Seed Wheat Experiments in France
Some very interesting details of a series experiments by Professor Albert Larba-letrier, of the Agricultural School and Station near Calais, have just been given…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1888
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The Wheat Market. London, April 12
The sale is reported of 14,100 quarters of Australian wheat (March shipment) at 33s 3d. let 480lbs. Two parcels (April shipment) for London, have been sold at 32s…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →How Wool Is Sold in London
A correspondent supplies the St. James’s Gazette with the following account of an Australian wool sale in London:—“ A strange sight greeted me a few evenings…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →An Important Invention for Washing Wool
We have been shown by the inventors and patentees, Messrs. W. Judell and I. Singer, diagrams of a machine for cleansing wool by the application of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The London Wheat Market. London, April 18
The English wheat market is showing a slight advance. The Continental markets are firm. The American market is advancing, with increased firmness. The spot quotation in New…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The London Wool Sales. London, April 14
The colonial wool sales are proceeding with great spirit. German buyers especially are operating freely. The total number of bales catalogued is 103,400, of which 96,600 have…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Production of Wool in South America
On October 31, 1887, wo published letter on the wool production in South America by a New Zealand farmer who had settled in the River Plate, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Farm Cisterns
The surface soil is removed to a depth of eighteen inches to exclude frost in the winter and heat in the summer. The excavation is made in the shape of an egg with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maxims for Dairymen
Many dairymen and others who milk cows for profit, believe that when a cow reaches the age of seven or eight her useful years are over and that she should be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rural Notes. More Root Crops Necessary
“Man cannot live by bread alone” is a quotation from a very high authority, which has a literal as well as a spiritual interpretation. Our farmers daring the last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening April 20, [?]
Threatening weather has ruled during the week, but the [?] off in a most tantalising manner. Tuesday it is [?] and the prospects of a change are favourable but the disappointments have been frequent that no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Important Invention for Washing Wool. (Adelaide Observer )
WE have been, shown by the inventors and patentees, Messrs W. Judell and I Singer, diagrams of a [?] for cleansing wool by the application of bisulphide of carbon. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A new Route for Fat Cattle
The first experiment of sending of fat cattle from Bourke to the Melbourne market via the M[?]-Blayney railway route, came under notice at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
NOTHING but a continuance of dry weather to report locally. The following stock movements are reported locally:--On Friday 413 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Market. London, April 18
Two cargoes of Australian wheat have been sold, one of 7000 quarters, February shipment, at 33s. 3d., and another of 5000 quarters, April-May shipment at 33s. 6d. per 480lb…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Wool Sales London, April 17
The demand at the wool sales continues brisk, but prices are lower. The rates for crossbreds have fully recovered. LONDON, April 18…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The London Wheat Market. London, April 25
The English market is showing a general advance of 6d. per quarter. The Continental markets are steady. The American market is tending upward. The spot quotation in New…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Wool and Station Produce Reports. Melbourne
Messrs. DALGETY and COMPANY (LIMITED) report:—Wool.—There is nothing of interest to report respecting our local market. From London we are advised by cable of an active demand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Common Diseases Affecting Cattle. Impaction of the Rumen—“maw-bound”—“grain-sick.”
The popular names of this disorder are more happily chosen than they are sometimes, for they indicate both the condition of the organ and a cause that produces it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm and Garden. Stock Feeding
An animal on a sustenance diet neither Working nor increasing is supposed to require an albuminoid ratio of 1-12 (that is, food containing one pound of nitrogenous matter…
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