Sheep Market
High prices are still being maintained for fat sheep. At Tuesday's Melbourne market 1037 merino wethers from Wingadee averaged 23s 6d, 504 merino wethers from…
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Wodonga Farmers Classes. Tuesday. Chemistry of the Plant
Continuing his lecture on the above subject, Mr. Robertson in a diagramatic manner explained how carbohydrates such as starch, sugar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Crops in the Swan Hill District
Reports from Swan Hill state that the crops are making good headway, and are in a fine healthy condition after the recent rains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Further Rise in Wheat
There has been further excitement and an advance in the price of wheat in Chicago, in consequence of more sensational reports of damage done to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Farmers' Classes. Wednesday. Chemistry and Mineralogy— Their Relation to Soil Fertility
This afternoon the students listened to a lecture delivered by Mr Robertson on the soil. In defining the term "soil," the lecturer stated that it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Cattle
A draft of the cattle recently purchased from Mahonga (through Messrs. Piggin and Co.) passed through Corowa end were trucked at Wahgunyah for Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The monthly meeting of the Committee was held yesterday afternoon at the Royal Hotel. Mr A. J. M'Laurin (President) occupied the chair, sad there were also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Stud Sheep Sales
At the annual stud sheep sales in Melbourne on Thursday last, the special stud ram, Ram, Royal Crown. 4 yrs., by Royal 18, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merino Sheep-breeding at Vermont
One of the oldest and most successful breeders in Vermont, United States, is Mr. E. N. Bissell, of Rutland county, who has been breeding merinos for 40 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Bradford Wool Trade. Bradford, June 17, 1904
The dominant factor in the progress of the wool trade is the fabulous increase of the merino sheep and its offshoots. The honor of pioneering the industry in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wodonga Farmers' Classes. Thursday. Agricultural Chemistry
This afternoon the lecturer on Agricultural Chemistry, Mr Robertson, gave a very practical demonstration in testing various manures to detect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stud Farm at Wodonga
At the Wodonga council meeting on Wednesday, a complaint to Mr Saunders' stud was discussed. It had been alleged that the farm was too…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Wool Classing
In his opening remarks to-day Mr Haile gave the class Professor Owen's definition of wool, and stated that wool is not peculiar to the sheep, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The usual of the above society met on Thursday afternoon at the Royal Hotel; present—Messrs A. J. McLaurin (president), D. Reid, W. Kilpatrick, J. V. Ingram, M. J. Carew, H. C. Parker, P. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the Editor of the Pastoral Times
SIR,—Having noticed a paragraph in your last issue re close season and nets. I would like to point out to you an error which has been made about nets. In the paragraph reference is made to “[?]od-[?]hing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales. Sydney
The monthly sale of wool was held to-day. Seven hundred and ninety-two bales were catalogued, and during the month [?] bales were sold by auction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Farmers' Classes. Friday. Agricultural Chemistry
The following is a brief synopsis of the matter dealt with under the above heading this afternoon:—Gypsum v. Lime, the lecturer explaining the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Budding Fruit Trees
THE peach tree is perhaps one of the easiest of all trees to bud, and a few suggestions will enable any one to grow the most desirable and hardiest budded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Butter Factory Coneerence
A conference of directors of co-operative butter factories in the North-east was held at Benalla to-day. Mr. W. Macauley, chairman of the Benalla Co…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cables. London, Sunday. Action Against a Wool. Combers Association
The shareholders have brought an action against the directors of the York-shire Woolcombers Association, in which they alleged that the prospectus…
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