Local News. The Maydale Farm Sale
We beg to draw attention to the fact that the date of sale of the well-known Maydale property has been postponed till Saturday, the 13th May,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1899
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Seed for Distressed Farmers. the Department Explain Their Intentions
The following is the text of our inquiry to the Department of Mines and Agriculture in reference to the distribution of seed wheat to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The Cattle Duffers"
Stories of the bush, eh? Well, my head is crammed full of them If any man living ought to know what he's talking…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rabbits v. Sheep
THE question whether rabbits are more profitable than sheep is being discussed in many parts of Victoria. Statistics lately obtained show such a splendid return that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seed Wheat Distribution
Owing to the extent and disastrous character of the drought this year, a good deal of seed wheat is being distributed amongst distressed fanners by the Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →" Farmers' Favourite" Grain Drill. Trial at HOBBs's FARM
DURING this week Mr. F. J. Hasson, the travelling representative of the Walter A. Wood Company has been in Cootamundra, and has completed arrangements for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Farmer
The official statistics of the South Australian harvest show that the area sown for wheat in 1898-99 was 1,788,770 acres, as against 1,522,668 in 1897-98 producing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Farmers' and Others
MR. W. H. Tubman will offer on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock sharp, the whole of Mr. Gilbert Sommerville's well appointed stock of farming implements, which he no longer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seed Wheat Distribution
EVER since the distribution of seed wheat to distressed settlers was undertaken by the Government complaints have been rife in thin and other parts of the colony with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Seed Wheat Question. ONLY £5,000 ALLOWED
The following letters received (reports the Junes Democrat) from Mr Fitzpatrick in reference to the distribution of seed whest by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Fat Stock. Effects of the Late Drought. Prospects of High Prices
In further pursuance of a desire to place wool-growers and raisers of stock in possession of the opinions of competent authorities in the city, as to the probable trend of the…
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MR. H. S. BADGERY looks forward to extreme prices for fat stock daring the winter. He does not see where the supplies are to come from, as owing to the pro…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Notes
IN the April [?] of the "Agricultural Gazette" Mr. G. M. M'Kcown, manager of the Wagga Experiment Farm, desc[?]nts on the agricultural outlook in the Riverina as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allora Spring Wheat
It is reported that out of 20 varieries of wheat sown experimentally at Belltrees, (N.S.W.) last season, only the Allora Spring variety was deemed fit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday last at the Royal Mail Hotel, Mr J. J. Baylis (President) in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Stealing at Grong Grong
A Narandera telegram states that wool stealing is being carried on extensively in the district, and during the past few months many station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merino and Crossbred. Wool and Carcase
Coarse crossbred wools have been for some time almost a drug in the market, and prices have continued to decline until they hare reached a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Seed Wheat Question. Only £5000 Allowed
Mr Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., sends us the following copies of correspondence on the seed, wheat question, Mr Fitzpatrick says:—"The Department, you…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming at Batlow. to the Editor
SIR.—In a recent issue of the "Sydney Mail" a most astounding article appeared under the above heading, quite electrifying the residents of this small village. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News. Distressed Farmers. Sidney
The regulations framed for the administration of the Advances to Settlers Act were issued to-day to the various Crown Lands offices throughout the colony…
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