Strange Sheep Disease
Mr Cotton, Cobar Stock Inspector, in company with Mr J D Stewart, Veterinary Surgeon from Sydney, have been investigating two peculiar…
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Farming & the land, 1901
356 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 18
N Z Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Wool
Report having submitted 1348 bales at auction, on the 2nd. inst. The feature of the catalogue was the inclusion of…
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Judges: Messrs. John James, Robert Clark James Baylis, Edward Ingram, and J. A. Badgery. Bull, 3 years and over: John Grant's…
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Judges: Messrs. Geo. Oldham, J. Wi[?] and J. S. Agnew. Best pen of five merino wethers, 1st [?] £5 5s., presented by the Fat Stuck Salesmen0…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Smoko" Sheep Shearing Machine
Not many years back the idea of Shea[?] sheep by machinery was laughed at as fanciful impossibility, but in this marvellou age of progress there seems to be almost [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →M'Dougall's Non=Poisonous Sheep Dip
If there is one question more than smother of interest to this State it is the improvement of our staple product—wool. To effect an increase of even a quarter of a pound in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?]Rm and Dairy Produce
[?]ess, feed, white (one bushel): W. B. [?] faize, largo yellow or flint (one dozen cobs [?] two bushels thrashed), first prize…
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The large crowd which thronged the building where the exhibits from the Governmental farms were displayed told its own story of deep interest and the desire to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poisoning of Cattle
A singular case of mortality among cattle was reported to the district stock inspector, Mr R G Dulhunty, on Monday, by a drover named E…
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Mr W G Salsbury writes to the Nyngan Observer: Allow me space to remark on the strange disease in sheep at Cobar to which reference was made…
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Getting rid of Horns.—For stopping the growth, of horns on calves this mixture has been successfully used in experiments conducted by the United…
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The following may interest members of the various branches of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association in this district:-- " Subjects for debate at Annual Conference,…
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A GENERAL meeting of the Bygalorie and Milby Landholders Association was held at Forest Vale, on 13th instant, to consider the F. & S. manifesto…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Notes. Wheat-growing and Pig-breeding
For many years the price of wheat, our staple of life, has been steadily declining and there seems to be little hope of it ever recovering its former…
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THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD., report for week ending April 27th, 1901— Wool.—That there have been no auctions held in the local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homebush Sales. Thursday, 2Nd May, 1901. CATTLE
1,041 yarded, mainly medium and light quality; a number of calves was also included. There was a good attendance of the trade, but the supply…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming Notes. Keeping Fowls Free From Insect Vermin
The "American Game-Keeper" gives the following simple directions for protecting setting hens against lice and mites, which is their besetting…
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PITT, SON & BADGERY, LIMITED, report— Wheat.—We have little fresh to report; prices remain unchanged with a fair am[?]unt of business doing. Quotations —Prime milling 2s 6d to 2s 7d per bushel; good, 2s 4d to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Piney Range Branch Farmers and Settlers' Association
A meeting of the above was held on Saturday last. Present :—Messrs. J. Flinn (chair), Bristow, J. A. Russell, M. Leonard, D. Burge, T. and J. Cleary, P. A. Madden, and J. S. Macintosh (see.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Notes. Pig-breeding—a Paying Industry
Some years ago a friend of this scribe, having made a lump of money by the sale of a mine, decided to increase it by going extensively into pig-raising…
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