Melbourne Wool Sales. Opening of the Season. Substantial Rise in Prices
The opening of the Melbourne wool season is an event which invariably attracts marked attention, from the fact that the type of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1909
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The Dairy. Troubles of Duckling Causes of Losses. How They Arise
Mr E. Palmer, writing in the "Farmer and Stockbreeder" makes some instructive remarks upon the sicknesses which attack ducklings. Mr Palmer whites:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mexican Corn Crop. Damaged by Severe Cold. London, October 1
The corn crop in Mexico has been seriously damaged by the unprecedented cold weather. The loss is estimated at 20,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Dairy Notes
A frequent cause of diarrhoea in calves is taking too much wet grass. In most cases on the farm whole milk is too valuable to feed to the calves…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Starting a Poultry Farm
It is often to be regretted that people who take up poultry-keeping as a pursuit by which they will be able to make a living do not consult someone whose…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Dairy. Troubles of Duckling Causes of Losses. How They Ar[?]
Mr. E. Palmer, writing in [?] and Stockbreeder" makes [?] ive remarks upon the sicki[?] attack ducklings. Mr. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Through Corowa Country. Wonders of Closer Settlement. the Land of Crops
The Proprietor of the "Tribune," dropping off the Melbourne Express on Thursday morning at the yet sleeping little wayside town of Culcairn, found himself…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Store Cattle
At the railway yards on Saturday next (the day following the Cobran sale), Messrs Edward Trenchard and Co. and Mackenzie Brothers (in conjunction)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The wool selling season opened on Tuesday when catalogues aggregating some [?] were submitted. The New .Zealand [?] and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., op[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Top-dressing, Crops.a top-dressing of some one or other
A top-dressing of some one or other of the artificials applied during the present month will prove very helpful a great many crops. For instance,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Dairying Ideals
The members of the Chol[?]ham Dairy Farmors' Association [?]ned recently to lecture by Dr. [?]arrott, the local in[?]cal officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Salt for Farm Animals
To keep animals in good health a definite amount of common salt munt be ass[?]tiated. The excess of potassium in vegetable foods cannon by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ridding Dairy of Flies. E. C. Bennett
There are four reasons for abolishing the fly pest. The comfort of the cows, the loss of flesh, the shrinkage of milk and the interests of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shearing Engine Blows Up Woolshed and Machinery Burnt. 100 Sheep Roasted Alive. Cobar
A 6 horse power oil engine in the woolshed at Ampitheatre Station, 18 miles from Cobar, blow up yesterday with serious results…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Albury District Good Sheep Land. Wheat Growing Possibilities. Examples of Mixed Farming
Between Wagga and Albury there is little but good agricultural land. The bulk of it is used [?] As a [?] of fact the cultivatable [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Dispute
A compromise having been arrived at, by the good offices of growers, the wool sales will proceed as usual, and the millions which are so eagerly awaited will go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Injured at a Wool Slide
A wool [?]oreman named Robert [?] It years of age, who [?] at [?] while working at the bottom of a wool slide at Winch[?]be [?] and Co.[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brocklesby. Farmers' and Settlers' Association
A meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held in the school of arts, Brocklesby, on Thursday last. Mr. Schilg the president of the local branch, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy Problem Which Confronts Us To-day
"The cow that does not yield 4000 lbs. of milk in a year is not worth keeping. There may be a good number which yield more than this, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quality in Stock. Impressions of a Practical. Scotch Farmer
Quality always tells, and in live stock on the farm it does no in its most convincing manner. Good breeding in at all times [?]ght after…
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