Rotation of Crops
THE correct theory which underlies and explains rotation of crops is not yet determined. The farmer finds it an advantageous thing to practice, yet does not surely know why. It was…
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Farming & the land, 1886
218 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 11
A Mammoth Poultry Farm
A CALIFORNIAN paper says :--Mr. Fred. M'Pherson, one inile from Grangeville, is engaged in the raising of poultry on a large scale with great success. He has two incubators…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. Barbed Wire
A CORRESPONDENT says :--This improvement on the style of plain wire is deservedly coining into general use for restraining large stock, and it has perhaps rendered the wire fence very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Whole Art of Butter-MaKig
THE Winconsin Dairymen's Association last year offered prizes for the best essays on butter-making, the best essays not to exceed 250 words. Competition was…
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MESSRS. Mort and Co. report:—We of fered 2500 bales of wool at auction to-day and seld the bulk under the hammer Biddings were very spirited, but price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm, Field, & GARDEN, Weight or Form Produce
THE following are the weight regulated by law:—Malse, 561bs. to bushel Oats, 401bs. to bushel Bran, 201bs. to bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market. (By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin's Report
WE offered 3000 bales at our sale to-day, and sold 1500; good greasy wools were in strong request, and sold up to late sates; lenity sorts irregular, and prices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday. AUSTRALIAN M. AND A. CO
WE offered at auction to-day over 4600 bales, and sold 4300, having one of the most successful sales of the season; we topped the market three times with lambs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Announcement of a Great Land Sale near Sydney. Small Farms and Orchard. Blocks Within Thirteen Miles of the Metropolis
One of the most important announcements that have been made for a considerable time is that which comes from Investment company (Ld.), 81 Market-street, Sydney. This…
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Private cablegrams speak hopefully of the prospects of the next London wool sales, which open on the 30th inst…
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MESSRS. Mort and Co. report:—We offered 3000 bales at oar wool sale to-day, and sold 2300. Competition was vigorous for good wools, Continental and…
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CAPTAIN BALDWIN kindly informs us that he learns from private advices from Buenos Ayres of July 27 that a fearful loss of sheep had taken place in that country, the loss being placed as high even…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night
We (Harrison, Jones and Devlin) offered a catalogue of 3800 bales at our Bales and sold 3400. Biddings were more spirited, and prices are firmer for good wools,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial Intelligence. Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday. AUSTRALIAN M. AND A. CO
We offered to-day 3870, sold 2370 bales. Excellent prices realised, to 14½d. for greasy, and 28½d. for hot water washed. We sold—Titanga greasy, 120 bales at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming Notes
THE CHICAGO Grocea says that Mrs. Buckingham, the richest woman fruit farmer in California, has an orchard a mile long, with row after row of pear, cherry,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer & Grazier. The Use of Harness Bullocks
THE homestead farmer short of capital to buy the powerful horses required in breaking up new land and the early labor of the selection (says a writer in the Queenslander) is placed at a great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Jam Farm
LORD Sudeley's Home Farm, near Teddington, Gloucestershire, was four years ago an ordinary arable farm, for which nobody would offer the previous rent of £1 per acre. But previous successes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Markets
The wool market is quiet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sudney, Wednesday. Mort and Co.'s Report
WE offered 3600 bales at our wool sale to-day, and sold the bulk at up to 10½d. for greasy, the demand was very brisk for good wools, but the inferior and faulty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers' Parcels of Wool
Ever since the adoption of sheep husbandry by farmers they have complained that their parcels of wool do not command the same attention from buyers or realise as good prices as do the large lots…
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