Sheep Following the Shepherd
For many years (says a writer in the Melbourne Australasian) I have protested against the excessive use of the dog when working among sheep…
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Farming & the land, 1891
21 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2
Loss in Weight of Cattle in Transit
THE Agricultural Department of the Irish Land Commission has issued the following particulars relating to a lot of twelve 22 months old shorthorn…
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IT is generally conceded by those engaged in the Australian wool trade that although sheep-breeders have made considerable advancement of late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep and Wool
ON "Losses in Sheep" Mr. J. Pottie, veterinary surgeon, writes as follows:— During this excessive wet weather and the cold months to follow, sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australian Wool Sales
London, Friday, Noon.—Large numbers of buyers have announced their intention of attending the coming sales of wool in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairying Industry
THE American Analyst makes the dairy industry an immense one, and estimates that £460,000,000 are invested in it, and that, 15,000,000 cows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Stage
WHATEVER satisfaction may have been afforded the general public by the various improvements that have been made in connection with the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proverbs from the Farm
The cat is always friendly at milking time. Never inform the calf which way you wish to drive him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Butter
Coconut butter in a new food staff which seems to have a useful future before it. According to a report by the British Vice-consul at Berlin, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sheep Classing and Wool Classing
THE following is taken from the Australian:— A great many of the flockmasters in New South Wales and Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian v. American Wool
ALTHOUGH in the colonies the Vermont Merino has been pushed to a high position as a woolgrower, readers of American farm journals will note…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombala Sheep and Horse Show. Bombala
The seventh annual sheep and horse show took place yesterday. The weather was anything but favorable, snow falling up to 10 a.m., and it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rust on the Farm
Tools and implements are damaged more by rust and exposure to alternate rain and sunshine than by actual usage. Rain and dew will rast the bright…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAtching and Waiting in Farming
How true is this in many fanning operations. If the glass is lowering and the weather unsettled, there is great advantage in waiting. Grass…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coolness of Crimp in Wool
IT has been the popular notion this the fineness of wool fibre increase with the closeness of the crimp of the wool. This idea is completely con…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →[?] Farmers Desire [?] of Policy
WHILE [?] by [?] other day (says a correspondent of a leading British contemporary) I happened to meet a Briton who was spending a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sheep Stealing Cases against Thomas Woodcroft
The rapid increase in the crime of sheep-stealing has been noticeable all over the colonies, and bus begun to assume alarming dimensions. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmers and the Trades Hall
UNDER the heading, "No, Certainly Not,' said Mr. Sitch," the correspondent of the Tatura Herald, who signs himself " Forrester," writes as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool versus Grease
THE following letter addressed to the Australasian (Melbourne) has been forwarded to us for publication:— Sir,—I am glad to see that my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Market. [Daily Telegraph Special Letter.]
LONDON, November 6, 1891.—The wool trade, on the whole shows a slight but by no means a marked improvement this week chiefly due to brighter, colder…
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