The Wool Market
LONDON, June 27.-The wool market is very firm especially for merinos and crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1889
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The Wool Trade
Day by day the cablegrams reaching us from London have reported a stronger market, until a distinct advance can now be quoted on all merino sorts. English mail advices to 17th May have come to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, Thursday Night.--At the wool sales fine medium greasy crossbreds have advanced 1d per lb. American buyers are purchasing freely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fortnightly Wool Sale
J. H. GEDDES AND COMPANY.—Our wool sale to-day passed off satisfactorily, buyers being in the usual numbers and prices in accordance with the London sale, showing an advance on those ruling a fortnight ago. We…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wodonga Horse and Cattle Sales
ALBURY, Saturday.-Messrs. Campbell and Sons, in conjunction with Messrs. Chenery Bros., concluded their extensive sale of horses yesterday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and the competition for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Characteristics of British Cattle. SHORTHORNS
The Shorthorn is by far the most numerous and most widely diffused. ... In precocity, production of meat, and general utility the Shorthorn is unsurpassed. Other varieties may excel it in special…
Continued on Trove, page 1348 →The Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales
Of all the divisions of labour in connection with literature, there are none more rugged and uninteresting than those which require a passage through statistics and records bearing on the land…
Continued on Trove, page 1346 →The Coming Sheep Sales. (By Cable.)
HOBART, Thursday.--A large shipment of sheep will be sent hence to-morrow for the Sydney sales on July 9. The steamers Corinna and Moreton take about 2500 from Launceston…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)
BALLINA, Friday.--The weather during the month has been fine and cold, but with no frost to damage the sugarcane, which looks well generally. Crushing will commence shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales. Melbourne
The Union Mortgage and Agency Co. have received a cablegram stating the wool market in improving in tone as the sales progress. There is brisk competition, and prices are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market. London, June 27
The tone of the wool market is very firm, especially for fine merino and crossbred sorts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. JUNE 26
Day by day the cablegrams reaching us from London have reported a stronger market, until a distinct advance can now be quoted on all merino sorts. The latest message from our correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1355 →farmer. Dairy Hints
Every farmer is accustomed to salt his cattle, but not every one knows why he does it, unless it is because the stock like it. But a moment's thought will show where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool-Selling Season, 1889-90. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—Your article on the above subject in last week's issue is very mach to the point, and calls attention to a matter which should at once be seriously considered by those interested in the wool industry, and especially by those who…
Continued on Trove, page 1349 →Best Feed For Dairy Cows
Farmers have a much greater sphere of influence on the flavor of milk produced than many suppose, or they are willing to admit. The reason why a certain number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. Beef, Blood and Bones
Hammond, Ind., would not bo much of a place without that great cattle slaughtering establishment, the Hammond Packing Company; This firm, on an average, kill a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Notes
The best mode of salting butter is by brine salting, and nothing injures butter more than working salt into it in a dry state, as grains of salt were thus worked into the body of the butter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1346 →Combined Ice-house and Farm Creamery
The illustrations herewith are the perspective view and plan of a farm ice-house, flanked on one side by a windm[?] tower and tank, and on the other by a small creamery. It was designed by Sheldon F. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 1364 →Farm Notes. Advantages of Draining
The water-level in the soil is covered. Rain falling on the land sinks quickly to the water-level, leaving fertilising properties behind. The soil absorbs oxygen from the air, which has…
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