The Wool Sales
The list for the next series of wool sales closed with a total of 365,000 bales. There hare arrived already 58,000 bales…
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Farming & the land, 1888
280 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 14
Sydney Wool Market. (Mort and Co.)
WE submitted a small wool catalogue at auction on Wednesday, comprising principally, remnants and scoured oddments. The demand was brisk, and late values…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London Wool Market. London, June 8
THREE thousand five hundred bales of wool have been sold in London since May, prices being at a slight advance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. Carrots as Horse Feed
THE value of carrots as an adjunct to the usual grain and hay rations of horses is not generally understood or appreciated. The fact is that no food bf the root kind delights horses as much as the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Can it be True?
Elwood Cooper, the successful olive-grower of Santa Barbara county, stated recently at a fruit-growers' meeting, that an olive orchard no more than seven years old from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hunter River Farmers' Association
In these times of agricultural depression it is useful to note how co-operation and combination may tend to mitigate the pressure of bad times for farmers as for all other classes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Yield per Cow
We have often talked with our butter making readers on the subject of culling the dairy herd and perpetuating the fittest. We believe this is one of the most important tilings to attend to on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hints on Pig Breeding for Young Farmers
When buying pigs, says an old pig breeder, be careful not to go in for a too lanky breed. These are usually very much larger than they look, although at first sight there appears to be a lot in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmer & Crazier. Improvement in Butter Packing
ONE of the greatest difficulties against which the butter exporter has to contend is in the matter of packing cases, it being found that new wood of any kind injures the flavor of the butter while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Rates
New rates for the conveyance of wool on the southern, western, and northern lines, were issued today, and will come into force on July 1st…
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It is much to be desired, says the Live Stock Journal (Loudon), that now that the usual period of sheep washing has returned, flockowners will enquire, before beginning, how far it is to their -…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Flour and Wheat. Market. [Friday.]
THE [?]our market is rather weaker. Bakers' lots are selling at £7 15s. to £9 for stone makes, and £8 10s. to £9 for roller. Wheat nominal, at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 7d. per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market. (Mort and Co.)
DEMAND was very strong at our fortnightly wool sale this week, and prices slightly improved in anticipation of good news from London. We cleared our catalogue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Pig Farm
UTTERLY unknown to the casual passer by is the location of Power and Cash's farm, yet by the cognoscenti the locality is acknowledged as the very cream of its kind. The undertaking not long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Touch or Handling of Cattle
IN judging cattle the touch as well as the eye is brought into request, and, except in regard to certain points of conformation and colour, we are by no means sure…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sale of Cancerous Cattle. (Singleton Argus.)
NOTWITHSTANDING the intense wish of all parties that die present session shall come to an end at the very earliest moment possible, we are heartily glad to observe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce
THE following are the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 56lbs. to bushel Oats, 40lbs. to bushel Bran, 40lbs. to bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Grazier. To Blast Stumps with Dynamite
Make a hole an inch in diameter near the stump, inclining at ad angle of about 45 degrees, do as to reach underneath the body of the stump. This hole may be made with a crowbar through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bee Farm
Steps are now being taken (says the Hamilton Spectator) to establish what will decidedly be a novel industry in this district. In other words, it is proposed to establish a " bee farm," and, at a…
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