Muswellbrook Cattle Market
Messrs. Edward Higgens, parkinson and Co. report having yarded about 900 cattle on Friday last, comprising chiefly steers from 18 months to 2½ years. Buyers were in good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 69
Ophthalmia In Sheep
Mr R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experiment Farm, New South Wales, reports in the November number of the "Agricultural Gazette" of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Butter in London
Never since Australia first shipped her surplus butter to the home markets has the price been so high as at present. For a month it has been steadily rising. until the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Sales
the wool sales yesterday the following were realised for the clips mentioned:— [?]lie, 121d: Jerilderic. 10[?]d; Dunumbral, [?] Isis Downs. 12[?]d; Mutte, 11[?]d;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
HARRISON JONES AND DEVLIN REPORT: We submitted on Wednesday a catalogue of 3672 bales, comprising a varied selection of useful wools, most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supplies of Sheep at Homebush
Since the late bountiful [?]ains the supplies of sheep to the Homebush yards have materially decreased, and values have considerably improved in stockowners' favour. For…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dearth of Labor. N.Z. Farmers Lose Valuable Crops
There is a greath dearth of farm labor in New Zealand. An Auckland paper records a case in which a farmer had a fine crop of cocksfoot to harvest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmyard Manure and Fertility
During the recent European International Agricultural, Congress, Professor Stoklosa read an interesting paper on the subject of Farm Manure and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Field. Authrax Bacillus
Some curious facts have been observed, says "Medical Notes and Queries," in the varying powers if resistance to the anthrax bacillus, among…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy. Operating the Home Separator
The points of importance in the proper order in successfully operating a horse separator are as follow:—First.—The speed of the separator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Washing Dairy Utensils
In America lime water is largely used instead of soda for washing dairy utensils. Prof. Farrington says:—The creameries, which years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy Bull
The selection of a dairy bull is [?] difficult matter. For the dairy herd on[?] must have a bull that can product milkers, if he is to really improve the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magnificent Dairy Lands
The cutting up of the magnificent Ben Lomond lands, on the fertile New England tableland—a district that has never known a drought—offers a splendid opportunity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. a Splendid Rainfall
Reports to hand indicate that the drought has practically broken up in all parts of the State. Good ruins are reported from many inland stations, the principal falls being Molong…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bowthorne Butter Factory
Mr. John Lavis, manager of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, although claiming to have done really well, states that the particulars supplied in Saturday's issue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Cattle Trade
The Hon. Sydney Fisher. Minister of Agriculture, at a meeting of stock raisers held at Ottawa said he did not favour the provision for cold storage facilities at Liverpool, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales
[?] the wool sales which closed yesterday, were sold to home buyers 20,000 bales, to Continue 70,000. to America 6000, and 3100 held over. Compared with December…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Wheat
The wool traffic on the railways showed a considerable falling-off last week, the quantit[?] received at Darling Harlour, Newcastle, and Morpeth being 2724 bales. which was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auction Sales. Big Yardings of Cattle and Sheep
The recent bountiful rains have evidently given a filip to the stock market, and sales of an extensive character are announced in our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Sydney Wool Market
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Our catalogue on Thursday was comprised almost entirely of greasy wool, which included a few clips in good…
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