The Government Stud Cattle
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Cook, states that many inquiries are being received with respect to the imported bulls stationed at the experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Farming & the land, 1898
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Mustering Sheep. a Special Case
An appeal from the determination of C. F. Oslear, P.M., and A. F. Garling, J.P., in a proceeding before them at Gilgandra, between William M'Nabb and Michael Fallon…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fresh Growth of Wheat
We (Advertiser) have been shown a sample of wheat from Mr. B. B. Bennett's property at North Wagga, which, it is considered, is fairly typical of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Wool and Stock Reports
THE AUSTRALASIAN MORTGAGE & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED, report that the wool sale held by them on Tuesday, 15th instant, was one of the most animated of the season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Original Articles
NO. 50.—The Melon—Early Cultivation—Uses in various places—Providing a delicious liquor — When injurious — Difference between large and small—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
ORCHARD.—Young trees must have every care bestowed upon them in order to keep the roots active and head growth in a strong and healthy state. Pinch back and disbud at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Eleven Dairy Rules
1. Keep the cows clean, and wash the udders before milking. 2. Keep the barn clear, with walls and callings whitewashed ; have it well lighted…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Manuring Principal Crops. Artificial Dressings to Give
The following are recommendations from the Farmer and Stockbreeder as to manuring a few crops under usual conditions and on ordinary soils: —…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Experiments in Dairy Pig Feeding
F. B. Linfield, of the Utah Experiment Station, has reported on a series of experiments on feeding pigs in connection with a dairy. The following results are widely suggestive :—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stock Report. Pastoral Tables Office, [?], Friday Evening, November, 18. 1898
THE temperature during the week has been [?] [?]. There was no rain, and the grasshopper plague seems to be increasing. Every green thing to the gardens is disappearing under their ravages, and even…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles
No. 60.—The Tomato—Where a Native— Local Cultivation — Varieties — Mi[?]ado, King Humbert and others — Mode of Cultivation and Characteristics — Uses —…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Farming in America
It is set forth in a bulletin on the sheep industry of the United States, recently issued by the American National Live Stock Association, that while the industry, as a whole,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Three Cattle Cigarettes
Cigarette smokers who value their health should use “Three Castles,” because they are absolutely pure, and free from any deleterious substance. They are guaranteed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Iron and Salt for Sheep
The following are instructions for mixing sulphate of iron and salt for sheep :—Take a bag, or more if required, of salt, empty it on a floor in a shed, make a hollow on the top…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Market. New Wheat Opens at 3s. 4D. Sydney
The market for new wheat has opened at to 3s. 4d. for best samples. Old wheat 3s. to 3s. 3d.; chickwheat 2s. 9d. to 3s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Improvement of Seed Wheat
There are two ways by which an improvement can be effected in wheat, one being by selection alone, the best grains in the best heads only being sown, while the other is by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Sales. Melbourne, November 15
The Union Mortgage & Agency Company of Australia Limited report having held their usual sale on Tuesday, 15th inst., when they submitted a catalogue of 2,688 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest by Telegraph the American Wheat Supply. London
The visible supply of American wheat amounts to 42,985,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming at Berrigan
A report from Berrigan runs an follows:—The oldest settlers in this district, whose experiences date back for a period of over twenty years, state that the present…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Slovenly Farms
Many farms are estimated below their true value because of slovenly appearance. Weeds higher than the fences, trees blown down and left to lie in the same place, fences out of…
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