The Dairy. Successful Milkers Must Practics Kindness
Every milker thinks be knows how to milk (writes Mrs Anna Sorensen in the "Michigan Farmer") but if the cows could express their…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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Farm and Field. Green Manure for Potatoes
Potatoes should be planted in soil which has been brought into a good state of tilth. Above the tubers it should be in a fine porous condition, so…
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During the recent International Agricultural Congress in Europe, Professor Stokines read an interesting paper on farmyard manure. He gave a brief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [AlL Rights Reserved] The Sheep Fly
It is a singular fact that ovines are the only animals of the farm that suffer from fly attacks, i.e., maggots, and if they are not looked to carefully, they…
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Competition at the London wool sales has much improved and the opening rates are being fuly maintained. London, Thursday night…
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SEEN by a representative of this journa on Friday evening, with reference to the mortality of sheep in this district recently, Mr. W. W. Baird. of Cootha. attributed this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trangie. (From Our Own Correspondent). Fluctuations in Sheep Values
It is stated that 4000 sheep changed hands in this district at is per head. Sheep, have evidently suffered a bigger slump than copper. It is hard to realize that sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, November 28
Harrison, Jones & Devlin report:—We submitted at, auction 4,800 bales, a very attractive selection. There was spirited competition for the best descriptions…
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Messrs. Goldsborough, Mort and. Co. Ltd, report (27th ult.):—More than usual interest was centred in the auctions held to-day, in view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Good Crop
Despite the adverse season the wheat crop is not altogether a failure. At Mr. H. A, Warnock’s Bugaldi farm, 200 bags of prime wheat were obtained from 60…
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At the London wool sales on Monday there was increased competition, and prices were fully maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday evening
Since our last the weather has been very hot. On Sunday the thermometer showed 108 degrees in the shade, and on Monday 112 was the record. To-day the sky has…
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At the wool sales yesterday there was increased competition, and prices were fully maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mortality in Sheep. to the Editor of the "Dubbo Dispatch."
SIR,--I feel quite sure that the deaths in sheep round Dubbo lately were not caused by Euphorbla (or milk wood), as I have purposely visited the localities and find that there is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, December 3
At Winchombe, Carson and Co's wool sales yesterday the market was equal to the closing rates of last week. Best greasy reached 13d, scoureds 18¾d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warwick Farm Races. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, November 30
Farm Stakes.—Ruth, 1; Schoonor, 2: Autenil, 3. Liverpool Mile.—Reprint, 1; High Lady, 2; Outbreak, 3…
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Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brockers, Sydney, report under date 3rd December :—Fairly satisfactory clearances were effected at…
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Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report under date November 28th as follows:—We submitted on Thursday a catalogue of 4800 bales which included a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Dairy. Testing Cream at the Factory
In a paper read by Professor Foster at a recent meeting of the Dairyman's Association at Michigan, he said:— Testing cream is generally understood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clean Root Crops
Successful growers of root crops must keep their woods down. It is hopeless to expect extermination. Wherever a crop falls weeds are luxuriant, and the the rains…
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