Wool Sales
The inaugural sales of the new wool clip for this year were held yesterday when three small catalogues , consisting of several lots, were submitted, but buyers’ ideas did…
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Farming & the land, 1904
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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Fertilizers
STEAMED bone meal is valued for the phosphorous it contains, but in some parts it is sold on the basis of phosphoric acid. That is perhaps more…
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'I suppose,' said the farm hand who was looking for a job,' you believe in the eight hour system?' 'Yes,' answered the farmer. 'I work…
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Co. LTD. report, under date 21st July:--For our first sale, in the new wool year, held to-day, we brought forward a small but attractive…
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THE method of testing milk by tho Babcock test has been proved by many experts, after years of work, to be a correct one. If there are any unexplainable…
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THIS disease exists in fowls to a greater extent than most poultry-keepers are aware. It is seldom suspected, because poultry-keepers are accustomed to…
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THE main cause of impure milk is uncleanliness--dirty cows, stables milkers, and dirty cans. Dirt and pure milk are irreconcilable : pure milk must…
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WINONCOMDEM CARSON & CO, LTD., report:—Foreign buying firms are competing strongly for local scoured wool, and for the few lots of early shorn new c[?]ip which are available…
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THE peach tree is perhaps one of the easiest of all trees to bud, and a low suggestions will enable any one to grow the most desirable and hardiest budded…
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Mr. W. Gracie has received a communication from a metropolitan firm, relative to the value of white artichokes as winter food for dairy cattle. The tubers are most prolific,…
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WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report:— Shearing is progressing favorably and without hitch in the early sheds, and it is expected that a fair amount of the new clip will be…
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IN pruning orchards of apples and pears that have, been neglected for some years it is better to take two or three years. In heavy pruning of the apple, after years of…
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Take one pound of flour, two ounces of butter, half an ounce of cream of tartar, quarter ounce of carbonate of soda, and two ounces…
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Few people realise the scale of the wool industry in Australia, or the skill and intelligence brought to bear upon it. In the years betwixt 1860 and 1900 the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pruning Peach Trees in Winter
YOUNG trees should be cut hack about as trees usually are at time of setting, and those that are injured should be pruned back so as to leave arms of the…
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SOME apprehension has been exhibited lately among people who have dealings in grain as to the backwardness of wheat, especial in the north-west and west, and the general…
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A [?] paper states that an ostrich harm is to be started nean Gilg[?], for which station a [?] load of 12 birds (2 males and 10 females ) has been sent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. the Bacon Breed of Pigs
LARGE Yorkshire pigs have been bred in England for a great many years, the object being to produce lean meat instead of fat -- hence they are called the bacon…
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At Nowra on Saturday, Messrs. Stewart and Morton submitted a farm of 48½-acres, Situated at Pyree, and the property of Mr. G. McAndrew, jun. The…
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The railway authorities report a considerable increase in the quantity both of wool and wheat arriving at Darling Harbour Railway Station. Up to the…
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