Late News by Wire. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon. Liver Fluke in Cattle
A case of liver-fluke—the first of its kind in the district—has been discovered among a dairy herd at Murwillumbah, causing much anxiety to farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 50 of 69
Dairy Produce
Box of butter, Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company. Ltd. 1 and 2, Gordon and Butter suitable for export, Singleton Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd. 1 and 2. Fresh factory…
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Wheaten chaff, C. H. Dight 1 and 2. Lucerne chaff, John Lonergan, junr. 1 and 2. Ensilage (sweet), R. S. Reynolds. Ensilage (sour) R.S. Reynolds. Sorghum, implice, or sugarcane, G…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Field. News and Notes
Rain has been recorded generally over the State, except in the extreme north-west. Splendid rains have fallen throughout South Australia, and a good harvest is assured…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairy Utensils
Pails, strainers, and cans made of peer quality of tin and badly coast[?] are responsible for a considerable quantity of bad flavoured milk and cream writes J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Striking Dairying Statistics
We make no apology for constantly insisting upon the necessity for the systematic testing of the individual members of the dairy herd with a view to the rigorous…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm Produce. Judges: E. O'Keefe and J. T. Kirkwood
Although there was a railing off in entries in this section, the quality or the exhibits was above the average, the display of vegetables being a good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Produce. Judge: M. A. O'Callaghan
Dairy produce was well represented in butter, cream, bacon, hams, and eggs. Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd,. had a splendid exhibit of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Receipts
The wool is not coming forward very rapidly. For the season from June 1 last, the quantity received at the Sydney depots amounted to 62,806 bales, which is a decrease of 21,184 bales, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Trucks. Ordering in Advance
A phase of the truck difficulty is put by a gentleman writing from the country to a relative in Sydney. He sees much trouble ahead if the railway authorities take orders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm and Dairy. Seed Potatoes
We used a machine for cutting seed two seasons (says a practical cultivator in the "Farmer"), but found its use resulted in too many ill-shaped seed pieces, and now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lucerne for Dairy Cows
D. H. Otis, professor of animal nutrition at the Colleges of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, has just completed a special study of the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Self-reliant Farmers
A meeting of Bolwarra farmers interested in the upkeep of the embankments raised to keep out floods decided to spend £500 in heightening and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Butter Boxes
Respecting the exporting of butter to Great Britain from Queensland, a Sydney contemporary on the 10th instant stated that it was reported by the English mail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Real Pigmy Sheep
Mr. Albert Jamrach, the famous animal expert, has (says the "Daily Express"), imported some picturesque pigmy sheep from Orenberg, in Siberia. These little…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Although arrivals of wools have been materially delayed by the recent rains in parts of the State, there will be about 11,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm and Dairy Spraying Fruit Trees
Mr. G. A. Jones writes from Dromaderry:—I have about 700 orchard trees, and everyone says they are the cleanest trees they have ever seen. I attribute their cleanliness…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm Harness
Horses are subject to diseases that are not only highly contagious to other animals, but to man also. Any article that animals so afflicted come into contact with are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Knowledge in Farming
It's plain as a red barm on a side hill (says an exchange) that the business of farming has reached a sharp turn in the road, that the ranks of the soil tillers are rapidly being separated into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ownership of Wheat
An application on behalf of C. F. W. Lloyd, official liquidator of the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., for directions as to what should be done with certain wheat, stored…
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