The Farmer S[?]trials
A correspondent writes:—Recent [?] sto[?] Murrumburrah caused considerably more losses than one would judge from the newspapers. Some farmers have lost all…
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Farming & the land, 1904
230 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 12
The Wheat Crop
Private cables and letters to Sydney show there is a record demand at the present moment in London for Australian best wheats, which are this harvest [?] for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Movements
Wednesday’s “Moruya Times” says:— Mr. R. Geelan arrived in town again yesterday He has 700 head of cattle coming along from Bega—expected to be in the…
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The Department of Agriculture states that money in payment of seed wheat supplied to distressed farmers is being received at the rate of about £900 a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales
THE Sydney market is very strong for good lines of both greasy and scoureds when in dry condition, but for all other classes the bidding during the week displayed a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Queen Sells Butter
Queen Wilhelmins of Holland has gone into the dairy business and is now making money by selling milk and butter. Her first step in this direction was when she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Importations of Cattle to America
The first historical mention we have of the importation of cattle is that they were brought by the Europeans to Mexico about the year 1525, says Mrs. M. A. Sherman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. the Milk Flow in Dairying During Hot Weather
WHEN the milk flow in cows becomes lessened it cannot be regained during the lactation period. When the very warm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Cream Separator on the Farm
The problem for the dairyman after ha has produced the milk is the separation of the cream and the manufacture of a product which will bring him the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Dairy Cows Pay Best
A leading article in the [?] Farmer of October 17 deals with this subject. It points out that the Canadian Department of Agriculture has been engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Fined by Phone
The town marshal of Elnora, in Indiana was called to the telephone recently by John Ketchem a farmer, who lives eight miles away. "You…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales
[?] C [?] AND Co, by wire report—We sold 3,200 [?] of wool yesterday. Tasmanian greasy to 12¼; Sydney scoureds to 21d. Frazier's Invergowrie, brought 11d;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Travelling Sheep
In Chambers on Wednesday Mr. Justice Pring dealt with a special case stated under the Justices Act by way of an appeal made at the instance of senior…
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THE following lots of wool from this district were sold in Sydney during the week: HB on side, over Red Hill, from Queanbeyan, 4 bales at 9½d; TY over Bywong,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Something About Wool in Australia
Captain John Macarthur, who may be regarded as the real founder of the wool growing industry in Australia, took to Great Britain in 1803 the first Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Stimulating Growth of Leguminous Crops
Recent discoveries by scientists of a successful method of propagating nitrogen breathing bacteria in innumerable quantities and being able to transfer them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Poultry Keeping
[?] raising of poultry by farmers has not hitherto been considered by them as a business but rather as an adjunot or a pastime, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Farmers' Union
In New Zealand the Farmers' Union, a body of some 20,000 strong, has done much to bring the importance of the landed industries under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travelling Sheep
In Chambers on Wednesday, Mr. Justice Pring dealt with a special case stated under the Justices Act by way of an appeal made at the instance of Senior-sergeant Borthistle against Alfred Saunders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rust-Resisting Wheat
An exchange reports that Mr. M. Alpine, vegetable pathologist, Victoria, reports to the Director of Agriculture in that State that over 100 replies have been received…
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