How to Manage a Farm
IN my last I treated of the mismanagement of farms. I shall in this try to solve the great problem of farming. There are several great points in farming, the study of each of which is as…
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The Farmer and Grazier
We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Clover Crop
MANY farmers look to a crop of clever to restore thwe fertility of their land, and in so doing they look in the right direction. Why is it that this plant is so potent in bringing up exhausted soils, as it cannot of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Pacts for Farmers
OVER-STOCKING.—A field in which the grass is gnawed off close to the root, is in no condition to go into the severe weather of winter. There is no protection, and, in case of any kind of grass or clover,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Tobacco Crop
LONDON, September 2.—The latest advices from Cuba state that the tobacco-crop is estimated by the agricultural department of the provincial government at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Market
LONDON, September 10.—The price of Australian wheat per 496lb is 45s to 46s. The supply of the wheat market is unusually large. The quantity of wheat…
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The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,500,000 quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales. London, September 11
At the wool sales to-day 4800 bales were offered. The tone of the market is now firm, more especially in crossbreds The committee have now decided that the present series of…
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LONDON, September 13,—The tone of the wheat market is quiet but steady…
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LONDON, September 13.—The competition in the wool market is increasing, and the market is firm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Freedom of the Platform. to the Editor of the Sydney Dairy Telegraph
Sir,--Perhaps the best advice I can give " Jupiter" is to road my letter over again. He will then probably see what must at a glance have been perfectly plain to a person of ordinary intelligence. I. That…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales
The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, have received a cablegram from Mr. Helmuth Schwarts, dated, London, September 18. The wool sales continue animated. Prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Wool Sales. London, September 11
At the wool sales to-day 7500 bales were offered. The market was firm. LONDON, September 12. At the wool sales to-day 5900 bales were offered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Yass
The show to morrow promises to be very excellent. In stock the exhibits were partially judged to day, and the following prizes awarded:— Waddell, of Collector, Blood stallion, 1st prize; Palmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rust in Wheat. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—For about twenty years I followed a farmer's life. In a large puddock, about a mile from my farm, the land became impoverished by successive cropping. To fertilize it, the owner penned sheep all over the paddock; sowed a crop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Market
LONDON, September 14.—The competition in the wool market is increasing, and quotations are 1½d to 2d better than at the opening sales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, September 14
At the wool sales to-day 9800 bales, were offered. The market is firm, inferior and faulty are rather lower than the last series, but cross-breds are a penny higher than last sales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Yass
The show to-day was an unprecedented success. Over 1200 persons attended, and great enthusiasm existed. The principal awards to-day were as follow:—Single harness horse, Thomas Colls, 1st prize; W. Cousins,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hop Crop
LONDON, September 14.—The hoppicking has been successful, and the yield large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
LONDON, September 15.—At the wool sales, competition by both home and foreign buyers continues to be active…
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