Wool Sales
LONDON, Sunday.—At the wool sales scoured and inferior greasy realised 1 1/2 d below last series. Crossbreds are res[?] good rates and greasy fair. The bidding…
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Farming & the land, 1884
117 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 6
The Wealth of American Farmers
In an article in a recent number of the Mechanical News of New York, Mr. Bookwalter presents in a rather striking manner an account of the accumulation of wealth by the American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Importance of Ensilage in Cattle Breeding
THE practice of Ensilage may now almost be said to bare passed out of the experimental stage in England. English fanners are slow to move, difficult to convince,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Calendar for May
KITCHEN Garden.—Sow broad beans, radishes, peas, onions, leeks, spinach, and lettuce, and other crops as mentioned last month. Still transplant celery, and on…
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The following extracts from a letter by Mr. Downes, in Castner's Monthly, on the rust resisting capabilities of the Defiance wheat, grown near Sydney, New South Wales, may be of interest to…
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THE great wheat region of the future lies partly in Oregon, partly in Washington, and partly in Idaho, it begins to close under the Blue Mountains, includes…
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KITCHEN Garden.—Sow broad beans, radishes, peas, onions, leeks, spinach, and lettuce, and other crops as mentioned last month. Still transplant celery, and on…
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THE following extracts from a letter by Mr. Downes, in Castner's Monthly, on the rust-resisting capabilities of the Defiance wheat, grown near Sydney, New…
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KITCHEN Garden.—foow broad Deans, radishes, peas, onions, leeks, spinach, and lettuce, and other crops as mentioned last month. Still transplant celery, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Primitive Farming in England
AN English correspondent informs us that farming is in a very primitive condition in the country where he resides—Surrey. The great mistake which English…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Letter
SYDNEY, Monday.'—A pastoral letter from Bishop Barry was read in the Anglican Churches yesterday, for continued and increased support to the Church…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Nearly 450 bullocks arrived by steamer, yesterday, from Gladstone. 20 died daring the voyage…
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A little more than a quarter of a century ago Mr. Hallet, of Brighton, England, began his worldwide known experiments in improving wheat by selection. The standard he adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle and Sheep market
SYDNEY, Thursday night.—In the cattle market the supply is short and prices are firmer. Best beet is worth 32s. 6d. per 100 lbs. The sheep market is well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Calendar for June
KITCHEN Garden.—In this department care will be necessary to have coming forward the chief culinary crops in the open ground; and, under protection, a…
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The Texas Wool Grower makes the following pertinent remarks on the subject of supplying salt to sheep:-- Authorities all agree that salt is indispensable to the health of sheep, and that…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The wool market is firm…
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KITCHEN Garden.—In this department care will he necessary to have coming forward the chief culinary crops in the open ground; and, under protection, a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Out of a mob of 5000 sheep, en route for the Bogan, 500 died on the road between Coolac and Cootamundra, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Yeoman and Grazier. Onions are unlike any other Crop
IN this, you always get a larger yield after the first crop on the same ground. I have raised onions on the same land for 20 years, and had the best crop last season I ever had. It is best…
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