Farming Finance
ANY farmer with a mortgage over his estate is a less happy man, as rule (writes "Thistledown" in the Australasian) than the merchant or storekeeper in town who happens to be in the same…
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Farming & the land, 1893
266 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 14
The Wool Strike
There appears little chance of a settlement, at any rate to-day, of the difficulty between the wool buyers and sellers. The big cargo steamer Westmeath, which was to have loaded…
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Wheat if fed properly is a healthful feed for stock, and if you can buy it as cheaply as corn, it will form a profitable and more nitrogenous ration for young animals. It is…
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THE difficulty which has cropped up between the wool buyers and the selling brokers appears to be capable ef settlement in a quarter of an hour. Yet it has lasted for a time sufficiently long to cause a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents etters. we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) Marking Sheep
SIR,--As there are sheep owners, in the district who are under the impression that the knife can be used in making age of distinction marks, I wish, through the columns the of your journal, to drew their…
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A MOST destructive hailstorm passed over Gowrie Junction on Monday evening about dusk (says the Toowoomba CHRONICLE). All persons were exceedingly anxious for…
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Cultivation of the soil to kill weeds is poor cultivation, but to cultivate to thoroughly that weeds do not grow, is the science of gardening and farming…
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WE (M'Burney, Wallis and Co.) held our usual auction sale to-day, bringing forward a fair sized catalogue of greasy and scoured, attendance of buyers, both Foreign…
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WE (New Zealand Land and Agency Company, Limited) catalogued 4500 bales of wool to-day. Competition was strong, especially for crossbreds and low sorts,…
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We (Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co.) held our fourth wool sale to-day, to a very large attendance of buyers, the market being firm and competition keen. We have…
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By the mail steamer Massilia, which leaves Sydney on Monday, and Melbourne on the following Saturday, there will be sent the largest shipment of butter that ever left the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Commercial Column. Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The wool market is very strong, and our (Winchcombe Carson, & Co.) sale to-day for all over age condition wools and prices were nearly equal to last season. Superior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents etters. we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) Dairy Factory for Glen Innes
SIR,--Having seen a notice in your paper that the Glen Innes people are again considering the advisableness of establishing a dairy factory, I would ask the attention of the promoters of that…
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Let there be some evidences of taste in the grounds about your home. A neat lawn, with shrubbery, fruits and flowers not only make it a pleasanter place to live, but add…
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Mr. F. Utz, of Glen Innes, has obtained an award for wheat at the Chicago Exhibition…
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The New Zealand Land Association, Ltd., report:-- catalogued 3800 bales of wool to-day, and sold the bulk at late rates, under strong competition. The total offerings for the day were…
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WE (Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.) sold 3500 bales to-day. The market was firm at last week's rate Greasy made to 8¼d., crossbred lambs 8¼d, merino lambs 7d.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Commercial Column. Melbourne Wool Sales. [By Telegbaph.] Melbourne
We (Australian Mortgage and Agency Company) offered to-day 4500 bales of wool and sold 4100. Competition was very, brisk, but irregular, medium wools selling…
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BY the R.M.S. Massilia, which had to leave Sydney yesterday, and Melboure on Nov. 11, will be sent the largest shipment of butter which has ever left the colonies…
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In view of the excellence of the farm as a school for the early training of farmers' sons to become men of keen observation and robust health, is it any wonder that so many…
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