The Ghost that Stable the Cattle
IT was on the miry Brugga plain the cattle-ghost held sway-- Brugga--where when Winter's tempests groan…
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Farming & the land, 1900
166 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 9
Cattle Wearing Spectacles
The sight of a herd of cattle wearing spectacles must certainly be singular, and it may be surmised that the beasts themselves, could they give expression to their views on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guide to Growers Restoring Worn Out Farms From the Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W.
A long abandoned farm is not so difficult to restore to good fertility as one that has been, worn out by excessive cropping by a man who does not…
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THE quarterly meeting of Sheep Directors for the Sheep District of Queanbeyan was held at the Court House on Wednesday there were only thee members present,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams Wool Sales
Sydney, Friday—During the week the wool market shows a decline as compared with the rates ruling prior to the Christmas recess. Good greasies were a farthing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams Wool Sales
Sydney, Friday— During the week the wool market shows a decline as compared with the rates ruling prior to the Christmas recess. Good greasies were a farthing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams Wool Sales
Sydney, Friday—20,800 b[?]les were offered. 15,900 b[?]les were sold this week. There were large withdrawals consequent on owners reserves being above the altered market, and in view of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams Wool Sales
Sydney, Friday—20,800 bites were offered. 15,900 bales were sold this week. There were large withdrawal consequent on owners reserves being above the altered market, and in view of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of the Exeter Farm Estate
There was a large attendance at the sale of the Exeter Farm Estate at Mr. W. J. Chapman's auction room on Thursday afternoon. Mr. H. S. Badgery, of Pitt, Son and Badgery, wielded the hammer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter from Peanuts
In Indiana a large factory has recently been erected for the manufacture of butter from peanuts. For more than a year Messrs. Lan Brothers, of that city,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seed Wheat
We (Sydney Herald) understand that the Department of Agriculture is taking steps to recover amounts due to the Government by various persons in different parts of the colony on account of seed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sheep Guarding Bird
The yakamilk, a bird of the crane family, is used by the natives of Venezuela in place of a shepherd dog for guarding and herding their flocks. It is said that however far the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Twenty Thousand Sheep Burned
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Warrnambool district reports devastating bush fires, the worst the district has known for 50 years. The first fire broke out at Dunkeld and,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Day With a Typical Boer Farmer
Let me recall a day spent with a typical Boer family. The head of the household was a big, awkward, ill-looking old man, almost as grim as Paul…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election of Sheep Directors
ATTENTION is directed to an advertisement appearing elsewhere convening a meeting of stockowners to vote at the annual election of directions which will take place at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Sydney, Friday.— There were 24,788 bales offered for the week, and 21,540 bales were sold at auction, and privately. As compared with the, sales of a month ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
Sydney, Friday.—There were 24,788 bales offered for the week, were sold at auction and privately. As compared with the sales of a month ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Sheep and Stock Owners
An advertisement elsewhere announces the ballot for the election of Directors for the sheep Board and for the Stock Protection Board. The election takes place on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Sheep and Stock Owners
An advertisement elsewhere announces the ballot for the election of Directors for the sheep Board and for the Stock Protection Board. The election takes place on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Booroomba Wool
AT the late wool sales Mr. C. H. McKeahnio's consignment brought the following prices :--Fleece up to 15[?]d, pieces 13[?]d, bellies 11d, rams 13[?]d. Speaking of this…
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