The Markets. Homebush.—thursday, Aug. 19. SHEEP
There were 15,580 sheep penned the quality being fairly good, with a large proportion of crossbreds. There was a full attendance of buyers present, and competition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Highlands · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1899
207 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 11
Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Vii. Red Polled Cattle. (Continued from last issue.)
At the milking trials under the auspices of that worthy institution, the British Dairy Farmers'Association, held in 1897, there were entered twenty-two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Root Crops. A. LANSDOWNE
Now that the season is [?] at hand for planting most of these, a few remarks may be of use. There is a good prospect of ample returns this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Points in Dairy Cattle
Select the best cows in your herd, or that you can buy, to keep, and dispose of the unprofitable ones. The best cow for the dairy is the one that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Butter
The invasion of the British market by colonial and foreign butter-makers has not of course, been viewed with unconcern in the mother country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Markets. Homebush.—thursday, Aug. 24. SHEEP
There were 13,152 sheep yarded, consisting largely of crossbreds. There was the usual attendance of buyers present, and competition was very brisk. The heavy rain which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scotch Dairy Herd
The modern breed of Ayrshires was started by crossing the compact and comparatively small Shorthorn bulls of milking strain from the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying up North
The “Tweed Herald,” commenting on the dairying industry on the Tweed and Richmond Rivers, says : Although five years ago there was not owe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairying Industry
In the annual report of the Agricultural Department the following appears:— “The dairy industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle to Keep
When a calf is twenty-four hours old, take it away from its mother and teach it to drink. Look in its mouth, and if its teeth are not through its gums,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Viii. the Kerry Cow
The Kerry is the only pure breed of Irish cattle. Bred among the mountainous districts of Kerry, the breed was until recently little known outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Practical Farming
The following instance of practical farming is recorded in the Gulgong paper, and vouched for by the neighbours of the person who performed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lecture to Farmers
On Saturday afternoon next, Sept. 9th, at the School of Arts, Bowral, at 3 p.m., a lecture will be delivered by Mr. Stepheoson, Secretary to the Board of Exports, on…
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ON Saturday afternoon next, September 9th, at the School of Arts. Bowral, at 3 p.m. a lecture will be delivered by Mr. Stephenson, Secretary to the Board of Exports, on "Poultry Raising, and other minor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Industry
We do not require to be told now that our dairying interests give excellent promise of becoming a lucrative and flourishing industry. But the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Wearing Spectacles
The sight of a herd of cattle wearing spectacles must certainly be singular, and it may be surmised that the beasts themselves, could they give expression to their views on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Traffic
So far there is a considerable shortage in the quantity of wool conveyed by train as compared with the quantity carried for the same period last season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cuide to Growers. Restoring Worn-out Farms
A long abandoned farm is not so difficult to restore to good fertility as one that has been worn out by excessive cropping by a man who does not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lecture to Farmers. the Secretary of the Board of Exports
ON Saturday afternoon last, Mr. Stephenson, secretary to the Board of Exports, delivered a lecture in the School of Arts to a limited audience. The subject traversed was the scope and work of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Co-operative Dairying Conference. the Coming Export Season
The third annual conference of representatives of cooperative butter factories throughout the colony was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama,…
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