Farm and Garden Hardy Flower Garden
Hardy trees and shrubs should, as far is practicable, be planted before severe frosts arrive. No real success can attend the planting, however good the roots, &c., are,…
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Farming & the land, 1896
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London Wool Sales. Letter No. 30. Further Enhanced Values. London, March 18, 1896
"Splendid." Such a term can only adequately convey to colonial readers of this column, just a faint idea of the progress which has been made in…
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WHEN the baby begins to eat, what is the first solid foood given him? Mashed potatoes, in nine cases out of ten. Potatoes are not easily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market. Expected Decline in Prices
London, April 24—It is, expected that at the next series of wool sales there will be a decline of 5 per cent. in price as compared with the rates…
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A quart of cream is too tittle to put into a churn, but you can make butter by putting it into a self-sealing half-gallon fruit can. Screw the lid on, put a folded towel in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Feeding Bees
Where bee hives ware not well-provisioned in the autumn, attention must be given to supplying food. We are entering upon one of the most trying periods of the year, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washing Ont Butter Flavour
There is an impression that the flavor of butter may be washed out. A little attention will convince anyone of the error of this idea. The…
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London, April 29.—At the wool sales Messrs. Ba[?] and Co., Jacomb, Son, and Co, And Burton, Ronald, and Co. offered a catalogue of 11,160…
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London, April 28.—The third series of wool sales was opened to-day Prices show a general decline of 5 per cent on the closing rates of the last…
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The coroner's jury has returned a verdict of wilful murder against the woman Annie Dyer, who was arrested on suspicion of having murdered a…
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LONDON, May 1.—At the wool sales yesterday the following were among the prices realised; Bun, 8½; Pahana, 8¾d.; Mire, 9d.; Larrock, 9d.; Drelwarina, 9d.;…
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ANNIE Dyer, who was arrested on suspicion of murdering six infants, whose bodies were found in the Thames, has been committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of Farm Land. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
AT the sale of farms on the Berry Estate, on Saturday, land realised from £15 to £45 per acre. The total value of land sold was £20,000…
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Experience in the Berry district has proved swamp couch grass to be a valuable food for dairy cattle, the animals fed on it yielding a much higher percentage of butter fat…
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Annie Dyer, arrested on suspicion of murdering six infants, whose bodies were found in the Thames, has been commuted for trial, She has made a full confession, admitting her…
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At the wool sales on Friday evening prices were firm at the opening races of the series. Competition was good. At the sales on Saturday the catalogue…
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At the London Wool sales yesterday competition was good, and prices unaltered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Thirsty Pigs
There is no practicable remedy to produce thirst in hogs without destroying their stomachs. Hogs have been fed on boiled codfish, the water and fish mixed with bran…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. LETTER No. 31. a Unique Record. Bradford, March 27
In bringing thin aeries of sales to a close one cannot do better then to give precedence to the pen of the well-known firm of selling brokers—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Departmental Advice to Farmers
The Department of Agriculture bee issued some advice to farmers. It recommends them to sow early; to nee pure seed, true to name; to (other…
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