Sowing Grass for Sheep
The feeding of sheep upon English grasses on car dry plain land has not hitherto been a very profitable employment, because the small number which can be kept to the…
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Farming & the land, 1868
68 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 4
Taking Rye-grass From Wheat
MR. W. Tom, Jun., writes to the 'Western Examiner':—I believe the following to be the simplest way in the world to take rye-grass…
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THE following letter has been addressed to the editor of the 'Australasian,' Melbourne:—Sir—This incessant drought induces me…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Intelligence. Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England
THE annual general meeting of members was held on Monday, 8th inst., in the New England Hotel—the President, Mr. H. A. Thomas, in the chair. About a dozen…
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The Melbourne journals report that a new sheep-washing machine has recently been patented by Mr. Wilkinson, of Ryrie-street, Geelong, which promises quickly to come…
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At the works of Messrs. P. N. Russell & Co. may be seen a sheep washing apparatus made for Mr. N.P. Bayly. It consists of an engine of twelve-horse power, a…
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Wool has advanced one penny per lb. [The above telegram was issued to our town subscribers last Monday Forenoon.]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Catarrh in Sheep. To the Editor of the 'Herald'
SIR—For the information of the sheepowners of the colony, I have to observe that I have, for a number of years, practised inoculation in the disease termed…
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We have been shown by Mr. Farrer a sample of wool from Deep Dell, Macrae's Flat, washed upon the sheep's back by the new spout-washing process. It is beautifully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvements in Sheep Washing
WASHING sheep in hot water is becoming here pretty general on large stations. The sheep are first passed through hot water with soap, the water being about 110…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints to Farmers. American Implements
We have received from R.H. Allen & Co., of New York, their newly-published Catalogue of Implements, Machinery, and Hardware: a voluminous and copiously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Market
OF the wool market Messrs. Willans, Overbury, & Co. report, under date 19th June:—Shortly after the despatch of the May…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Selecting Sheep
The most approved form in a sheep is general ronndnees of shape and fineness of bone. The chest should be broad, the ribs well arched, the backs and loins broad, flat,…
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The most complete and satisfactory plan is unquestionably that of washing the wool on the sheep's back, and the apparatus devised for this purpose have been elaborately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastubing Sheep in the Orchard
A correspondent from Norwich of the 'Canada Farmer' says:—"I have an old orchard which was badly infested with the 'apple tree worm' last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fluke or Bottle in Sheep
MR. Rowland, Inspector of Sheep at Carcoar, has requested the Bathurst Free Press' to publish the following extract from a pamphlet on the prevention and core of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of members was held, in the New England Hotel. on Thursday afternoon, when 13 were present the President (Mr. Thomas) took the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Dairy. Dairy Rooms and Temperature
THE grand object is to keep the milk as nearly as possible at an even temperature the year round. Several experiments have been made to ascertain the proper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foot Rot in Sheep
A SUBSCRIBES writes to us, coder date 28th instant, as follows:—"I had a great many sheep bad with foot rot last winter, and cored them all before the spring set in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Rabbits Cost English Farmers
AT a recent meeting of the Staindrop Farmers' Club, a paper was read on the comparative appetites of sheep and rabbits. Two hogget sheep and twelve full-grown…
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