A Dairy Farm in Holland
AN American who lately visited one of the leading dairy farms in Holland, gives the following interesting account of what he saw:—"They used the very same stable at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1884
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Advantages of the Dairy
Dairying is but in its infancy in this colony. The small tract of land which forms the fringe of the Southern coast is the only portion of this colony's soil which is utilised for the purpose. The field left for those…
Continued on Trove, page 834 →Farm and Garden. Operations for May
KITCHEN GARDEN.—Planting and sowing as in last month. Transplant cabbages, cauliflowers, etc. Carrots and potatoes to be stored. Sow Windsor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Memoranda for May, 1884
SURELY the drought that the colony has been Buffering from so long ought to teach every colonist the lesson that we have from our first appearance been endeavouring to teaoh them, but with very little…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Poultry Yard. Poultry Farming
WE quote the following from a paper contributed to the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, by P. H. Jacobs, and commend it to the attention of those farmers who confine their operations to the culture of wheat or…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Australian Wheat
LONDON, May 3.—Australian wheat is unsaleable at 41s 3d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales
London, May 2.--At the wool sales to-day, 10,300 bales were offered. The demand is steady, but not active. Crossbreds are generally firmer. French buyers are operating more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool and Produce Markets
WOOL.—The European Mail of March 28 reports that hte wool market [?] quiet. Since the close of the auctions business in colonial descriptions has been almost suspended, but what few transactions have taken place have been at last sales' rates. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The London Colonial Wool Sales. London, May 3
Since the opening of the present series of wool sales 60,000 bales have been catalogued, of which 4000 bales have been withdrawn from sale. The list has closed with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wheat Crop
A return of acreage under wheat crop, in the colony of New South Wales, for the year ending 31st March, 1884, with the probable yield, has been issued by the Registrar-General. It shows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Returns
We publish to-day the official estimate of last season's wheat crop; and brief as it is, we are sure it will be studied with interest by all who are interested in the development of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep From Victoria
A proclamation was issued by the Governor in Council yesterday, suspending for a further period of six months, with respect to fat sheep imported from Victoria, the provisions of sections 52, 53, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Produce
At the Darling Harbour railway terminus this morning there was a good supply of forage forward from the intermediate stations along the western and southernlines. The market was well attended and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney University. to the Editor of the Dairy Telegraph
Sir,--Judging from Dr. Belgrave's remarks at the meeting of graduates held yesterday, one must conclude that it is high time the University had the benefit of the wisdom of the "ad eundem" graduates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Sugar Crop. BRISBANE
The statistics of the sugar crop for the year ended March 31 show that the total area under crop in 36,568 acres; the area off which the cane has been crushed, 24,884 acres; and the total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Districts
The Pastoral Times of the 3rd instant reports of Deniliquin:—The weather has again set in fine. The rainfall of last week has done perceptible good, but a much larger downpour is earnestly needed. The grass is now springing;…
Continued on Trove, page 883 →The Last Wheat Crop
The Registrar-General has so far compiled the agricultural returns collected last January that he is in a position to afford official information concerning the last wheat crop. According to a return which he has…
Continued on Trove, page 882 →Annual Stud Sheep Sale
The stock salesmen of this colony are preparing for the next sales of stud sheep. Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe have secured the top floor of the Australasian Wool Store, Central Wharf. The rooms are well…
Continued on Trove, page 882 →Fat Sheep from Victoria
A proclamation was issued by his Excellency the Governor, on Tuesday, in referenced the introduction of sheep from Victoria. It states that scab in sheep is not now known or suspected to exist in…
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