Sydney Wool Market
MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., report :-- It having been decided that no sales of large lines should be held last week they took the opportunity on Wednesday to offer a catalogue of small lines…
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Farming & the land, 1892
225 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 12
Farm and Garden
A turnip seed increases its own weight 15 times in a minute when growing. The coooa-tree of the Maldive Islands every month produces a cluster of nuts…
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THERE is strong enqury for wools suitable for America, and crossbreds are also in firm request, and sell well. Good greasy sold to 83/4d., good washed fleece to…
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THE monthly meeting of the committee was held; at the secretary's office on Thursday afternoon, at which there were in attendance Mr. J. F. Utz. (president) and 16 members…
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Do not mow the lawn too closely during the hot months. Direct exposure to the sun is not beneficial to the grass roots. As the time of flowering of these sweet…
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PASTEUR'S anthrax vaccine has now stood, successful three years test in New South Wales. Some of the sheep vaccinated by D. Germont and M. Loir at Junee in October…
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A MEETING of the committee was held at the secretary's office on Thursday afternoon, the President in the chair; Messrs. Bull, Hodges, Glennie, Healey, M'Cormack, Sully, M'Kensie, Black, and…
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THE farm colony of the Salvation Army a Hadleigh, in Essex, is making rapid progres (writes a London gossip). Since the Genera acquired the Hadleigh Estate, consisting…
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W. H. SEELVE, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, dairyman of long experience, says:-- "I know of no physiological reason why long tail is a good sign in a dairy cow, but…
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To make white roses blue, water the trees throughout the winter a with a solution of Prussian blue, and if you want them to be green use sulphate of copper…
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Procure a blank book about six by eight inches, well bound and containing not less than three hundred pages. Page the book if it was not done by the maker. Select the…
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MESSRS. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We offered at our first sale this week, held yesterday, 1507 bales wool to very large attendance of buyers, many…
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IN discussing this subject the very efficient Dairy Commissioner of Canada, Professor J. W. Robertson, says :--While her her milk is being elaborated by a cow, the ends of the…
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MR. C. V. Riley, Entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture, writes to a farmer in New Zealand a letter, in which it is stated that kerosene emulsion for sheep-dipping…
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LONDON, January 21.—The Antwerp wool sales opened weak, at 10 centimes decline compared with the previous sales. The Warwick EXAMINER says:—Thanks…
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THE colonial wool sales progress with little change in previously quoted values. Slightly more than half the quantity sold has been…
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Brazil farmers are making more money growing grapes than coffee. Fowls that are confined need plenty of green food…
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A FEW years ago I had a pit, like a large grave, dug in chalk soil. It was some six feet deep, four wide, and twelve long. While our neighbors were mourning over or growling at a wet June, I had…
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A SPECIAL committee meeting of the above was held in the Secretary's office on Thursday afternoon. There were in attendance--the President, and Messrs. Carvall, Bull, Noble, Martin, Keating,…
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LONDON, January 28.—Business is spirited at the wool sales. Prices are unchanged. London, Friday.—At the last London wool sales the competition was fair. The…
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