The Wheat Harvest
THE complete official returns with regard to the wheat harvest show that the crops were not as heavy as was at first anticipated, although the average yield is a satisfactory one, amounting to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farming & the land, 1890
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Sydney Wool Sales
GOLDSBROUGH, MORT, AND CO., LIMITED, report having offered for their sale to-day 724 bales wool, and sold at auction and privately 655 bales. There was a good demand for all fairly-conditioned parcels, but lower descriptions, of…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →The American Wheat Harvest
The final result of the American what harvest as estimated at the close of 1889 shows an area for the year slightly in advance of the average for the preceding decade, although still considerably below…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Good Coating for Butter Boxes
Dr. Truby King, of the Seacliff Asylum, has written a letter to the Chairman of the Doned in Chamber of Commerce, giving particulars of an unpatented process of coating boxes, &c., for packing…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Rust-in-wheat Conference
Mr. H. C. L. ANDERSON, Director of Agriculture, and Mr. Coker, of Camden, left by express yesterday evening for the purpose of attending the Rust-in-wheat Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. MARCH 5
During the week nine auctioneering firms submitted catalogues totalling 3481 bales, and 2569 bales (inclusive of private sales) were disposed of. The attendance showed a marked, falling off…
Continued on Trove, page 521 →Farm Crops and Bare Fallow
Professor Lowrie recently delivered a lecture at Alma, South Australia, on "Farm crops, bare fallow, and crops which might be grown on fallow." He said bare fallowing the land was practised in South…
Continued on Trove, page 514 →Rust in Wheat. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Windsor
Mr. Samuel Hoskisson, of Clifton, claims to possess a remedy for the prevention of rust in wheat. He has been interviewed on the subject, and is so sure of the efficacy of the treatment that he is prepared to treat…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Garden. Live Stock Notes
Shelter in Pasture.—We have often urged the need, in a treeless pasture, of some shelter to afford the animals protection from the excessive heat of the sun. If this shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Hop Crop
LONDON, March. 7.—A select committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the cause of the decrease in the acreage under hops. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hop Crop. London, March 7
A select committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the cause of the decrease in the acreage under hops. The Right Hon. J…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Small Farms. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—"Small Former" is perfectly correct in stating that "farming in all its varied branches is unquestionably the backbone of a nation's prosperity," as also that farms of 40 up to 100 acres can be so…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victorian. Farmers and Freetrade
The Numurkah branch of the Victorian Farmers Protection Association met last Saturday, when the action recently taken by Mr. S. Young, president, was considered. Feeling was strongly in…
Continued on Trove, page 524 →The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Vegetable Development. (Continued.)
THUS, the sap in ascending from the lower to the upper extremity of the plant is propelled with very considerable force, at least in the bleeding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Convenient Farmyard Gate
We illustrate a simple double gate frame, made to open either way, and closed in the following manner: Midway between the gates is a short post firmly driven in the ground, or mortised into the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Notes for Farmers
THRESHING is nearly completed in the Jindera distriot. In some cases twelve or fourteen bushels per acre have been obtained; while in others, only four to five bushels per acre have been realised…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Facts for the Farmer
1. A soil can be termed fertile only when it contains all the materials requisite for the nutrition of plants, in the required quantity and in the proper form. 2. With every crop a portion of these ingredients is…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Pastoral and Agricultural
NARRABRI, Saturday.—The Narrabri Land Board finished its sitting to-day, having disposed of eighty cases. The most important was that of Alfred Milner's C.P. and lease on the Namoi Biver, close to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Uralla Pastoral and Agricultural Show
URALLA, Friday.—The Uralla Pastoral and Agricultural Show on Wednesday and Thursday was in every respect a great success. The exhibits in horse stock were very good, and in cattle exceptionally so…
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