Low Price for Sheep
THE fat ewes submitted to auction yesterday by Messrs. Moriarty & Co. realised only 7d 6d per head, a truly paltry price only a hundred head were disposed of, and…
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Farming & the land, 1902
258 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 13
The Wheat Market
THE Australian wheat markets show signs weakening, in view of South Australia being likely to have an exportable surplus of nearly 160,000 tons of new crop, and of…
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At Sydney wool sales on Monday the following prices were obtained for local chips: JF/Larbert, 7 bales at 9½d; JBAS/ Larbert, 15 at 9¼d ; on Tuesday. 5 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles Producing High Class Pork
THE hog's superior capabilities of converting farm feeds into meat products render it the most profitable domesticated animal on farms…
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A FLOCK of 10,000 crossbreds, which passed through the district lately (reports the Tumut Times) became so ravenous with hunger that they could not be controlled…
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At-last week’s wool sales in. Sydney the following local clips were disposed of:— X/WAH, Braidwood, 10 bales at 11 ½d; GB& S The Glen 29 bales, hoggets and…
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SOUTH Australian new wheat is firmer, the farmers quoting 5s on farm, or equal to 52 f.o.b. Port Adelaide (bare charges), or 56 to 57 Sydney. The N.S.W. country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Splendid Oat Crop
PERHAPS the best crop of oats in any part of the Yass district is that of Mr. Joseph Blundell, Condor Creek, near Brmdabella. This gentleman has eight acres and most of…
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WINCHCOMBE, Carson & Co., Ltd., report:--The wool auctions this week have not shown the same animation as those of the past few weeks, and there has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles Harvesting Sorghum for Fodder
TWO methods may be practised in harvesting sorghum. The most common is to out with mower and let it cure for a few days, then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers & Settlers' Association. the Drought Relief Question
IN response to an advertisement convening a meeting by the president of the above association, to discuss tip best means of alleviating the distress' of fanners in this…
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THE above Association met last Thursday afternoon. The president (F. Campbell Esq.) occupied the chair. Mr W. Davis Wright accepted the duties of temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raps as Food for Sheep
THE experiences of Mr. Vernon Heydon, a grazier living at Murrurundi, who has recently experimented with rape as a food should be of interest. In giving evidence…
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Queanbeyan, Thursday.—A meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association was held this afternoon for the purpose of making application for relief from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Feeding Dairy Cows
The experience of the last two years has convinces dairy farmers of the Western district (Vic.) that the extreme luxuriance of the pasture, Instead of rendering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of Sheep
Another big loss of travelling sheep occurred at Wellington on Tuesday (says the “Times”). Mr. Buckland, of Pine Ridge, a few days ago trucked 6000 sheep from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles Cultivation to Conserve Moisture
THE drought in this colony has left the ground with too little moisture for the production of good crops. It is therefore important that…
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On some of the great farms of the Far West—farms that may run to 30,000 or 10,000 acres — giant steam automobiles are now used to draw the agricultural…
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