Farmer. Poultry
In filthy houses one will not often be disappointed when looking for vermin. It will be strange if they are not found there. A sudden change in feed from one kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1889
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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
Last Sunday was particularly boisterous--a strong north wind blowing up rain clouds for the greater part of the day, when toward evening the wind changed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why Should I Keep Sheep?
You have never kept sheep. Perhaps you have never thought of keeping them. Would it not pay you to do so? Why should you keep them? Well, you have a farm that is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat. London, October 24
Australian wheat is quoted at 391. 3d. per 4961b., ex warehouse. New Zealand is quoted at 37s. 9 i. Business in both descriptions is quiet…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →London Wool Sales. London, September 27
Messrs. DALGETY and COMPANY, LIMITED, report:—Owing to the strike of the dock laborers, which for a time utterly paralyzed the whole business of the port of London, the public sales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London Wool Charges. London, October 23
The London dock companies and wool warehouses announce that in consequence of the rise in wages caused by the recent strike of the dock labourers, they will after next month…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farmer. Arrangement of Grounds
If any class of people should have pleasant grounds and surroundings, it is the farmer class, yet it is a lamentable fact that few farmers do have their farms ornamented…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miscellaneous. My Daniel. the Farmer Breaks
Yon don't know Daniel, I reckon; well Daniel's my oldest son; He's a reg[?]lar bloomin' corus with nary a fault but one;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm, Station, and Garden. Ensilage
[From a pamphlet issued by the Victorian Royal Commissioners on Vegetable Products.] WEIGHTING THE SILO…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Facts for Farmers
In 1887 we imported 272,104 bushels maize, 68,424 bushels barley, 1543 bushels beans, 943,084 bushels bran, 1,524,416 bushels oats, 10,772 packages peas, 174,827 bushels pollard,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening November 1, 1889
ANOTHER half en loch of rain fell since last report and the weather has been much cooler this week than last. The [?] be grand one all round[?] these [?] showers [?] immense [?].The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, October[?]
WOOL—Our sales have been held continuously throughout the week. We held our second sale of tho season on Monday, the 28th Inst., when we offered 1419 bales before a very lull attendance of buyers and others interested…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messrs Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Limited. Melbourne, October 30
We offered 7000 bales at our sale to-day and sold 6500 bales. There was a crowded attendance and splendid competition and excellent prices ruled. Average to good greasy merino ration from [?] to 121 average to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Notes
We extract the following items from the Argus review of the wool trade:—We drew attention some weeks ago to the trouble which has arisen in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer. Poultry on the Farm
It would be of considerable advantage to farmers if they paid more attention to the business of poultry raising. That it is profitable, if sensibly and properly pursued, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THE grass is beginnig to wither and dry up and dust is rising on the plains. Summer seems to have commenced in earnest, although a few thundershowers may yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Strike
WOOLGROWERS may be congratulated upon the termination of the "wool strike," and so also may both the buying brokers and the selling brokers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wolseley Sheep-shearing Machine. London, November 2
The company formed with a capital of £200,000, for the purpose of purchasing the rights to Mr. F. Y. Wolseley’s sheep-shearing machine has been placed on the market…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Great Mortality Among Argentine Sheep. London, October 31
Immense mortality has occurred among the sheep in the Argentine Republic. It is estimated that no fewer than 20,000,000 have died…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Monetary and Commercial Intelligence. Wheat. London, October 31
Australian wheat is unaltered at 39 . 3d. per 496lb., ex warehouse. New Zealand is quoted at 37s. 9d. Business in both descriptions continues quiet…
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