Salt for Cattle
Cattle, which, in an experiment, were given a regular allowance of salt, were found to thrive better and lay on more flesh for the same amount of feed than animate which…
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Cattle-stealing in Victoria
The police records of late have been of such a character as to be disquieting to those persons who some time ago sent their starvers to the wilds of Gippsland for sustenance…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wheat Yield. 34 Bushels Obtained
Harvesting operations commenced in several instances during the early part of the week, but in nearly every case had to be abandoned owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Market. Opens at Three Shillings
Notwithstanding that stripping has hardly commenced in the district, there has been a desire on the part of some of the local buyers to secure wheat for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy Produce. Melbourne
Butter.—The local market is in a dull and weak condition. Production is on a liberal scale, and, as regards business for shipment, buyers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Butter Factory for Hay. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
SIR,—Having read the result of the meeting re Butter Factory for Hay, I feel quite satisfied that one in Hay will not meet with success unless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Government Seed Wheat and Chaff Repayments. to the Editor Op the Albury Banner
SIR,—For the benefit of our farmers I have the pleasure of reporting to yon as follows:—When in Sydney, recently, I had the pleasure of an interview with the Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Use of Windmills. a Source of Farm Power
It is doubtful if many farmers realise the full possibilities of using windmills for running farm machinery. In some sections of the United States a windmill may be seen on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
ORCHARD.—Rank growing trees of all kinds will want more or less thinning. Let the work be in accord with the special demands of each. In peaches prune out all…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Pig on the Farm
Mr Masters, the hon. secretary of the Bute Agricultural Bureau, at a recent meeting read a paper on the above subject, in which he says that under tho conditions in which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ovens and Murray Dairy Co
The usual monthly meeting of the directors was held on Wednesday, Mr. G. Clarke presiding. The manager's report showed that 107,612…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Diseases. Expert Report
The director of Agriculture in Victoria (Mr. Williamson Wallace) has been furnished by Mr. M'Alpine, vegetable pathologist, with the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Markets
The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co., report: We held our usual wool sale to-day, offering a catalogue of 1,[?]7 bales, which included some choice smaller western lots, a well-scoured Queenland clip,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Threatening Letter. (To the Editor of the pastoral Times )
SIR,— In reply to a letter signed by Mr J. P. Ivess appearing in your issue of the 7th inst., let me say I took no exception to the ladies on Mr Blackwood’s committee calling meetings and using their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open:Column Fedebal Expenditure. (7o the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR,—Your criticism so my [?] published in your issue of the 7th inst. I will reply to when I next address a public meeting at Deniliquin, and produce the official proof that both Mr. Blackwood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden, Original Articles, Coop Foe Fattening Crickens
[?]TTENING chicken in coops will be found very profitable by most chicken raisers. Coops are used very largely in England and have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Station Produce, and Grain Market
The Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association reports:—Wool.—The market is most animated it is satisfactory to note that values…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Delivering
Wheat it just commencing to be delivered in the North-Eastern districts of Victoria. For the week ending November 19, 55 bags were loaded by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Notes. Farmers Should Deliver Their Cream Daily
We extract the following comments by the Government Dairy Expert, as Important notice to the dairy farmer to deliver his cream daily, and insist on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Experimental Farm
A yield of hay has been obtained at the Wagga experimental farm of from 3 tons to 4 tons 80wt. per area, from land manured at a cost of 4/6 per…
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