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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,242 stories in New England's papers · page 16 of 63

Cattle

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

"The best show of cattle I have seen for a long time" was the common expression amongst mien of long experience in that pursuit…

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Sheep

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

Perhaps the only portion of the exhibition which did not come up to expectation in regard to the extent of competition was the sheep section…

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Butter Factory

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

THE report of operations at the Tenterfield Co-operative Butter Factory for the month of March, as supplied to us by the Manager(Mr. W. J. East), shows a steady…

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The Pastoral Industry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 4

ONE of the first of Australian Industries to prove a source of profit was the pastoral industry, and It still continues to be the chief producer of…

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A Fine Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

LAST Saturday Mr. T. Power had banging in his butchery in Grey-street the carcase of a crossbred wether, which tipped the beam at 1201b. Mrs. Miller, of Red Range road,…

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Wool Market. DALGETY & Co's. Ltd. Wool Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 3

There is a keen enquiry for all descriptions of the staple in the Sydney market, but very little wool is on hand Stocks were practically cleared at the…

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The Wool Market

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

THE weekly wool report o£ Dalgety and Company, Ltd., wool, grain, and produce brokers Sydney, dated April 3rd, contains the following:—…

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A Thousand Sheep on 1000 Acres

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

MR. DALBY, of Port Broughton, South Australia states that he keeps 1000 sheep on 1000 acres of grass, and by using onsilage he hoped in future to be able to keep 3000 on the same area. At…

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Great Crop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

A REMARKABLE crop of onions is recorded by a New Zealand farmer, Mr. Edward Ling, who writes to the "Poverty Bay Herald" :--"I have just harvested my crop of straw colored Spanish…

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The Dairyman. Paspalum

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 3

THERE has been an exceedingly heavy demand for paspalum dilatatum seed for the dairying districts in Southern Queensland lately, and one Brisbane firm who…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

A Canadian horse-breeder has offered to pay a substantial sum of money to anyone who can show him an absolutely white foal. White…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

New South Wales has a narrow escape of heading the list of Australian wheat producing States. Victoria reaped the biggest crop, 23£ million…

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The Wool Market

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 3

The weekly wool report of Dalgety aud Company, Limited, Wool Grain and Produce Brokers, Sydney, dated April 3, contains the following There is a keen enquiry for…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 3

On Saturday morning a meeting was held at the Empire Hotel for the purpose of resusitating the branch of the Inverell Farmers' and Settlers' Association. The…

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Monster Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

OCCASIONALLY the New England pastures produce some very fine cross-bred sheep, whose carcases have bulked heavy; but all our breeders efforts in this direction are…

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Valuable Sheep

Guyra Argus · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 6

Several of the sheep owners in this district are bent on improving the breed of their flocks, and the other day a consignemnnt of rams and a few…

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Sydney Wool Market

Guyra Argus · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 1

Dalgety end Company, Ltd, Wool. Grain & Produce Brokers, Sydney. There is a keen enquiry, for all descriptions of the sample in the Sydney…

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Skelter for Sheep and Lambs

Guyra Argus · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 12

The question of suitable shelter for sheep at the lambing season is one that comes prominently before flockmasters at this period of the year, and it has been shown…

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Wheat 30s a Bushel

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

" I REMEMBER" said an old Gundagaite talking about the high prices that prevailed for wheat in the dry period of the old says, "wheat being sold at 30s. per bushel. A relation of mine…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] the Dairy Cow

Guyra Argus · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 12

DAIRYING during the winter period is more profitable than during summer. The price of dairy products is almost invariably higher during the cold months…

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