Experiments in Sheep Breeding
Some interesting experiments in sheep breeding and crossing are being carried out at the Experimental Farm, G'en Innes, by the manager. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1905
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Magisterial Inquiry. Farmer's Wife Burnt to Death
A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Letitia Linchan was held yesterday at Huon, before the Deputy Coroner, Mr. A Philips…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Butter
The Director of Agriculture has received from the Agent-General an extract from a dairy produce report published in London. "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Raids on Cattle Runs
Extensive robberies of cattle were recently reported to have taken place in the Gundagai district among the greatest losers being Mr. Robertson, who owns a large station there…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Antinomycosis, or Lumpy Jaw, in Cattle
This disease is very prevalent in different parts of the State, particularly so in the northern districts—it has been confounded with tuberculosis from its resemblance to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Handy Book for Wheat Buyers
From Mr. L. F. Broomball we have received a copy of "The Grain Merchants' Ready Reckoner," by means of which one can ascertain at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat and Cereal Market. Melbourne
Wheat.—Shippers are offering to buy lag samples at 3s 3½d per bushel, but the quantity offering is small. Private cables dispatched from London on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tobacco as a Farmer's Crop for New South Wales. (Continued.) Transplanting
Before this work is proceeded with, it will be necessary to decide which of the various forms of alignment practised in planting is, to be adopted, and also the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wheat Harvest. Estimated Yield. Mr Coghlan’s Figures
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Golden Fleece. Messrs, John Bridge and Company's Wool Sampling Room
The following is an extract from the "Sydney Town & Country Journal" issue of the 21st December 1904, which we know will be of interest to our readers. We…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bush Fires. Great Losses of Wheat. A Relief Meeting. SYDNEY
News from the court by to-day shows that the bush fires have practically been extinguished. In some instances they have burned themselves out, but in the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Notes on the Wheat "Bobs.' Its Peculiarities, Economic Value, and Origin
In 1902, it struck me that as so good a wheat as "Bobs" had then shown itself to be, had resulted from the crossing of the barley BSB on so rust-liable and relatively…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Golden Fleece. Messrs John Bridge and Company’s Wool Sampling Room
The following is an extract from the Sydney Town and Country Journal issue of the 21st December, 1904, which we know will be of interest to our readers. We regret that owing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-Day's Telegrams. Fearful Experience on the South Coast. Sharing Creeks with Cattle and Reptiles. SYDNEY
The bush fires relief fund has reached £1900. The money will probably first be spent in fodder. Additional accounts continue to arrive of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Cotton Crop. Lowest Price for Three Years. London, December 29
Owing to the heavy yield from the cotton crop in the United States, a slump has occurred in the New York market. On the reports of the ginners that the season's crops will amount…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
Orchard.—The drier the season the less important is the thinning of leaves and stopping of shoots. Only strong and coarsely grown trees should be checked by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gundagai District. Immense Damage. Many Farmers Ruined
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Additional particulars of the disastrous fire in the Gundagai district show that it was started at Stony Greek on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Bush Fires. a Whole Countryside Swept. Loss of Life. Estimated Loss of Wheat 100,000 Bags. Fire Travels Nine Miles in Twenty Minutes. a Wall of Fire Twelve Mils Broad
New Year's Day, 1905 will be remembered is the date of the most disastrous conflagration that has ever visited the Corowa district, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Rentals in New South Wales. Stdney
The rentals paid by pastoral lessees in the western division and the license fees on occupation licenses have in the terms of the Act been fixed by "the Western Lands Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stack Report. Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office
Tie following are the stock movements:—160 stud [?] from Nariga, T. Millear’s, to W. G. [?] Hill Plain. ;2500 merino weaners, from [?] to Grant and Childe, Chah Sing ; 1,114 ewes and lambs…
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