The Farmer. Eggs by Weight, Count, and Measure
THERE is a great deal of difference in the size of eggs, and therefore a difference in the [?]tritive value per dozen when used for domestic purposes…
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Farming & the land, 1884
57 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 3 of 3
Late Telegrams. John Spencer Bites his Wife's Hise Off. Six Months in Gaol only. Bus Driver Delaying the Trams. Sir Henry Parkes Crops of Again. Floods in Dubbo. Attempted Suicide. Sydney, Monday night
AT the Central Police Court to-day, a man named John Spencer was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for brutally assaulting his wife. It appears…
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Messrs. Mort and Co. wired from Sydney on Wednesday night:—We offered 2560 bales of wool at auction to-day, and sold 1850 bales at from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]e farmer. Health of Hogs
THERE are many things to observe in preserving the health and growth of hogs, especially where a farmer has a large number of them. The common saying is, "as dirty as a hog."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notice to Pastoral Lessees. Department of Mines, [?] Occupation of Lands Branch [?] Sydney, 7th November, 1884
THE leases of runs which expire on 31st December, 1884, will not be renewed under the provisions of the present Land Acts, but payment of rent of such runs will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market
MESSRS. MO[?]T and Co., of Sydney, wired on Wednesday night as follows:— We offered 4350 bales of wool at our auction sales to-day. There was a very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The farmer. Care of Grass Lands
GRASS is tre[?] with greater neglect and abuse than anything on the farm; it is trodem under foot, it gets no fertilisation; and yet we expect abundant pasture and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cooma Wool Exhibits
THE schedule of prizes to be given by Cooma Pastoral, Agricultural, and Ploughing Association, published in last issue, is co[?]ding the attention of the [?]ockowners of Manaro…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market
MESS[?], MORT AND CO. wired form Sydney on Wednesday night:—We offered 4500 bales of wool at suction to-day, and hold over 3000 bales at from 7d. to 11 ld. per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turkey Farming in California
ALONG the foot of the Sierra Nevada on the west side, intervening between the foothills proper and the great alluvial plain, there is a strip of barren land from one to five miles in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Surface Stirring for Fruit Trees
MR. P. PARRY, a leading American nursery-man, gives the following opinion on this subject: "According to my observation, where-ever the soil was kept finely pulverised and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market
MESSRS. [?] and Co. wired from Sydney on Monday night, as follows:—We offered 5200 balce of wool at auction to-day. There was a large attendance of local and foreign buyers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market
MESSRS.MORT and Co. wired from Sydney on Wednesday night as follows:— We offered 3200 bales of wool for sale to-day, and sold 2500 bales at prices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R. Goldsbrough and Co's Wool Warehouses
IN a circular from Darling Harbour, Sydney, dated December 6th, Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. (limited) remark:— "We have the pleasure to inform you that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The farmer
EVERY farm should be an experiment station, and every farmer an experimenter, We don't mean by this that the whole farm and the whole time of the farmer should be devoted to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market
MESSRS. MORT and Co. wired the following report from Sydney on Wednesday night:—We have sold 3200 bales of wool since last report. Greasy sold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. Rational Agriculture
ALL soils not naturally barren when in a virgin state are capable of sustaining what may be termed their normal amount of vegetation, and they will continue to do so long as…
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