The Wool Market
THE wool trade is having a holiday time in Sydney and sales will not be reopened until the 16th inst.. after the Brisbane sales are over. So far, write the Telegraph, there are no indications of any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1911
405 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 21
Electrification. Interesting Experiments. Seed Wheat Treated
The system of using electricity in agriculture has not yet even passed into the stage of systematic experiment; it has been mentioned, and has been tried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Success in Dairying
The profit in dairying, as in any other business, depends upon the margin between the market price of the product and the cost of production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. the Wool Market
Dalgety and Co., Ltd, report:—Wool sales were held at Hobart on Wednesday last, when 12,000 bales were offered to a large attendance of buyers. The market is reported as having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sheep. What Has Made Queensland Wools?
All my life I have understood from some of Yorkshire's best manufacturers (and my own experience confirms it) that in Queensland's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tantanoola "Tiger." Sheep-stealer's Daring Operations
A TELEGRAM from Millicent (South Australia) states:—Some ears ago a tiger .was alleged to be at large at Tan-tanoola. In the absence of evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tantanoola "Tiger." Sheep-stealer's Corral Found. [?]R in the Scrub. Millicent (S A)
Several years ago a tiger was alleged to be at large at Tantanonla. The scare died away, but a possible solution of the mystery is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cookery. Butter Scotch
Melt 1½oz. of butter in a preserving pan, and add to it 8oz. of moist sugar. Stir these over a moderate fire for 10 minutes, or until a little dropped in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. First Calving Age of the Heifer
This is a question that is very much discussed, as the heifer's age at the arrival of the first calf is often thought to have a good or bad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salt for Dairy Cows
Some extensive experiments have been carried out by the Wisconsin Experiment Station to determine the value of salt for milch cows, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danish Cattle Shows
The Danes hare learned much from us in the last fifty years in the general principles of improving the breeds of cattle, says the London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Exhibit
AN educational exhibit of Farrer's wheat was on view at the lecture room at the Science Congress and an interesting feature was an instructive sample of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Quantity and Quality of Milk
It is a common impression that the milk of high-yielding cows is usually poorer, and that of low-yielding cows richer, in quality. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales
SALES were held in Sydney on Tuesday, when 8716 bales were disposed of. An improved selection enabled a fuller comparison to be made with December…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Apprentices at Yanco Irrigation Farm
IN connection with the Department of Agriculture's scheme for the training of practical farm workers, the building at the Yanco Experiment Farm now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the resumption of the Sydney wool sales on a Monday good competition prevailed, although the English and Japanese sections were the mainstay of the market. Values on an average showed a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Reports
Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report :— Results obtained at the first week's sales in the New Year in the Sydney market have, unfortunately, proved the same as those experienced at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's Wool Wealth
The day following King Edward's death the London Wool Sales proceeded as usual, although most of the other grant markets in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Farmers
AT a meeting of the farmers at Casino a protect was put in against the rates of pay demanded by the Rural Workers Union, and the hours of work. The minimum wage of 30s per week and board and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Horse-breeding Principles
Several rules, both negative and positive, the "Farmers' Gazette" remarks, that the well-known breeder, Robert Pratt, considered should…
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