Butter Tests and Milking Trials
The butter test at the recent Islington Show in England show some really good records by various cows. That confined to Shorthhorns was won by Mr. J. Even's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1904
682 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 9 of 35
Wool Sales. London, Thursday
At the wool sales yesterday, coarse crossbreds were dearer, owing to American purchases. There were large withdrawals of merinos…
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THURSDAY'S Sydney papers report that the directors of James Gillespie and Company, Limited, millers, of Melbourne, have issued a notice calling a meeting of the shareholders for…
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The dimensions to which the dairying industry has attained, and its growing importance to the State, together with the need left for an officer of the highest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poultry An English Duck Farmer
About 20,00 decks per year are raised and marketed by Peter Walsh, of Lancashire, England. He buys eggs from farmers and hatches by incubators and hens. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keeping Poultry on the Farm
Only a very small proportion of farmers give the care and attention to the poultry necessary to place them on the paying basis. The farmer who is caring and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales yesterday, brisk business was done. Crossbreds were very firm and Merinos weak. There were large withdrawals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Wheat. Sydney
A year ago wheat in Sydney was 6s, which is double the present nominal market quotation…
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That enterprising farmer, Mr. W. Redfern, of Suntop, has put up this season's record as far as wheat loads go. On Tuesday Mr. Redfern's team of 14 horses brought…
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Lay the head in water over night, in which put a large handful of salt, wash it well in the morning, and take out the brains, and put them into a small basin…
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The Minister for Agriculture states that as many persons are not making their payments for seed wheat, although well able to do so, all accounts unpaid, or not arranged for before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seed Wheat Accounts. Sydney
The Minister of Agriculture finds that a number of farmers who obtained seed wheat hare not forwarded amounts due the Government, and has decided that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Questions for the Wheat-grower. (Continued from last issue.) PLOUGHING
At the Wagga Farm the rotary disc plough is used and it is found that by means of this implement the breaking up of the soil can be accomplished at a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stripping and Ordinary Harvesting. A Comparison at a Government Farm
IN an article in the "Agricultural Gazette" of this month, on the subject of leakage in harvest, the manager of the Wagga agricultural farm, Mr. G. M. McKoow[?], is quoted as the authority…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles, Raising and Fattening Hogs
THE easiest and quickest money made on the farm is obtained from raising hogs. But it is necessary that one should commence in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial News. Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe Carson and Co. report:—We held our sixteenth sale of the season on 16th instant and sold at auction and privately 2162 bales wool. There was a large…
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The wool sales continue brisk, and prices are hardening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Association. [To the Editor.]
Sir,—As a periodical visitor to this rich agricultural district, it has occurred to me that the large body of farmers in the Wellington area are losing a powerful means of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Questions For the Wheat Grower
IT goes without saying that every wheatgrower aims at getting tho host possible return for labour and material expended in the production of his crops, but when one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wool From the Leeds "Mercury."
THE slump in the value of crossbred tops st Bradford, which was to take place this month, consequent on the arrival of this Sanson's clip from New Zealand, does not…
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