Seed Wheat
Dr. Cobb, the well-known wheat expert, of the Department of Agriculture, has for years been engaged upon experiments in regard to seed wheat, ann…
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Farming & the land, 1903
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London Wool Sales
The London Wool Sales opened with good competition, and prices were well maintained. Mr. H. W. Curtis's bay horse…
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At the local wool sales yesterday, prices showed an advance of from 2½ to 5 per cent. Greasy reached 11d, and scoured 21d…
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The various types of cattle were but poorly represented in number, a few Durhams shown by Messrs. J. Moore and Co. and a heifer of Mr. A. Faint being the only…
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If New England prides itself on any one thing it is on the reputation and number of the sheep grown in the district, and one would naturally expect to find at the…
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Two thousand bales were offered on Wednesday by Messrs. Winchcombe and Carson. Greasy reached 11¼d and scoured 21d Wilson's Inverell, brought 9¼d ; Nicholl's, Ashford (scoured), 19d…
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THE steamer Ansgar, with a large cargo of wheat and flour for Sydney from New York, is posted as missing. Insurances on her cargo total £39,000…
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In the sheep section the number of exhibits did not quite equal that of last year, but the quality was excellent, although some of the sheep were not in…
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Cattle were only fairly well represented, but some fine animals were shown. Mr. G. A. Crnickshank carried off the honors for Durhams, taking in…
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An American exchange gives particulars of the invention of a Chicago man for fattening cattle which, it is declared, will reduce the cost…
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THE directors of the Cowra Rabbit Board at a meeting expressed some concern anent clauses 25 of the Pastures Protection Act of 1902, which provides that 20 per cent of their income shall be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Its Science
Raising wool is one thing. It is a science. Treating wool after it is grown is another science. Manufacturing it in a cloth is still another…
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Two barques arrived yesterday from San Francisco, bringing 4600 tons of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm, Dairy, and Station. "White Drink."
FOR horses fagged out after a tiring journey, there is no safer or better tonic than a " white drink " made by stirring a pint of oatmeal in a pail of water, oil which tho chill…
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The Piedmont wool clip brought 13d per lb in the London market; Goonoo Goonoo 13½d. At Glen Innes immense quantities…
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WITH certain modifications, the new Dairying Act. submitted by the Hon. JOHN KIDD, Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery of Sheep
Five hundred sheep, consigned to Homebush, were stolen from a yard, near Adelong, on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Matters. Effects of the Drought
Among the passengers in the F.M.S, Ville de la Ciotat, which passed through Freemantle on her way to London on January 2 (says the British Australian)…
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THE story which the butter factories reveal in the thriving western country of Victoria reads like a fairy tale. Tuke, for instance, the Cobden butter factory,…
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No longer is the British ploughman to live by the sweat of his honest brow or earn his living by the strength of his strong arms. The horse is soon to be abolished from the…
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