Farming on Shares
A plan of farming on shares is practised in some parts of tho United States of America. It is worked as follows :—Where dairy farms are furnished with cows and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1884
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Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of the Committee of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held yesterday at the Royal Hotel. Ur Q. Currie occupied the chair; and the following members were also present:—Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bloat in Cattle
THERE is no way of preventing bloating when cattle are feeding either upon alfalfa or clover, as the beasts overeat under certain conditions. When their digestive organs are a little out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
Messrs Buxton, Ronald and Co., telegraph us dated London, 12th Jnne.— “ Wool sales—Current sales have closed very firmly ; prices for crossbreds and merino are steady. 360,000 bales have been offered to date, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral [?] Orrion. Denllin[?], Friday Deveining, June 18, 1884
The change in the weather which occurred on Tuesday morning last l mast opportune, and very considerable benefit must result from it. The days and nights are extremely cold, but the froths which have visited us…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Items of American Farming
ON the present exciting subject of American farming, there occur the following items in the letter of a correspondent of The Times: "Farming on a scale unparalleled except…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Bloat in Cattle
THERE is no way of preventing bloating when cattle are feeding either upon alfalfa or clover, as the beasts over[?] under certain conditions. When their digestive organs are a little out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, June 12
The wool sales closed to-night. The number of bales catalogued has been 355,000, of which 37,000 have been reserved for the next sales, commencing in August. Over half the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The farmer. Items of American Farming
ON the present exciting subject of American farming, there ocour the following items in the letter of a correspondent of The Times: "Farming on a scale unparalleled except…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening. June 20, [?]
The district has [?] been, visited with some splendid showers of rain. 35 points [?] on Sunday. 20 on Monday and 35 on Wednesday, making a total of 90 points for the week. The total rainfall since the beginning of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture. Exhaustion of Colonial Soils. Editor of MacIver's Farmer's Annual. Lecturer on Agriculture, Technical College, Sydney
THE ash-constituents and also the nitrogen of farm plants are obtained from the soil, whilst the carbon, oxygen and hydrogen which, by the way, form by far the greater…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool, Sheepskins, Rides. & c. MELBOURNE
Messrs. MONCKTON D.SYNNOTBROS report:-Sheepskins-We quote:-Butchers’ green skins, merinos, 2s 9d to 5s 3d each; crossbreds, 2s 6d to 4s 6s [?]; lamb skins, 2s to 3s do; butchers’…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Why Wheat Alone ? (From the S. A. Mail.)
It has now been evident for a long time that if wo wish to lay the foundations of a sound and lasting prosperity we must not trust to the cultivation of wheat alone, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agriculture. Exhaustion of Colonial Soils. Editor of MacIvor's Farmer's Annual. [?] on Agriculture, Technical College, Sydney
THE ash-constituents and also the nitrogen of farm plants are obtained from the soil, whilst the carbon, oxygen and hydrogen which, by the way, form by far the greater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin. Friday Evening, June 27, 1884
The weather has been threatening [?] cold through-out the week. On Wednesday night 18 points of rain fell in Deniliquin ; and the records from other stations show that there were 15 at Moulamein ; 42 at Wagga ;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. A Little Good Blood Better than None
EXTRAVAGANT claims in behalf of any breed of animal or in behalf of improved stock in general, we believe do much harm. There are some statements which are often seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. A Little Good Blood Better than None
EXTRAVAGANT claims in behalf of any breed of animals or in behalf of improved stock in general, we believe do much harm. There are some statements which are often seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Offer, Denlllsula. Friday Evening, July 4, 1884
The weather has been beautifully fine during the week with one or two exequtionally heavy. These later however although retarding the growth of [?]ed hare been to a great extent counteracted by the warm sunny days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Does Wool Growing in the Dry Country Pay. (To the Editor of the Herald.)
Sir,—In the sub-leader of June 2nd you attribute the smallness of ray returns to the drought. In 1882 and '3 the drought, though bad enough, was not anything like the calamity of the present year, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The farmer. A Word of Warning to Stockbreeders
Wb do not feel quiet comfortable as to the present tendency of thought and action amongst a large section of the breeders of high-class farm-stock. Without wishing to…
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