Sydney Wool Market
MOST AND CO. —In the absence of auction sales, and in view of the unsatisfactory nature of latest English news it is impossible yet to give definite quotations as to…
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Farming & the land, 1887
283 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 15
India as a Wheat Grower
India in 1869 exported less than 2000 bushels of grain to Europe. In 1885 she exported 22,000,000 bushels, and last year, in spite of a short crop, the receipts of Indian wheat in Europe were nearly up…
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YEAR after year our farmers go on planting corn, potatoes, and similar crops in rows twice as close as they should be, and so crooked that ploughing or cultivation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Useful Dairy Hints
Canon Bagot, in a recent lecture on Dairy Farming, threw out some hints well worth remembering. It was not, he said, the cow which produced the milk alone, but the food and water which they…
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THE Colorado bettle is devastating the potato in Prussian Saxony. THE common ant, it is claimed, is an enemy of the scale bug. Orchardists have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer & Grazier. Extra Feed for Cows
So long as cows will eat grain or meal it will pay to give them some daily. If it don't, they are probably not worth keeping any way. Good cows will grow poor when kept on grass alone and in full…
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THERE is little business doing in this market. We quote prime milling wheat, 3s. 9d. to 3s. 10d., and inferior qualities for poultry feed from 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improved Sheep Brand
A new and ingenious appliance for branding sheep was on exhibition a week or two back in Goldsbrough's wool stores, Bourke-street, Melbourne. It is the invention of Mr. G. E. Pettet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Decision as to the Age of Sheep
A sheep case which was recently tried at Wagga Wagga showed that considerable mis-apprehension exists regarding the age of sheep. Meurant, the plaintiff, bought some rams from the owner of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. (Mort and Co.)
WE commenced the public auction sales of wool on Wednesday by bringing forward a catalogue of 1200 bales. There was a large attendance of the trade and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
WE (Australian Mortgage and Agency Co.) held our first wool sale of the season, to-day. We offered 1655 and sold 1470 bales. Competition was active, and…
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A great dairy show was held lately in New York. It was estimated that the 500 cattle on exhibition were worth £200,000. Nearly one-half the entire number were Jerseys. These were headed (says a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. To Clear a Fowl House of Vermin
PUT two wineglassfuls of Calvert's No. 5 carbolic acid into a 2 gallon bucket, fill it with water, stir it well with a stick, mixing the acid well with the water, and then squirt the solution all over the…
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It is expected that the settlement of the wool difficulty will be effected to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin.)
WE held our opening sale on Monday, bringing forward a catalogue of 1183 bales. There was a large assemblage of buyers, and biddings throughout were…
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WE held our second sale to-day, bringing forward a catalogue of 952 bales. The attendance of buyers was more numerous than on our opening day, and although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. Russian Wheat
A VARIETY of wheat imported from Russia is proving of extreme value in the north-west of Canada, where the summer is short, on account of its earliness. A report states that the Canadian…
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THE series of Antwerp wool sales will commence on November 7. 28,000 bales will be offered, including 2300 bales from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. (Mort and Co.)
WE offered 2160 bales at auction this week to a large attendance of buyers. Competition was animated up to full current values. Several of the large lots of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wheat and Flour Market. [Saturday's Herald.]
IN breadstuffs there is little to notice, and bakers' ordinary lines are moving off at the following prices:—South Australian, town brands, £9 10s.; country…
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