Feeding Roots to Sheep
The first year we tried feeding roots to sheep we had very good success. Not having a large quantity of roots we f[?]d sparingly until lambing time. After this the ewes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1895
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The Current Wool Season
The wool sales in the Victorian markets for the current year have just closed, and will not be resumed until 7th January. The shearing delays and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Training the Grape
Prof. Henry says of grape-pruning: 'Keep the vine so limited that the cultivator can be run between the rows. Prune in the fall or very early spring. Aim to grow at least…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duck Farming
The equipment of an english duck farm is very simple, says Dr. Freau. One or two low wooden sheds, each with a run in front, are sufficient. The classifications of the duck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle for Export
Inquiries are being made as to freight for further shipments of cattle by a steamer from Sydney to the English market. What is really wanted, it is said, is to engage space at a rate…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cleaning Wheat
An important circular on the subject of "Wheat cleaning" has been issued by a firm of millers in South Australia which should prove of great interest to wheat growers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Feeding Wheat to Pigs
It is asserted that by feeding wheat to pigs it may be made to realise as much as 45. per bushel. If such be the case, and it seems to be well supported by facts, the matter should…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tallangatta Butter Factory and Creamery Company
The half-yearly general meeting of shareholders in the above company was held on the December, at Tallangatta. Mr. A. W. Dixie, chairman of directors,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Butter Market. London, December 28
The butter shipped to London by the R.M.S. Austral, which left Melbourne on November 10, has realised the same prices as that which arrived by the R.M.S. Rome…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Burning of a Butter Factory. Two Boys Arrested
The butter factory recently erected by Mr. Cormick, late of Victoria, at Copping-ton, Tasmania, has been burnt to the ground. Two lads have been arrested on…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Free Wool). (From the New York World, Nov. 19.)
For twenty years we have been told by the political wool-growers of Ohio that high duties on foreign wools caused high prices for domestic wools, mid that frae wool would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer’s Prospects
The Dubbo Dispatch says :—“ The farmer cannot be congratulated on his prospects. He has reaped a bountiful harvest, but the prices ruling make the excellence of the yield count…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Wagga Experimental Farm. Samples of Prolific Millet
In view of the proposal to start a cooperative operative dairying company at Wagga, the results of experiments with millet by Mr. Valder at the Wagga Experimental Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Economy in Farming
The chief factor in present day farming is the cost of production. Increased production does not help the agriculturist unless it can be raised at a profit. In this is contained the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—One thing should have particular attention—that is, as soon as one crop is off to prepare the ground for another, by manuring, if necessary, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Growing in the Argentine Republic. Facts for Australian Farmers
RECENT mail news from Buenos Ayres give some particulars in regard to the enormous expansion of the wheat growing industry of late years in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Refusal of Ex[?] of Pastoral Leases. Central Div[?]on
In a supplement to the last Government “Gazette” and dated Thursday 20th December, the Minist[?] for Lands (Hon. J. H. Carruthers) notifies the refusal to grant an extension of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Water Supply. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SIR,—People wonder why there is so little pressure when a fire occurs at Deniliquin. I don’t; and if our firemen would only look into the matter they would agree with me. Years ago when the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, January 4, 1895
UP to Thursday last the weather was very [?] and [?] and that temperature on the day was just on a hundred in the shade During the night light showers fell and later on to-day heavy tropical showers fell at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. Foreign Missions. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR,—You have been devoting so much space lately to the above subject, and from what appears to me a mistaken standpoint, that I should like to have a word on the matter. When your first leader…
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