Lord Alington’s “White Farm.”
At Witchampton, near Bournemouth, Lord Alington has an interesting farm which be calls the White Farm, because only white animals are kept there. A white collie guards…
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British Dairy Industry
At present (says a London newspaper) there are about 3,500,000 mitch cows in the British Isles, and the average cow yields some 400 gallons of milk during the course of a year…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Science in Farming
Among cultivators the opinion is by no means uncommon that scientific farming is merely a “fad” that cannot be made to pay under ordinary conditions, But is this opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Doodle Cooma and Munyabla Farmers’ Union
A meeting of the members of this Union was held at Pleasant Hills on Saturday, 25th inst. The president (Mr. A. Crawloro) occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Co-operative Farming. a Mere Sketch. (Communicated)
With the ever-growing tendency of capital to amass and labour to diminish in value, and with the equally increasing tendency of population to city instead of country residence, any…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Horse and Dairy Stock. Melbourne, March 29
Messrs. CAMPBELL and (SONS, Kirk’s Bazaar, report:—Horses.—A full supply of country horses forward. The demand continues good for Indian remounts, shapely buggy horses, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rabbits V. Sheep. in the Riverina District
The country (says “the Tourist” in the Evening News) is greatly overstocked throughout the Riverina generally, consequently sheep are sold and given sway. In other cases they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening, March [?]1893
THE weather was [?] and dry for the greater portion of the week, but on Thursday there were strong indications of [?] which culminated at shout four o’clock with [?] shower, During the night [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Register Your Vote. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR—In view of a possible early general election which might and possibly would be held under the existing electoral [?], it behoves every man to see that [?] is registered. The [?] between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Column. an Unparliamentarily PARLIAMENT.(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR,—There can be no question that the Legislative Assembly has sadly disappointed the anticipations formed by many at the last general election. [?] of having a better parliament, we have now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, March 29
WOOL.—For our usual monthly sale during the winter season we submitted, on 23rd instant, a small catalogue of 208 bales, out of which we sold, under active competition, 123 bales. Prices must be quoted as very firm, being [?] to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden
One advantage in specialty farming is that a man can afford to have just the tools and implements needed for his work. Sometimes a difficult matter with diversified…
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Cotton grown well to India. Mentioned by Theophrastus B.C. 350. Spinach is from New Zealand; brought to Europa in 1687…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wheat Market
THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO LIMITED, Melbourne, are in receipt of cable advice from their London house, under date 4th inst, as follows :—“Wheat.—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wheat Corner at Chicago. London, March 30
A number of capitalists at Chicago are organising a “corner” in wheat. They have already secured 11,000,000 bushels. LONDON, April 1…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Geese on the Farm
Says an American Exchange:--Geese are no doubt profitable where there is a pond or a plentiful supply of water in some form, and with plenty of land for a goose pasture,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Good Dairy Cow
The dairy cow is brought to the front as an animal of special conformation, and, in contrast to the beef cow, is a combination of sharp points and angles, sloping ribs, high pelvic…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farming in England
There is (says the Leader) much tribulation in agricultural circles in England as to the decadence of the farming industry. It is certainly a remarkable circumstance that in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cape Fruit Farmers. Their Disadvantages
If Gape wine and Cape fruits are not of the choicest qualities, it is, according to Professor MacOw[?]n, the Government botanist, mainly the fault of the Cape fruit farmers, who live…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Amalgamation of Farmers’ Unions. Another Conference
We have received from the secretary of the Mundawaddera Farmers’ Union a copy of a circular that has been issued by that body. The circular runs as follows:—…
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