The Live Cattle Export Trade
The very important subject of the export of cattle is dealt with in an interesting manner in a letter to Mr. Fraser, M.L.C., from Mr. J. C. Brabbin, of the firm of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Farming & the land, 1895
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Wheat-growing at Bourke
A sheaf of wheat grown in the Bourke district is a fact of remarkable significances. The sample in question was grown by Messrs. T. and W. Doyle, the well-known coach…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The New South Wales Creamery and Butter Factory
The “pioneer” of the factories now in course of erection for the New South Wales Creamery and Butter Company was successfully opened at the end of November at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Collapse of the N.s.w. Wheat Ring
THE whole course of the wheat market during the past two years has been one so devoid of the least sensation that any actual movement in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, January 23. (Before His Honor Judge Forbes.) Alleged Cattle Stealing
John Richard Whitehead, on ball, was charged with stealing five oxen the property of John Pierce, at Greg Greg on December 1, 1894, and also with having a stolen bullock in…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN Garden.—It is beneficial to celery plants to give them manure water occasionally. The earliest planted will require earthing up, bat the soil should previously be…
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A round bushel basket .makes a capital nesting-place. When a hen sits in one of these baskets she can at any time be covered with a coop, so as to prevent other hens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FRUIT V. WHEAT. ( To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR,—The broad wheat fields in the Deniliquin district are not yielding as much per acre as they did formerly, while prices are gradually declining. But the rates of freight do not decline to meet the fall in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Imitation Butter in France
M. Viger, the French Minister of Agriculture, has formulated a scheme for dealing with the adulteration of butter with oleomargarine. It is recognized that science does not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caution About Feeding Wheat
A contributor to the ‘Country Gentleman’ writes as follows regarding the feeding of wheat to horses: For many weeks I have seen articles in English and American papers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening. January 25,1895
THE weather during the week has been variable. In the early part it was comparatively cool. Later on it was intensely hot and yesterday was the first distressing day of the year, the thermomotor registering 105 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. the Rabbit Question SOLVED.(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SIR,— In case there is anyone in the colony who is behind the times in dealing out destruction to the common enemy the rabbit. I would strongly advise the use of phosphorized pollard. A great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. From the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, Melbourne.) Friday, January 26
We have received the following telegram from Messrs Helmuth, Schwarts and Co., London, dated 17th instant: —‘Wool Sales—There is an increase is the animation for wool suitable for the American market. Prices are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden
The safest bank in which a farmer can invest his money is the land. Not necessarily more land, but in making richer and deeper and better in every way that which ho now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collapse of the Local Wheat Ring
After a brief and unsuccessful struggle for a monopoly (says Wednesday's Telegraph) the New South Wales millers have met farmers to the extent of giving the same price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden to Root Cuttings
The amateur gardener or fruit grower often meets with difficulty in getting cuttings to root. Professor Saunders gives a plan which, if followed carefully, he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Cleaning
Wheat Cleaning is the heading of a circular issued by the millers of South Australia, addressed to the wheat growers of that colony. “Of late years,” it states, “our wheat on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Disease in Sheep
The district inspector of stock and the Go-vernment veterinary surgeon has just returned from an inspection and examination in connection with the mysterious and virulent disease in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Farmer’s Great Loss. Shed of Wheat Destroyed
A farmer named William Davis, of Whitton, met with a serious loss on Saturday morning. His shed, which contained 200 bags of wheat, together with a new stripper and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, January 29
THE AUSTRALASIAN MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED report :—We submitted our third catalogue for this month on Tuesday, 29th January, containing about 1720 bales. There…
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