Fluke in Sheep
THE Agricultural Gazette for July contains a most interesting and instructive article on fluke and other parasites in sheep. It is contributed by Dr. Cobb, the Government…
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Farming & the land, 1897
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Queanbeyan Butter at Coota. Show takes all Prizes
WE learnt yesterday that Mrs. William Sullivan, of Spring Bank, Canberra, who had entered in all the classes of butter at the Cootamandra Show, a day or two ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Profitable Dairy Herd
A profit of a thousand a year on 55 cows is the kind of return which makes the dairy farmer anxious to know how it is done. This was shown at a meeting of the Farmers' Institute in Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yeumburra Stud Sheep
IT is an item of first moment to the sheep- breeders of the Yass and Quenbeyan districts to learn fuller particulars of the imported stud sheep (briefly mentioned in our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Impounding Cattle in Bungendore
Senior-Constable Drummond, of Bungendore, appears to be a capable and active officer, but being a stranger to the town, be does not thoroughly understand the habits of…
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WAGGA, Monday. -- The annual conference of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association commenced its sittings in the Town…
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The Sheep Board Directors met at 11 a.m. or Friday, Mr W. F. Rutledge occupying the chair. Letters also were reid froms Messrs J. G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers' and Settlers' Association
The following are some of the resolutions carried at the annual conference now sitting in Wagga:-"That, in the opinion of this conference, the system adopted in the past of the valuation and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and His Wheat
New South Wales wheat last week stood at 4s 7d per bushel. Victoria wheat quoted at 5s 10d, and this difference in price ranging from one shilling to one shilling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairyman's Sheet Anchor
One of the chief obstacles to successful dairying in this country is the difficulty of providing a regular and sufficient supply of fodder for the cattle throughout the year. Recent experience…
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At the Goulburn Police Court on Thursday, Thomas Daniel Wiseman and. Robert Walsh (on bail) were charged on remand with having a quantity of dead wool in their…
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AT the Micalago Police Court yesterday Charles Smith was committed to take his trial at the next Cooma Quarter Sessions on a charge of alleged sheep stealing from…
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The reports of Victorian butter factories give an idea of the magnitude of the dairying industry in that colony. The milk supplied in the Colac factory for May was 63,366…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Model Farm for the Bega District
The Minister for Agriculture recently received a deputation introduced by Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A., from representative of the Bega, Candelo, Cobargo, Moruya, and Bombala societies, consisting…
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Sydney, Tuesday.—At the local wool sales yesterday competition was strong and healthy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Associations report that the opening sales of the Australian wool selling campaign were held in Sydney on Monday and Tuesday this week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inspection of Cattle
WHEN interviewing the Mayor of Sydney recently, the spokesman for the deputation from the Fat Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bright Prospects for the Farming Industry
In an address to the farmers of Wagga on Saturday Mr. J. L. Thompson, travelling lecturer for the Agricultural Department, said the prospects for wheat-grewers in Australia were never better…
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MESSRS. G. H. COX, M.L.C., A. A Dangar, P. H. Osborne, and A. W Pearse, as a deputation from the Stockowners' Association, waited on…
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At the Rungendore Police Court on Thursday, before Messrs. Rutledge, Powell and Leaby, George Scott, on remand, was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of someone unknown…
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