Cable Grams. London, Wednesday. London Wool Sales. a Weak Opening
The London wool sales openedweak, there being an ail round decline of 5 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1898
377 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 19
London Wool Sales. Letter No. 73. Prices Firm and Steady. London, April 1
The position of things remain practically the same as last week. Every day's sitting has passed off with great spirit, and undiminished fervour is the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Walcha Farmers and Cooperation. (To the Editor of Walcha Witness.)
Sir.--"Will you kindly give me space for a few words on the coming system--Co-operation. I notice that Victorian farmers are, as a body, taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →crops for Silage
Any vegetation that stock will eat in its natural state will make good ensilage, and it will be much improved by the operation, especially tor cattle. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 33.-- Buckwheat -- Description of Leaves and Stalks -- Other [?] Characteristics--soil and Produce-- Fodder--excellent Food for Cattle -- Ploughed in for Manure--tartaeian Buckwheat--as Food for Birds--for Horses and Pigs--peculiar Effect on the Latter--use of Buckwheat in Distillation--in Bread--for Bees
Buckwheat--or beech wheat from its seed resembling the mast of beech--is an annual plant, with blanched herbaceous stems, having leaves which at first are roundish but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Notes. Jersey and Guernsey Cattle
These breeds cattle have probably had a common origin, but it is known that each breed has been bred in absolute purity in its respective…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Sales. LETTER No 74. a Satisfactory Finish. [?], April 8th, 1898
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep on the Farm
SHEEP are said to be certain death to dock, and dandelion, and many other kinds of weeds hard to get rid of. The list of weeds that may be destroyed by a good flock of sheep on a farm is indeed very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter-making in Winter
IN the winter months a great many buttermakers have a difficulty in producing a good sample of butter, and one that wil keep sweet and wholesome for a moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yolk In Wool
A CORRESPONDENT sends the Australasian the following :--I think it purely a matter of taste which color yolk it is, providing the wools are lustrous in fibre. I look on yolk principally as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The farmer and Grazier. Fattening Pigs
HAPHAZARD methods must not prevail if we would fatten swine quickly and economically. We should feed nil the fat-producing food that can be properly digested and assimilated, but there is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Appeal to the Farmers of Glen Innes and the Colony Generally
GENTLEMEN,--The President having appealed to the members of the Executive Council of the New South Wales Farmers' and Settlers' Association for an expression of opinion on the Federal. Convention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
The London Wool Sales closed with good competition, prices compered With last sales being part of 5 per cent, lower…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial Report. Sydney Wool Sales
At the Sydney Wool Sales last week, when 2,515 bales were catalogued and 4,930 disposed of at auction and privately, an easier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marketing Farm Produce
One of the most successful farmers of oar acquaintce makes it a rule in marketing his produee to grade or classify everything he has to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Notes. Some Notes on Bubnet
In January last, Mr. R. Meadows, Inspector of Stock for the Young district, has forwarded some so-called "Burnet Grass" to headquarters,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer and Grazier. Grafton as a Depot for Fat Stock
THE project which has been set on foot by Mr. Thomas Black, manager for the Haymarket Land and Investment Company, Limited, to open up a market at Grafton for fat stock, is one that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hornless Cattle
CATTLEMEN in many parts of the world have so strong an objection to horns that it is not surprising to hear of attempts being made to establish…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden Original Articles
No. 35--The Apple (continued)--CIDER APPLES--THE MIXING OF CIDER--PERPETUATION AND DEGENERATION--CLASSIFICATION OF APPLES--FOR THE TABLE--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Money in Butter
The Lower Manning Cooperative Dairy Company's returns for last month were the largest experienced since the…
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