The Wool Market
The wool market is very buoyant, and merino has advanced 10 per cent, Fine crossbred is scarce, and 10 per cent. dearer. Coarse has advanced fire per…
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Farming & the land, 1888
280 stories in New England's papers · page 14 of 14
The Flour & Wheat Market. Sydney
THE flour market is steady at £12 15s. to £14 for roller brands, and from £11 10s. to £12 10s. for stone makes. With the new wheat coming in, the market has…
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THE wool market is very firm, and competition is brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Night
AT our wool sales to-day, we (Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co., Limited) offered 4400 bales, and have, since last report, sold 3856. The demand was very active,…
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THE following are the weights regulated by law:— Maize, 56lbs. to bushel Oats, 40lbs. to bnshel Bran, 20lbs. to bushel…
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Among the advantages of thin seed of wheat, one was given at a recent meeting of the Agricultural Bureau of South Australia, when the chairman, Mr. F. E. H. W. Krichauff, showed some ears…
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Farthing bids at the wool sales are working satisfactorily. Foreign buyers have purchased four sevenths of the wool sold. The quality of the new clip is good…
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Farthing bids at the wool sales are working satisfactorily. Foreign buyers purchased four sevenths of the wool sold. The quality of the new clip is good…
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A report of the immense farm of Mr. Jas. Smithy Greenfield, is given in the Tuapeka Times (New Zealand). There are at present no fewer than 150 draught horses in the different teams employed…
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It is an ill wind that blows good to none, and this is exemplified in the case of New Zealand, which is likely to derive immense benefit through the disastrous effect of the drought of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Grazier. Neither Shoes nor Winkers
NEITHER shoes nor winkers are needed for horses. The winkers were invented by an English nobleman who owned a pair of splendid horses, but one had wall eyes. He made a blind…
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Wellington, N.Z., has invented an ingenious "core" to be placed in kegs or cases of exported butter, with the object of keeping the butter sweet, and dispensing with the ordinary method of…
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The demand for flour has fallen off considerably, and prices are rather low. The range of quotations is £12 5s. to £13 15s. for roller, and from £11 15s. to £12 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night
At our wool sales to-day, we (Harrison, Jones, & Devlin) offered 3600 bales. Competition for good wools was brisk, but medium were more difficult to sell, while…
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THOSE who have closely watched events in connection with dairy farming in various parts of the world will be inclined to ask whether size of carcase is compatible with good flow of milk :…
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[?]diary of [?]uspected to be the compilar of the [?]in Germany Emperor Frederick, is to be tried [?]arge of revealing State secrets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmer & Grazier. Fruit Drying
THE following device for a fruit-drier is given in the American Agriculturist:-- Make a case about 6in deep, of proper dimensions for receiving a convenient number of suitable trays; cover with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Why some Farmers do not Succeed
They are not active and industrious. They do not keep up with improvements. They are wedded to old methods. They give no attention to details…
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WE had read of the "Dream of Fair Women," but daring the past dry season, visions of sleek cattle revelling amidst abundant pastures, proved a pleasing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commercial Intelligence. Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Night
AT our wool Bales to-day, we (Goidsbrough, Mort, & Co.) offered 3864 bales. Competition was active at prices op to London equivalent, but owners' values…
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