The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, October 16
Winchcombe, Carson & Co. report as follow:- We sold to-day Henry Hall's, Willow Tree, 14d; J. Brekland, Culgong, 13¾d;…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] The Piggery
Breeding sows should be allowed to take a run out in the orchard or paddock now. It will always be found a considerable relief when they are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trangie. (From Our Own Correspondent), the Crops
M[?]ny of the farmers began this week to cut their crops for hay. The result will nocessarity be light. In some cases it is a race between the farmer and grasshopper;…
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The weather forecast is:—Isolated showers in the south, and a tendency to thunder in the north. Otherwise fine with variable winds. It is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hand Feeding Sheep at Wagga Experimental Farm
The rainfall for six months from December to June has been only 349 points, therefore for about 8 months we had no green grass, until the arrival of the June…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pilliga Scrub Wheat
We have been shown a very fine sample of wheaten hay which was grown by Mr. W. Head, of [?] and has just been cut. The straws are well over four fest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Butter Factory in Coonabarabran, to the Editor Bligh Watchma
Dear Sir,—I am pleased to see Mr. C. W. Murchison has taken up this discussion as it should bring out the points, in favour of factory…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Crop. Sydney
The first series of reports from agricultural reporters in the country have been received. They give details of the area under crop for grain this season, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Heralin Office. Tuesday evening
On Saturday and Sunday last the sky was donsely clouded, with a very maggy atmosphere. It was anticipated that the long needed rain was about to falt. Early on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Sheep in South Africa
The Commercial Agent for N.S.W. in South Africa has reported to the Minister for Agriculture that the sheep imported there from this State have proved very suitable for that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, October 22
At the wool sales yesterday the market was practically unchanged. Greasy reached 14½d, and scoured 23¼d…
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That the crops in this and the adjacent districts will be very light seems pretty certain, as the dry weather of the last three weeks has apparently put the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep's Burnet
During the prevalence of the last drought Sheep's Burnet established a reputation as a drought resister. It is a hardy perennial plant, which…
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Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist, writes in the October "Agricultural Gazette":—The necessity for delaying the sowing of early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Prospects
The official statement issued by the Intelligence Department shows the estimated area under wheat this season is 1,974,657 acres as compared with…
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Owing to the bad crop prospects, the few Sydney holders of wheat have been forcing the price up for some weeks, but they have evidently received…
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Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 22nd October:— Notwithstanding a decided decline…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sheep Breeding Industry. a Comparison with New Zealand
The attention paid to the sheep breeding industry in New Zealand, when compared with Australia, is shown by the complete and detailed statistics…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Field. Mixed Strains [?] Sheep Breeding
Many farmers in prchasing rams keep shifting from one breed to another, thinking that they are producing lambs of greater stamina and profit producing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?] Horses and Cattle
It is often desired to tether a horse cow, or calf in the Sold. To ke[?] then from winding the rope about the bar [?] stake to which they are attached is…
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