Farm and Field. Treatment of Growing Feals
The question of the proper feeding of the growing foal whilst it is at the dam's foot is one upon which the opinions of experts differ a good deal. Some owners…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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The Dairy. the Head of the Herd
The ability of a bull to sire good profitable cows (writes M. Winslow in the "Country Gentleman") depends largely on the number of good cows…
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THE practice of feeding off the early wheat crops is one which is followed by many farmers who combine sheep-raising with wheat-growing. This practice, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homebush-- Thursday. Sheep
About 52,000 sheep and lambs were penned at to-day's sales. The sheep comprised a large proportion of medium and useful quality merino wether and owes, with a sprinkling of prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Form and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Mangolds for Cattle
Now that the season for supplying cattle with mangolds is upon us, it will be well to remember that for the first few weeks they should be given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchoombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date of the 24th instant:—We held our usual monthly wool auction to-day, this being the first sale for season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wheat Sales
Derrick Straw—From ex Maryvale, 9172, p. 2s 1d per cwt. Wednesday. Oaten Hay—From Campbell, Maryvale,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Good Wool Clip
There is nothing which adds more to the success of a business than a good striking advertisement inserted in a well circulated newspaper, and especially so if the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Experiments in South Australia
SOUTH Australia (says the 'Journal of Agriculture of that State) has long enjoyed the reputation of producing the best wheat in the w[?], and that reputation must be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Food of the Crops
THE main object in a farmer's avocation is to convert soil and atmosphere into suitable food for man and domestic animals. A gross part of the material from which food is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. The Dubbo Picnic
A meeting of the sub-committee of the Dubbo branch of the F.S.A., appointed to arrange for the annual gathering on the 21st of August, was held on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Local Butter Factory
Mr. Adam Spies, of Mudgee, who is an expert in the erection of dairying machinery and an acknowledged authority on most matters connected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Reports
Schute Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 23rd July: Judging by the firmness in prices in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Horne and the Farmers and Settlers’ Association. to the Editor Bligh Watchman
Dear Sir,—I would be glad if you would publish the following clipping from the “Gunnedah Advertiser :”— “In 1902, Minister for Lands Crick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep and Sheepbreeding
At the Hawkesbury Agricultural Society recently, Mr. A. Hawksworth, wool and sheep expert, lectured upon sheepandsheep-breeding. What other country, he asked, can rear a sheep,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening
[?] luck again. The conditions for rain on Saturday last were the best we have seen for some time, but we only get 31 points. The weather is now fine and clear,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market. Sydney, July 29
Dalgety & Company. Limited, Sydney, repoot:—Auction sales will be held on August 14 and 15, September 3rd to 5th, and 17th to 19th. The weekly series of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd
By the courtesy of the directorate, we are in possession of the tenth annual report and balance sheet of the Co-Operative Wool and Produce Company, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Crops in 1908. Plough and Fallow for Fruitful Yields
Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist, gives the farmers some timely advice in last issue of the "Agricultural Gazette." The season for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Sydney Wool Sales
Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers report under date 30th July:—Quietness pervades the wool market at present, buyers acting with…
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