The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce
THE following are the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 56lbs. to bushel Oats, 40lbs. to bushel Bran, 20lbs. to bushel…
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Farming & the land, 1888
280 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 14
The Men Who Make Farming Pay
UPON the question of men, who have had no previous experience in farming, making a success of cultivation of small tracts, it is only necessary to point to hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer & Grazier. To Make Hens Lay
THE special foods to cause hens to my are secret preparations, but the following (says an American contemporary) is considered a good formula:--Two lb each of bone, linseed cake, dried meat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Markets. [By Teleraph.] Sydney, Monday Night
WE (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin) offered 3900 bales to-day. The competition was very brisle, and prices for all sorts firmly maintained, good wools selling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. Mummy Wheat
ANOTHER of the sensational reports is current respecting the raising of wheat plants from seed obtained from Egyptian mummies. One of the numerous American globe-trotters having visited…
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Wool-scourers use very little soap in their ordinary work. Some use soft-soap, others the common yellow or domestic soap. In the description of the new process of wool-washing and wool…
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THE common idea that " anyone can be a farmer," is just as far away from the truth as if it were claimed that anyone could be an engineer; for to be either…
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Colonial wool auctions opened to-day: fair enquiry manifested owing to scarcity of wool, and email sales effected at £1d. to Id. advance, compared with last sales'…
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I would flee from the city's rule and law, From its fashion and form cut loose, And go where the strawberry grows on its straw…
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The wonderful butter returns published in America make people desirous of information as to how the cows yielding them are fed during the trial. The following narrative--taken from the…
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THE present season is a very prosperous one as far as the arrival of wool in Newcastle is concerned. The amount of wool received in Newcastle during the present mouth from the 1st to…
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IT has been ascertained by practical experiments in France that the Lathvrus silvestris, or everlasting pea, which thrives on the most arid and sterile soils, forms excellent fodder for cattle when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial Intelligence. the Wool Market. London
BALME and Co, tried a wool sale to-day, but found it impossible owing to the innovation of farthing bids. The room was demoralised; a number of buyers left…
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ON Saturday afternoon the monthly meeting of the committee was held in the School of Arts, when there were in attendance--Messrs. Wetherspoon (in the chair), Noble, J. Hutchison, Winter…
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London, Friday.—At the London wool sales the new clip commanded eager competition. Greasy wools advanced from 5 to 7 per cent., and scoured shows an…
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"AT length, under the pressure of a most influential requisition signed by many of the largest shippers and wool growers of Australia, in favor of allowing bids of 0 14[?] to be accepted…
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MEN may come and men may go, but speculation goes on for ever. The last month has witnessed one of the most exciting speculations in wheat which the country has ever known. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]mer & Grazier. [?]ow to Tell the Age of Cattle
[?] HEIFER has no rings on her horns until she is two years of age, and one is added each year thereafter. Yon can therefore tell the age of a cow with tolerable accuracy by counting the rings on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial Intelligence. Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
At our wool sales to-day, we (The Australian M. & A. Company) offered 2490 bales, and sold 2330. The bidding was fully up to but not beyond former rates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Wool Sales. [By TELEGRAPH.] Sydney, Monday Night
At our wool sales to-day, we (Harrison, Jones. & Devlin) offered 4300 bales. The demand was fairly spirited, bat in many cases prices expected by growers, owing…
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