Last Nights News. [By Telegraph.] [Through Our Special Agents.] Butter. Sydney, Monday Night
BUTTER has declined 2d. all round today. Best creamfery is quoted at from lOd. to lid., other grades proportionately…
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Farming & the land, 1899
539 stories in New England's papers · page 18 of 27
A Farmer's Good Fortune. Through Reading a Paper
Many instances have occurred in which people have become the recipients of good fortune one way or another through reading a paper. Sometimes a man in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Crazier. The Shropshire Cross
AN excellent illustration of the value of the Shropshire cross in raising sheep for market was afforded lately at the Flemington (Melbourne) yards in a lot of 78 wethers and 67 lambs, sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Boom in Wool
THERE is some talk of another American wool boom. A correspondent, who has given the matter some attention, considers that the American wollen industry is certainly better, but that there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce
THE following are the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 56lbs.to bushel Oats, 401bs. to bushel Bran, 201bs. to bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Practical Dairy Rules
A SUCCESSFUL dairy farmer condenses 20 dairy rules that he recommends for cutting out and keeping for ready reference, as the result of his own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 100. Tulip (continued)--Sowing--The Best Bulbs--Planting -- Tulip Beds -- Disesse and Pests--The Cockscomb-- History -- Production -- The Lupine-- Description and Culture--The Pansy-- Description--Varieties--Flowering -- Propagation--Position and Soil
These last are called breeders and are procured from seed. On being cultivated on a dry, poor soil they gradually become broken up or variegated, and thus furnish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hand Feeding Sheep
In a letter to the " Singleton Argus" wheat growing on the Hunter, Mr. W. E. Abbott has the following interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Notes. an Interesting Test
Some years ago an Interesting test was made by a New York parcels delivery company Which bad 600 horses in constant use, Twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmers' Conference. Important Resolutions
The Farmers' Conference to-day passed a resolution urging the reduction of freight on agricultural implement, the establishment of produce and storage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Talk to Farm Boys
Farmer boys, you need not envy the young men who stand behind the counters of the city shops. You need not envy the young men who are making…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Farmer Fined £25
Before Mr. Isaacs, at the Sydney Central Police Court, a young man named E. Rofe pleaded guilty to a charge of having consigned the carcasses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market. Sydney, Monday Night
A PRIVATE cablegram from London states that the wool market is exceedingly firm. There is more demand for crossbreds and fleece (medium and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmer and Crazier. Stamping out Tuberculosis
A GENTLEMAN in this district who is largely interested in pastoral pursuit and takes a deep interest in cattle diseases hae sent the editor of the Examiner an article on Professor Bang's scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial News. Wool and Produce Reports
THE Sydney wool and produce agents reports:--Wool.--The demand is now running strongly on new clip, greasy and station scoured. Fellmongered wool is not selling so freely, prices asked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Can Be Done on a Farm
The following instance of practical farming is recorded by the GULGONG ADVERTISER:—At Guntawang last year, Mr. Rouse planted 200 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. 101. The Pansy (continued)--The Violent Description--Species--Uses in Medicine Test for Acids--The Sweet Violet--The Neapolitan--Soil--The Carnation--As a Garden Flower--Carnation and Tulip--Varieties of Carnation--Description of Perfect Carnation
The colours should be brilliant, distinct, and permanent, the eye rather small and not deeply penciled, and the stigma filling the open part of it. The flower stalk should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dead Sheep
Police v. P. H. Ross, charge of neglecting to destroy the carcasses of sheep left on the roadside. Frank Young, police constable,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Produce Reports
The Sydney Wool Selling Broken' Association report as follows: - Wool The demand is now running strongly on new clip, greasy station and scoured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Relating to Travelling Stock Laws Sheep
Clause 13. Every owner of travelling sheep which are intended to be driven more than 40 miles must be branded with the letter T, for every…
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