London Wool Market. April 16
THE wool market is unchanged. Crossbreds are very firm…
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Farming & the land, 1888
280 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 14
Why Childen Dislike Farm Life
IN the first place, they are not brought up to love the country, they are early accustomed to hear both father and mother grumble about the hardships of farm life…
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At the wool sales, to-day, prices are unchanged…
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R. GOLDSBOROUGH and Co., limited, have received the following cablegram, dated London, 26th inst.:—There is no change in this market to report since our last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Produce & Wheat Market. [Friday.]
BREADSTUFF are without change in value. Among the sales of the day was a parcel of 100 tons of roller. The range of quotations is £8 15s. to £9 10s. for roller, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Wool Is Sold in London
A CORRESPONDENT supplies the ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE with the following account of an Australian wool sale in London:—A strange sight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Odds and Ends. a Thought for the Farmers
Our farmers have not, so far, performed their share of the work, or borne their proper proportion of the expenses, although tho press has constantly advertised the actual merit and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer & Crazier. Hop Beer
THE following is a good recipe for making hop beer, supplied in answer to correspondents in the Australasian :--101b sugar, 10gal water, 4oz hops, a pinch of isinglass, a few raisins, a pint of yeast…
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J. S. TIBBITS, in the Salinas INDEX, has the following to say concerning feeding apples to cows:—"It may not be generally known that apples are excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Maturity in Cattle
SINCE it is pretty well fixed in the minds of those breeders and feeders who read and observe what is going on, that to turn off all animals that are fed for their flesh…
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The price of wool remains firm. The sales will close on May 5. THE ARMIDALE EXPRESS…
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"The London wool sales, says[?] vate cablegram, "closed firm and Pr[?] had an upward tendency."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter-making by the Dry Process
What is called the "dry process" in butter making promises to effect a great improvement in the production of an article capable of retaining its soundness during exportation. In his inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales. London, May 3
WOOL, firm. Present sales close May 25th. Good merino in grease and scoured shews half-penny to penny advance on prices obtained at last sales, but inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. Cats and Rabbits
UTILISING the domestic cat for the destruction of the rabbits is the theme of a paper by "Bruni" in the Australasian of 14th instant; in which be gives instances of several station owners who have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Vicious Horned Stock
Almost every week we read or some person or animal being gored by a vicious bull or cow. I have been caring for bulls ever since I was big enough, which is over thirty years…
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M. Pasteur's representatives have established beyond all doubt the fact that the anthrax or Cumberland disease is the same as that known as "charbon" in…
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It is proposed to allow bids of one farthing at the next wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden. Dehorning Cattle
When the subject of dehorning cattle was first brought in to public prominence by the arrest of its originator at the instance of the Humane Society of Illinois upon the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Scott and the Schoolmaster
A RURAL schoolmaster in Indian asked a pupil named William Scott which was the longest river in the world, and William persisted in crediting that honor to the Wabash. As a result…
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