Shropshire Downs Sheep
THE remarkable success of the Shropshire breed of sheep in England, says the QUEENSLANDER, has led up to the belief that they would become highly popular…
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Farming & the land, 1884
117 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 6
[?]Colonial News. Adelaide, Thursday. Disease in Wheat
[?] is felt amongst the [?]mmond owing to the [?]disease in the wheat [?] causing a large per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Price of Wheat
DURING the first half of the current year wheat was selling more cheaply in England than it has done for upwards of a century. The average, it seems, was only £1 17s 8d per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intellligence by Wire. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales Sydney, Thursday. Wool Sales
THE wool sales yesterday were the most important that have taken place this season. There was a crowded attendance and competition was active. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Yeoman and Grazier. The Wool Clip in Riverina
Is turning out well. At Brookong station 30,000 sheep yielded 1700 bales of wool, being the largest return ever secured from the same number; [?]'0,000 2 year old ewe hoggets gave an average of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales at Newcastle
IT was reported in our Tuesday's issue that the opening sale of wool at Newcastle, on Saturday, was a great success, and we now extract from a lengthy report in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Auctions in London
THERE is no more curious sight in the City than one of the wool auctions held in the Wool Exchange, Coleman street. Imagine a large and lofty room, capable of holding about 500 people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Some Facts About Cream and Butter
GOOD butter cannot be made without good management, and good management consists in diligent attention to little details or routine. Omit any of the details, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Result of Careful Sheep-farmin
The following recently appeared in the South Australian Register:--In the newspapers of the eastern colonies correspondence frequently takes place on that all importance question to sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preserving Butter in Small Quantities
The salting must be done when the butter is made, not after keeping it for several days. In relation to the quantity of salt employed for keeping butter, considerable differences exist. Practically…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking of Wheat Growing
The Farmer says that at present prices the industry cannot pay any where. For a time, at any rate, it will be wise on the part of farmers in New Zealand and other colonies to grow as much wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & General News. Sheep Washing v. Shearing in the Grease
SHEARING in the grease has been very general in New England this season, and, on the stations around Armidale, washing has been the exception. At Gostwyck,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Calendar for November
KITCHEN Garden.—Keep up during, the favourable (showery) weather sowings of all the salad plants, and prepare trenches for the reception of celery. Plant out for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Value of Wheat as a Fattening Food
FOR stock is being discussed in England owing to the exceptionally low price of that cereal. In this country, where wheat is still cheaper and stock keeping is favoured with a genial climate,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Largest Farm in the World
Is stated by a South Australian journal to day Bell Farm, in the Canadian North-west. There are 8,000 acres under crop, 5,000 or 6000 acres being in wheat. and a portion of the remainder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advanced Dairy Farming
"WHAT is to be done?" This is the question which is being asked by the farmers ef the United Kingdom, and which every agricultural authority in the country is attempting to answer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Commercial Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle, Saturday. (From the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company.)
OUR auctioneers submitted by auction, today, a catalogue of 1700 bales of wool, besides sheepskins, hides, &c. Several important Sydney and Melbourne buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Wool Growers of New South W and Queenland
And in tendering our sincere thanks for favours, respectfully solicit a continuance o[?] liberal support which it has hitherto been ou[?] vilege to enjoy…
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