Sydney Wool Sales
At Monday's wool sales three catalogues were submitted, comprising nearly 5000 bales. Buyers were fully represented, and the market for good greasy wools opened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1901
702 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 29 of 36
Effect of Oil-cake Feeding on Butter
Rape-seed cake as food for cows does not exercise a favourable effect upon the quality of the butter. This is especially the case if the quantity given exceeds two pounds per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Success in Dairying
The year ending 31st July 1901, has been a very prosperous one for the butter factories in the Camperdown district, Victoria. The season, from a dairyman's point of view…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More About Dairying
During Mr. Stockwell's recent visit to Molong and district, he took occasion make inquiry as to cost of building [?] tory, creameries, &c, and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying in the Wellington District. (To the Editor)
SIR,—You deserve great credit for your endeavours to induce the farmers of this highly-favored district to embark in the dairying industry, and a mead of praise is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ophthalmia (Or Eye Disease) in Sheep and Cattle
TH[?]ES disease is brought about by a variety of causes, such as dirt, grass-seeds, and other foreign bodies getting into the eyes of the animal, also from sudden change from heat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales
Messrs Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—At our fifth sale of wool to-day (Thursday) we cleared by auction and privately about three thousand five hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The World's Wheat Yield
THE annual report of the Agricultural Department, recently issued, contains some valuable information. The following is a comparison made between the wheat yield for 1900 in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Produce Reports
MESSRS Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd, and Winchombe, Carson and Co, Ltd, report:- Wool No punlic [?] auctions have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening
Hot days and beautiful moonlight [?] The herbage, which is growing profusly in places, is commencing to suffer for w[?] of moisture. A few inches of rain wonl do a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Producing New Varieties of Potatoes by Grafting
IT has been suggested for some years that new varieties of potatoes might be produced by grafting. A caltivator who has studied this matter for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Company
From all appearances the meeting to be held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday (to-morrow) night, to take the necessary slept to start a Wellington Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Market
The Railway Commissioners are making extensive preparations to meet the demands for the coming wheat season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storage for Wheat
The immense shed being erected for Messrs. Quirk, McLeod and Co. at the Wellington railway station, capable of storing 60,000 sacks of wheat, will shortly be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Right Way in Dairying. Advice to Those Beginning the Industry
With the object of assisting the inexperienced in the industry, or those about to enter into it, the following advice is given by a practical man experienced in all its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying in Wellington A Successful Meeting. A Co-Operative Company to be formed
Tuesday night's meeting to consider the question of establishing a Co-operative Butter Company in the district was splendidly attended. The council Chambers were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Company
As the result of Tuesday night's highly successful meeting we feel quite justified in attaching to this article the above heading, as we believe the first steps towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Yards.--thursday. Sheep
ABOUT 30,000 sheep and lambs penned at to-day's sales, from 98 consignors. The sheep mainly comprised fair to good qualit woolly merinos and crossbreds, with only a sprinkling a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duty on Stud Sheep
SOME difficulty has arisen regarding duty to be paid on sheep now on their way from England to Hobart. A lot of 13 are due this month, the average value being fixed at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →