Sydney Wool Sales. (By TELEGRAPH.)
At the Sydney Wool Sales yeeterday competition was very brisk and prioeB from 14/4d to 1/2d per lb. higher than last week. The highest price…
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Farming & the land, 1898
377 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 19
Alleged Shooting Affray. a Farmer Arrested
Samuel Littler, a farmer at Swanbrook, near-Inverell, has been airested on a charge of shooting at his eon, Alfred, At the Police Court he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 17.-- Tobacco-- Derivation of Name-- External Description of Plants-- Cultivation Act Preparation-- Whers Frosts Occur-- Where Drought Prevails-- Precautions Against Worms-- Topping-- Success-- Firing-- Cutting -- the Barns or Curing Houses
Tobacco.--This celebrated plant, Nicotians Tabacum, may properly find a place among those other narcotics which habit has rendered almost essential to man. The…
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At the Sydney Wool Sales held yesterday compeiition was Tery keen, and higher trainee ruling this week being fully maintained…
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The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that the weekly series of sales has been continued and will close on Thursday, January 20th,…
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Cables from the London wool sales report the market animated, and prices higher…
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The French barque Emile Renouf sailed for London yesterday with 10,500 bales of wool, which is the largest cargo shipped from Sydney this season in a sailing ship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Neighborly Farmers
AS to that very delicate question where duty to our neighbors begins and ends, President Gardner, of the Lime Kin Club, takes this safe position :-- "Our dooty begins when we let his chickens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Grazier. The State Cow
IN connection with the advances made to Victorian farmers for the purchase of seef wheat last year, a highly suggessive past [?]cropped up. An applicant for a wine license at Sea Lake, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Destroyer
Considerable damage is being done to the crops by an insect known as the American ball worm…
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A private cable concerning the London wool sales states that the market is very firm. Merinos are 7½ per cent, and good crossbreds 5 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Directors
AT the meeting of the directors yesterday there were present:--Messrs. C, Bloxsome (chair), H. Macdonald, and T. Black. The Chairman submitted a circular relative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 18.--TOBACCO (continued).--TEMPERATURE -- DISTRIBUTION -- HANDLING -- SWEATING -- STRIPPING -- Manufacture of Tobacco--the Sauce or Liquor-- Drying and Curling-- Birds Eve-- Shag -- PIGTAIL -- Use and Abuse or Tobacco
The temperature of the barn or storehouse should be kept uniform, and too much moisture can be got rid of by small smothered fires of rotten wood and bark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What Sheep Will Stand
A remarkable illustration of the ability of sheep to withstand the effects of hunger and thirst for a prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Wheat
An exporter in Sydney is arranging for the shipment of 2000 tons of local wheat to London. In the present condition of the market at Mark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wheat King
A Chicago speculator asserts that he owns every bushel of surplus wheat in America…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 19.--The Potato -- Proportions of Starch -- Disease--cause and Means of Preventing Curl--preserving Processes--manufacture of Sugar From Potatoes--gum--glue--spirits--pro- Pagation of the Potato From Seed-- From Tubers--curl Top Disease Described
The starchy fibrin of the potato differs from the fibrous matter of other plants, and the quantity of starch not only differs in the different varieties of potatoes but also in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tht Heaviest Sheep
THE heaviest sheep ever killed in Her Majesty's dominions was a wether bred and fed by Thomas Kingdon, of Thorverdon, Devon, and slaughtered on the 28th March, 1846. Its weight was 78lb. per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Grazir. Special Uses of Eggs
A MUSTARD plaster made with the white of an egg will not leave a blister. A raw egg, taken immediately, will carry down a fishbone that cannot be extracted. The white skin that lines the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Potato Crop
IN the Warrnambool district is reported to be considerably below the average, and some farmers who are digging now are not getting more than 14 tons to the acre, while others are digging from 2 to…
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