Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting
The fourth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative butter factory, limited, was held in the office. Bowthorne, yesterday afternoon. Mr…
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Farming & the land, 1909
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Foot-rot in Sheep. Methods Op Treatment
Footrot may be caused by splinters or other matter getting into the foot. It is most common amongst sheep running on boggy pastures, especially if they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sheep-Killing Parrot. the New Zealand Kea
Of the many strange und interesting birds which inhabit New Zealand none has attracted more attention than the gay but criminal little kea, or mountain parrot. By…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →COMMERCIAL Sydney Wool Sales. Winchcombe, Carson & Co REPORT
At our sale on Monday the market was very brisk and prices ruled fully equal to the best retes of the previous week. The attendance of buyers was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Hews by Wire. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon. Big Shipments of Wool
The steamer Gotingen, which leaves on Monday for Bremen, takes away a record shipment of wool, 17,400 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy. Cleaning Dairy Utensils. Foundation of Success. Some Useful Hints
Whatever may be the conditions under which the modern dairyman works, tho bedrock principle, which must always be adhered to if success is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dissatisfied Victorians. Farmers Grossing Into New South Wales
The following is reprinted from a recent issue of the Kerang Observer, a Victorian newspaper:—"Rather a peculiar sight was witnessed in Kerang…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Essentials in Dairying
The first thing of course, is to Lave the right sort of cows to produce the milk; the second is to have the right sort of appliances in dealing with the milk when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Field. News and Notes
The Victorian Departments of Agriculture and Education are sending out ever 300 of various seeds to State schools for experimental purposes. The demand is…
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The Agricultural Department finds itself, thanks to the generous David Berry bequest, in a favourable position for establishing on the South Coast a Dairy School and Veterinary College. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Farmers and the Agricultural Department
There is we believe, a fairly widespread belief that our old-established farmers on the Lower Hunter have not much to learn from the export officers of the Agricultural Department. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers' Meeting at Broke
On Wednesday night Mr John Perry, vice-president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, visited Broke, for the purpose or urging the necessity for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Settlers
On Saturday night last Mr John Perry, ex-M.L.A., addressed a meeting at Clarence Town, under the auspices of the Glen William branch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Arrivals
as of wool number 422,000 bales. 236,500 have been forwarded di the manufacturer, and there are for the next series, with those from the last series, 194,500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell, and Co. report :—The selling season is closing strongly competition continuing animated for all descriptions, especially when the fact that the bulk of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Notes for Farm and Dairy. Cleansing Dairy Utensils
Many people who handle milk do not know how to clean utensils properly. The absurdity of first scalding and then washing with cold water must be evident to any one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soil Renovating Crop
A farmers' bulletin just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture contains the following note on the value of cowpeas and other leguminous crops, not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£100 Butter-fat Prize
The result of the Bangalow A. and I. Society's £100 butter-fat prize for 10089 has been made public. The prize winner is Mr. J. J…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Wool Market
Dalgety and Company, Limited report:—At our closing sales in the weekly series on March 2nd we submitted a catalogue of 600 bales. The selection in the grease was a fair to good one. while in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Sporting News. Tips for To-morrow. Warwick Farm Races. Sydney
"Martindale's " tips for Warwick Farm races to-morrow are as follow:—Liverpool Mile—Maesmore, Myra Bluan, Rose Ray…
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