Terms Used in Wool Sorting
Bright: Wool of good colour, attractive. Combing wool: A distinctive term, applies to the length and soundness of the staple as being suitable for the combing process…
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Cattle Attacked by Dingoes. "The Terror of the Stations."
"Never before has the dingo proved such a terror to the outback station owner as he is now proving, " was the remark made by a prominent station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Share-farming Bill
Replying to the complaint made by Mr. Trethowan at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference that Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, had failed to call the promised…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The Weather and Crops
There was in the early part of the week a very acceptable fall of rain, measuring in Albury half an inch. The whole district between the Murray and the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →N.s.w. Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference
The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association opened in Sydney on Monday under the presidency of Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Rain Did Crops Good. Yerong Creek
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." We have had some beneficial rain, which has done, the crops much good. I am eight years old, and I…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crops Not Doing Well. Moreton Vale Stockinbingal
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I like reading the children's letters, because they are very interesting. We had about half ah inch of rain here but we could. do with more…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers Pleased Now. Holbrook
Dear Uncle Jeff —It is so long since I have written, but I always read the Children's Page. I am in the fifth class at school now. I have a vegetable garden…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bad Look Out for Crops. Barmedman
Dear Uncle Jeff,—Our show is over There was not a merry-go-round there. I got a string of beads. My sister put in a book for the show, but did not get a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Many Resolutions Carried. Sydney
The billings of the annual conference of delegates from branches of Farmers'and Settlers' Association was continued to-day, the president, Mr. Trethowan,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Green Fodder Crops. Private Experiments at Culcairn. Insurance Against Bad Seasons
The advantages of green fodder at different aeasons in the year, and particularly as feed for sheep and for raising fat lambs, are being demonstrated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FARMERS & SETTLERS' Important Conference. Want Voice in Managing. Their Own Business. Sydney
At the Farmers and Settlors' Conference to-day, Mr. Trothowan said the Farmers and Settlors' Association was determined to preserve itself as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Expectations Farmers' Federation
Various farmers' organisations have been merged into one federated body to carry on propaganda work. It is claimed if expectations are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Cross Breeding Wheat. Two Experiments in [?]
The work nece[?] to the production of a crossbred wheat that is likely to be of use to farmers is ap[?] a few of those who [?] that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep on the Farm. Supplementing Natural Fodders
In contending from the chormous world depiction in live stock since the war for a local farming policy, the Chief Inspector of Ag[?]culture (in the article…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supply of State Wheat
As most Iarmers are aware the State Wheat [?] has reponsible for in troducing wheatment as a fodder on a large seale. Its efforts in this direction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Wheat Pools. *
The Minster of Agriculture, in reply to Mr. McGirr in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on Wednesday supplied the following figures regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “ Pastoral Times.”]
September 27, 1879.— At about two o’clock on Wednesday morning the laundry at the Commercial hotel (Tattersall’s) was found to be on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dogs Worrying Sheep. the Dog Act in Ontario
It is generally believed (says the "Farmers' Advocate") that the Dog Act for the protection of sheep, en[?]ted, by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Wheat Sales Bungled. 10/6 Per Bushel Returned, How the Farmers Are Robbed. by Incompetency of Worse
At the sitting of the conference of delegates of the Farmers' and Scttlers' Associations to-day Mr. Trothowan, president said it had been monti[?]ed during the…
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