Electricity to Destroy Farm Pests
Since a Monaco engineer's discovery that an electric current will free the soil from insects, the idea has been held that electricity should aid in abating the insect…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1906
1,242 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 63
Sydney Wool Sales
Messrs. John Bridge & Co., Ltd. report:—On Tuesday we submitted a large catalogue of 6218 bales, the selection, being in the main late shorn, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying in America
The march of the cow through the western part of the United States is thus referred to by a writer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
FOR their seventeenth wool sales of the season on Wednesday, Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. submitted a good catalogue and sold 4800, bales. Included in the sale were the following:--D.R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market. DALGETY & Co's. Ltd. Report
Excellent selling conditions have prevailed during the past week, the market having been very firm and competition brisk with fully maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Dairy, and Station Feeding Cows on Apples
THE Canadian Experiment Station last year, having quite a large supply of inferior apples on hand, conducted an experiment feeding teem to milk cows, with results as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Pastoral Notes
William M. Rysdyk was a farmer in a small way at Sugar Loaf, New York, U.S.A. A five weeks old colt and his dam were offered to Rysdyk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Market and Pastoral News
At Homebush on Thursday there was a full attendance of buyers, but the supply of sheep was above the demand, and values were lower all round as compared with late rates,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
The offerings for last week amounted to 22,846 bales, and the sales at auction and privately brought the clearance to 24,013 bales. The season's total so far has now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Notes for February
This is a good month to sow the green fodder crops intended for winter use, such as rape, barley, wheat, oats, rye…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Cake of Milk
MILK should be drawn from the cows in the most cleanly manner, in tin pails, and attained through a wire cloth strainer, and the milking should be done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Machines Indispensable on the Farm
A MODERN farm in these times is not complete without a good gasoline engine. It should not be too large to prevent it from being easily moved from one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress in Dairying
It must be taken as an encouraging sign of the material advancement of the district that the Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop Maps
The U.S. Biological Survey is engaged in mapping the natural life zones and crop belts of the country for the primary purpose of aiding the farmer to decide what crops…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tenterfield Butter Factory Rapidly Advancing
We take the following from the 'Intercolonial Courier of Friday, February 9:— It is with very much pleasure that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Trade
Up to the olose of last week the catalogues offered at auction in Sydney amounted to 581,973 bales, and with 12,500 bales to be submitted this week the total offerings to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Walcha Police Court. Charge of Cattle Stealing
At the Police Court on Thursday last, before Messrs Walsh and C. Seckold, J's.P., Kenneth Mychael was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool & Produce. Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd. February 13
We held a very successful wool sale to-day, obtaining the highest price of the day for both greasy and scoured, viz., 12¼d and 23d respectively. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uralla Dairying Association
A meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, when there were present: Messrs. J. Berman, B. Hagan, H…
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