The Butter Industry
The Minister for Agriculture has de[?] in order to encourage country [?] Societies, to offer prizes for [?] showing the best keeping…
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Farming & the land, 1899
539 stories in New England's papers · page 15 of 27
The Annual Sheep Show
The Sheep Show wee officially opened [?] Governor to-day, in the presence of a large attendance. His Excellency [?] at luncheon, and said he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales. Values Again Rise, a Ravenous Demand for Merinos, and Cross Breds Sell Considerably Better, London, May 12, 1899
The scene in Coleman Street Wool Exchange is a marvellous one, and the oldest buyers admit that never in their history do they remember such…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Vales Stock. Part It
Dealing with horses, them were 510,636 in the colony on 31st December, 1896. The value of the improvement that could be brought about in these we will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Notes. Restoring Worn-out Farms
A long-abandoned farm is net so difficult to restore to good fertility as one that has been worn out by successive cropping by a man who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fat Cattle
As showing the magnitude and importance of the fat cattle trade, Mr. J. B. M'Dougall informs us that during the past twelve days he has disposed of between £11,000 and £12,000, worth of fat cattle…
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STUD sheep sales were commenced today, satisfactory prices being obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Conference
THE Farmers' and Settlers' Association will hold their annual conference at Orange, on 15th of next month, and the executive anticipate a very interesting meeting. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Crazier. The Orchard
BETWEEN now and the spring every effort should be made to clean fruit trees which are infested with wooly aphis, red spider, scale, or other disease which annoys the orchardist. At this season…
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At the Stud Sheep Sales to-day, the champion ram "Premier" was purchased by W. M. Keogh, of Coonamble, the price paid being 500 guineas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Sydney Sheep Sales
The total amount received at yesterday's sheep sales was £6009 13s 6d bring an average of £8 5s 9d for ewes, and £20 9s 2d for rams…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm & Garden. Original Articles
No. 94. The Flower Garden (continued) -- J: Beds -- Borders -- Soil -- Annuals -- Time of Sowing -- Weeding and Watering -- Peren[?]nial Flowers -- preserving Flowers -- Re…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Notes. Two-bushel Bags
The antiquated 4¼bushel connect will hare sooner or later to give way to a less cumbersome bag. 2501bs. is too much for any man to hump about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pigs on a Wheat Farm
THE low price of wheat again raises the question of consuming a portion of the grain on the farm by fattening pigs. When visiting South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is Wool-classing Advisable?
MR. J. G. JONES, Taheke, writes as follows :-- In your issue of, I think, May 26 there was some such inquiry. I did not intend writing, but not having seen a reply to it, perhaps a few hints may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Night's News. [By Telegraph.] [Through Our Special Agents.] Advance in Butter. Sydney, Monday Night
BUTTER advanced a penny all round this morning. Creamery is now quoted at 11d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Grain Crops. Auckland
IT is officially announced that the estimates of the yield of grain crops has been largely exceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmer and Grazier. A Late Pear
DR. HOGG thus describes a late pear:--Of a long pyriform or pyramidal shape, tapering gradually towards the stalk and obtusely towards the eye, rather curved and more swollen on one side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Modern Dairying
The above formed the subject of a very interesting lecture by Mr. H. W. Potts, dairy chemist to the Victorian Department of Agriculture, at the Assembly Hall, Melbourne, on June 30. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm & Garden. Original Articles
No. 95. The Hyacinth (continued)-- Qualities required-- Propagation-- Seeds -- Manner of Sowing-- Flowering-- Offsets-- Situation-- Compost-- Planting the Roots…
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