Farm and Field. Influence of Humus on Soil Fertility
Humus is the name applied to that portion of the soil which is of plant or animal origin. Among the early investigators there was a long controversy as to…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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Advantages of Small Farms
If a man has the means of purchasing a farm of five hundred acres, and has the capital for suitably improving, stocking and cultivating the land, it might…
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At the last meeting of the Gawler River Agricultural Bureau, S.A., Mr. Krieg read a paper on "Farm Implements." He thought that as the live…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dairy. the Production of Pure Milk
The great importance of milk and milk products as articles of food for human consumption, especially as foods for infants and invalids, together with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Field. Life in Soil
The soil of a farm is not simply an inert mass of material containing certain mineral substances which plants utilise. It is full of living organisms. Besides the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Store Sheep Sale
ON Tuesday, March 26th, at Bathampton, Messrs. Palmer and McPhillamy, will sell by public auction 14,000 to 15,000 mixed sheep, comprising wethers, owes (merino and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market
The concluding sales of the weekly series were held during the past week, when the market was practically unchanged, except that the disposition to give extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Sprayihg Potatoes
THE subject matter of the value of spraying potatoes has been studied with much care in some parts of the world, and many co-operative experiments have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Farm Life on the Richmond and Tweed."
A FOLIO volume of 160 pages, bound in thick cardboard, with a splendid cover in several colors, containing 800 well-reproduced half-tone illustrations and over 2600 photographs in all,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market
Schute Bell and Co., report under date 19th March.—A quiet week has followed the cessation of the regular auction sales. A considerable quantity of scoured wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Skins
A VERY extensive trade is done throughout Australia in sheepskins, and it is therefore very important that, to obtain the best prices care should be taken to put them on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
London wool sales are brisk at firmer rates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Receipts
Only 175 bales of wool were manifested to arrive by rail at Darling Harbor at the end of last week. The total to date was 642,428 bales, showing an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, Monday night
At the wool sales yesterday there was a brisk competition at full rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Wool Market. (By Cable.) London, March 25
At the London wool sales prices are brisk at former rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cruel Farmer. London, Monday night
A German farmer, in German Sou[?] Africa, has been sentenced to three yea[?] imprisonment, for shooting a Herero wom[?] and tying another with her infant to a tr[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →4000 Store Cattle
Mr. W. H Wheatley advertises in this issue that he will sell by auction at Goulburn on Thursday, 11th April, 4000 store cattle, including a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Bobs" Wheat
There is, unfortunately, every reason (says the "Agricultural Gazette) to believe that a wheat of inferior milling, character is being cultivated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell and Co., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 26th March:—Business has for the nonce, given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
Messrs. Schuts, Bell and Co. report:—A fair amount, of business has been transacted by private treaty during the past week, at prices fully…
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