Commercial. WOOL
Messrs Schute, Bell and Co, Ltd., wool and produce brokers, report under date 27th March:—Prices continue firm in London, with an improving…
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Farming & the land, 1911
791 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 40
Doubling the Year's Wheat Crop. A New Discovery
A cutting has b[?]en forwarded by the Acting Trades Commissioner for South Africa in London, from the "Daily Mirror" of the 1Oth October, relative…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General. Good Wool Prospects
John Bridge and Company Limited Sydney, write us that their cable of the close of the London sales shows that all the better classes of merino…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horse and Sheep Sale Large Attendance. (By Our Special Reporter.)
Messrs Lavercombe and Moove, in conjunction with Messrs J S Leeds and Co., of Orange, held an important sale of horses and sheep at the local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy. Causes of Poor Milk
The Swiss have come about as near reducing the dairy business to a science as any people on earth. It is said that they are very particular to preserve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denmark's Dairy Cows. Two Breeds Favored
The million dairy, cows of Denmark are confined almost exclusively in two breeds — the Danish Red, of New Zealand and the islands, and the Jyske, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmyard Manure
It is more or less the general practice in handling manure to cart it from the farmyard, pile it in heaps of [?]ying sizes until the time comes to plough the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Father Op Pianos. Mr. Brinsmead Passes. a Devonshire Farmer
We regret, writes the 'Daily Mail" of, February 19th, to announce the death of Mr John Brinsmead, the veteran pianoforte manufacturer, which has taken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Wool Trade
MESSRS Goldsbrough Mort and Co's Annual Review for 1910-11, isto hand, from which we take the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wyalong Branch
A MEETING of the above was held at Wheeler's Hotel on Saturday last. Present—Mr J. Jones (President)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer
No class of cattle in America of late years has grown so much in demand as the dual-purpose kind. The time is ripe for the dual-purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of a Wheat Farm
Messrs John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report having Bold for Mr. Edward Culnane, his "Yarra Glen" wheat farm near Germanton,…
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Lindley, Walker and Co., grain brokers and export agents, Sydney, report under date 31st March as follows:—The weakness in the general…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Commercial. WOOL
Messrs Schute Bell and Co, Ltd., report under date 3rd April:—The London sales have closed with prices at the highest point of the series,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Value of Butter Factories As Cash Distributors
What a butter factory in a district means is indicated in its regular distribution of cash, which, compared with the one crop one payment a year…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →[?]Original Correspondence. While our columns are freely open to correspondents, it must be distinctly understood that we do not hold our selves responsible for opinions expressed, nor do we necessarily agree with them.—ED. G. the Farmers and the Referenda. (To the Editor of the CHAMPION.)
SIR,—As a farmer, and one who has growo wheat as well as bred horses, cattle, sheep and pigs in thisdistrier, I am thoroughly in sympathy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parkes Dairy Company
During the month of March the Parkes Dairy Co received 30,306lbs of cream at the factory for treatment, which produced 14,123lbs of butter,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming Notes
Do not let the heifer form the habit of drying up early; if she is allowed to do this the first season she will be inclined to do the same…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What is Dry Farming? And What Is Drought?
Discussing the question 'What is dry farming?' at the recent Dry Farming Conference) in Adelaide, Mr H C L Anderson said he would call all…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Farmer. the Keeping of Butter
Brine, used for salting butter, is made by dissolving as much salt in water as is possible. Salt should be added to the water until no more…
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