Sheep Dip in Pickles
At Palmerston, N.Z., six people were poisoned through eating pickles in the preparation of which sheep dip was inadvertently used. One of the sufferers…
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Farming & the land, 1906
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Farmers and Settlers’ Association
A special meeting of the Coonabarabran branch of the above Association was held on Saturday afternoon in the Mechanics’ Institute. The President (Dr. Failes)…
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The supply of cattle was an unusually light one. The quality was medium with but one or two lots of heavy primes, while many were light and of indifferent quality. Taking it on…
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THERE were only 6591 sheep and lambs forward. Included in the number offered were some exceptionally choice sheep. Buyers were in good attendance, and as the supply was so…
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THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo Branch of the F. and S. Association was held at the Town Hall on Saturday evening. The President (Mr. A. Craig) occupied the chair, and…
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[BY OUR TRAVELLING REPORTEE.] After the late beneficial rains one is surprised to note the improvement that has taken place on land that had been…
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The monthly meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon last, the 9th instant…
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Winchcome, Carson and Co., Ltd, report:—The Sydney wool market has not undergone any change since we last reported. There is the same keen…
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The arrivals of wool by rail at Darling Harbour, Newcastle and Morpeth last week amounted to 869 bales, being an increase of 30 bales as compared with the…
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Mr. H. M. Somer, secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, delivered a lecture is Berry on Saturday night under the auspices of the Berry Agricultural Society, on the…
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The other evening a countryman brought his sweetheart into town to see a perform; ano[?]o by a well known company. Going up to the ticket-office, the girl…
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Winchcombe Carson and Co., Limited, report under date 13th June:—In the Sydney wool market there is active inquiry, and prices continue well sustained…
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At this season of the year there will be no doubt be a great many farmers who are troubled and inconvenienced to a very large extent with the presence of lies on…
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An experiment of the greatest interest to farmers and gardeners is now being conducted by Messrs R. and B. Bomford, of Pitchill and Bevington, near Evesham…
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What is generally regarded as the sale of the largest number of pedigreed animals of any breed yet made within the Commonwealth to one buyer has just been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy, Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Breeding Corn
THE vast possibilities of breeding corn can hardly be estimated. It would act be difficult for one man to bread a new t[?]yo,::wheat, barley, oatsrrcoe, whcoh…
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"On every English farm," says the MARK LAWS EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, "of course a flock of poultry if kept, and eggs and birds in produced in quantity…
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The Labour Bureau has paid £4105 into the Treasury during eleven months, the revenue from the labour farm's products being £2367…
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The following were the prices realised on Saturday last:—Roosters, 2s 1d to 2s 7d per pair; pullets, 1s l1d to 2s Id; hens. Is 6d to 2s; turkeys (gobblers), 7s to…
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Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report on 19th June:—The sales this week in the local centre will be held on Wednesday next, when the offerings…
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