Yesterday was again gloomy, and a [?] rain fell in the afternoon. Up to [?] sent the stock have fared well, because [?] was an abundance of dry feed in the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diseased Cattle
On Thursday, at the Police Court, before Messrs A. Grainger and D. M'Dougall, Js.P., an order was granted for the condemnation and destruction of one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mortality in Cattle. Dairy Cows Affected
An unknown disease has broken out in several dairy herds in the Allora district, Queensland. The cows affected are seized with staggering, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales
At the wool sales yesterday prices realised were:—Tiraumea, 6½d; Kiwi, 7½d; Orni,8 3/8d; Dieta, 81/8d; Wilga Plain, 9¼d; Yullundry, 10¼d; Bimbah, 221/8d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy. Over-run in Butter. an American View
How to obtain the proper over run in butter is a matter that has been discussed very much of late years. It has claimed the attention of our beat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farrer Scholarships for Wheat Students
With the object of perpetuating the memory, of the late William Farrer and his rare achievements in the field of wheat-breeding and improvement, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advance in Price of Butter. a Rise of 22/ Per Cwt. Sydney
It was decided at a meeting of Sussex-street dairy merchants this morning to further increase the price of butter by 22/ per cwt. from Monday morning next. The merchants state there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grading the Dairy Herd
The following paragraph was written by Mr. P. H. Suter, the Dairy Expert attached to the Department of Agriculture and Stock in South Australia, and is published in his annual…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Farmers' Congress
Although the daily press now gives special prominence to the man on the land, and his needs and interests, the farmers as a class do not often come into public notice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. News and Notes. Sheltering Cows in Winter
It is not so long since it was customary for the farmer to turn out his cows in an weathers, winter as well as summer. It mattered not whether the thermometer…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers and Settlers' Conference
The Farmers and Settlers Conference, sitting in Sydney, carried a motion on Wednesday that the Lands Department bo administered by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strange Disease in Sheep
Messrs. Rouse Brothers, of Biraga[?] station are experiencing bad luck with their sheep, especially the stud ewes. A few days ago a manager turned some of the letter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales
At the wool sales yesterday prices realised for the clips mentioned were:—Mangaohane 7½d: Crissoge, 9d: Mutto, 9½: Eulandool, 9½; Beaumont, 9 3/4 ; Gnoolooma, 9 7/4 d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market
Hill, Clark and Co., report—Wool: The enquiry for parcels of good wools still continues at values based on last sales. For faulty or short staple lets the demand is dull and values slightly lower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Rise in Butter. 180 Per Cwt
It was decided at a meeting of Sussex-street dairy merchants at Sydney on Saturday to further increase the price of butter by 22/- per ewt from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Almost a Butter Famine. Another Big Advance
OWING to the great scarcity of butter in New South Wales and to the interstate baying orders in Sydney (especially from Melbourne and Hobart),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farm and Dairy. Boots for Dairy Animals
Roots as part of the ration have a decided value for all kinds of domestic animals. Professor T. F. Hunt and associates, in a recent bulletin of the New York Cornell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Dairy Farming Will Do for the Soil
"There is nothing of more importance to all humanity than the fertility of the soil; dependent upon it is the life of every living thing. The future strength, power, and welfare of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Does Farming Ray?
Mr. Nicholls, the hon. secretary of the Narridy branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau, read at a recent meeting a short paper on this subject, says the official journal. What he…
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