Important to Dairy farmers
An important experiment, and one that should prove of great value to dairy farmers, is being carried out at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. It is the testing of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1903
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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening
The weather since our last has been very cold, consequent upon a south-west wind which brought with it a snowy tendency. On Thursday afternoon a rather peculiar…
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IN some of the coastal districts wheat of the macaroni type—Medeah, Algerian, and other bearded varieties—have been very successfully grown for grain to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial. the Wool Market. July 30
The monthly auctions were continued during the past week, when catalogues aggregating 3100 bales were brought forward. The bulk of the selection was unattractive,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Chinese Farm-house
The Chinese farm house is a curious-looking abode. Usually it is sheltered with groves of feathery bamboo, and thickspreading banyans. The walls are of clay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farm. the Early Care of Chry Santhemu'ms
Very much of the success we desire in growing Chrysanthemums depends upon the attention the plant receives during the early stage of its existence. If neglected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. a Simple Way of Grafting
IN grafting a seedling one or two years old the graft is inserted just above the ground and but one outting is need. To graft a tree in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baradine Farmers and’ Settler’s Association?
The monthly meeting of the above was held on August 1st. The President, Mr. J. Witter was in the chair. A letter was read from the Gen. Sec,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Commerical. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening
Although cold at night, the we[?]her is simply glorious. The country is looking beautiful, and with another shower of rain this month nothing more could be desired,…
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Winchcombe, Carson and Co report:—We have done considerable business since last reporting, including important lines of scoured skin wool from the leading…
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At the opening of the fourth series of London wool sales on the 17th instant, three firms offered 9805 bales from Australia and New Zealand, and the total quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amendment of the Land Act Suggestions by Farmers
At a meeting of the Sebastopol Farmers' Union, held daring last week, the delegate representing that branch at the ensuing conference was instructed to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Hebald Office, Friday Evening
The weather at night is extremely cold for this time of the year, the glass on Friday morning showing 28 degree, or four degrees of frost, the coldest, but one, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. the Wool Market. Sydney, August 5
The market has remained quiet during the past week, but a number of lines withdrawn from the recent auctions have changed bands, and in occasional instances prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yankee Yarns. the Tramp and the Farmer
A tramp who asked for breakfast at a farm house and was refused a single crust exclaimed with an injured air— "Alas, how deceptive is human nature!…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. Drought Relief Fund & Irrigation
THE State Government of New South Wales initiated a relief fund in consequence of distress caused by the long continued dronght…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Sale. Very Large Attendance
THE sale of Beaudesert cattle by Pitt, Son and Badgery at the Corporation yards on Monday afternoon, brought together prospective buyers from nearly every part of the State…
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MESSES. PITT, SON, AND BADGERY conducted one of the biggest sales of cattle ever held is Dubbo on Monday afternoon at the Corporation Sale Yards. Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening
The atmosphere denotes rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Conference at Narandera
The conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was opened in the public hall, Narandera, on Tuesday morning. Mr. R. Patten,…
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