Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
WE (Australian Mortgage and Agency Company) offered 1232 bales of wool, and sold 1036 bales. Competition was active, and late prices were fully sustained…
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Farming & the land, 1887
283 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 15
Sydney Wool Market. Monday, 6.38 p.m
Messrs Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report.--We offered 2800 bales to-day privately and by auction, and sold 1070. The attendance of buyers was numerous and" competition more spirited. Values…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Definitions of a Dairy Cow
The head of a first class dairy cow should be long and wide between the eyes. The mouth should be wide, and the eyes large, bright and placid. The ears should be long and wide, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Rough on Aphis
Mr. G. DOBBYNS furnishes the Cootamundra Herald with the following recipe for the destruction of aphis in orchards, and declares that he has found it infallible." Take…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wheat Market
IN this matket there is nothing doing, prime milling wheat may be quoted at 3s. 9d. per bushel, and inferior, for poultry feed, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 9d. per bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wolseley Sheep-shearing Machine
IS getting on well in the northern colony. The Queenslander says:-- " It may be safely assumed that the Wolseley sheep-shearing machine is a success, and that it will supersede the shears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.]
At our (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin) sale to-day we offered 2900 bales privately and by auction, and sold 1500. Prices were firm at late quotations, really good lots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Talk to Farm Boys
FARMEK boys, you need not envy the young men who stand behind the counters of the city shops. You need not envy the young men who are making ready to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Why there are no Large Poultry Farm
It is a curious fact that there are only one or two large poultry establishments in the whole world, and though repeated attempts have been made by many to embark in the poultry business on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Grazier. A New Cream Separater
A NEW cream separator, which will be of great value to dairymen in a small way and farmers generally; has been invented by Dr. De Laval. At the annual show of the Finland Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Curious Things about Bees
The hive of the honey bee is peopled by three classes of bees. The drones or male bees are charged with worthlessness, and only living to eat what the neuter or worker…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Intelligence. the Antwerp Wool Sales. Antwerp
AT the wool sales, to-day, a good business was effected in Australian wools, which were from 10 to 15 per centum lower than the close last sales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Aroma of Butter
The following remarks on this subject appeared in the columns of the National Live Stock Journal (Chicago) :-- The aroma of butter has a very complex origin. It springs from certain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wheat and Flour Market
THE flour trade is slaek, buyers continue to purchase only small quantities. Quotations are as follows:—South Australian town, £9 10s.; country. £8 15s. to £9;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. Heavy Milkers
AT Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Show at Chester Lord Egerton's prize of £25 for a cow giving not less than 18 quarts of milk per day, containing not less than 11 per cent, of solids…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →POETRY. "The Auld Sheep."
COME, lassie, sit ye doon by me, An' sing the sangs I lo'e sae weel—The sangs yer mither used to sing As she sat at her spinnin' wheel…
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Over 350,000 bales of wool have been received at Newcastle for direct shipment to London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cross Bred Sheep and Lucerne
It seems probable that in the course of a few years, says the Queenslander, "the merino will be superseded by crossbred sheep over a large portion of the Darling Downs district. Where land has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Intelligence. Sydney Wool Market. [Mort and Co.]
WE brought forward 5295 bales of wool for this week's sale, being the largest catalogue yet submitted this season. English, Continental, and American buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What a Farmer Should Know
In view of the fact that many young, men in city life, (says the American Farmer) are thinking of going into farming, we have undertaken to prepare them a little by telling them something of…
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