Hunter River Farmers' Association
Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe report:--On the wharves, Sydney, Iucerne hay was very scarce. Prime worth 100s.; medium, 80s. to 90s. per ton. Maize market depressed; now worth 3s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1890
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The Hume Farmers' Union and Special Areas
With reference to the protest of the Hame Farmers' Union, published in our issue a few days past, protesting against the system adopted by the Lands Department of proclaim…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Home, the Farm, and, The Orchard. Timothy or Cats’-tail Grass—(phileum Prateuse.)
THIS is in no sense a pasture grass, since tramping and close grazing destroy its bulb, which is situated just at the surface of the soil. So does close…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Foods
In choosing foods for butter-making, the effect upon he character of the butter is to be considered more than the fat contained in it. It has been found by experiment and long practice in medical physiological…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral
The Wilcannia Stock and Pastures Protection Board has made an assessment at the rate of 3d per head horses and cattle and 6d per 100 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Wheat
American shipments of wheat during February showed no haste to overtake a market in which the erstwhile astute Yankee has been outsold and undersold, anticipated and outrun by the English…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
Moisture still clings to the season, which for April is unusually warm and mild. The floods in the West have Still possession of large areas, and have caused heavy losses of stock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rust in Wheat
MELBOURNE, Monday.-The agreement between Mr. Dow, the Minister for Lands, and Mr. Smith Ellis for the payment of a reward on the latter proving conclusively that he as discovered a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Points of a Good Butter Cow
A good butter cow should have a long face, wide between the eyes, the eye alert and expressive, and placed a long way below the horns. A cow with eyes near the top of the head does not know any more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales. London, April 27
There has been no material change in the prices offered at the London wool sales, though a better spirit has been shown by buyers. The American dealers are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Inverell
Stock Passings: 2800 sheep from Laura to Moree, Mr. Conroy, sen., owner, Mr. Conroy, jun., in charge; 893 wethers, from Stirling to Waterloo, Mr. J. W. Strang owner, in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rust in Wheat. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have been anxiously looking for Mr. Smith Ellis's report on the above subject, as I know the cause of rust and the prevention. I was curious to see if Mr. S. Ellis had hit upon any method other than my own,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rust in Wheat. the Smith-ellis Specific. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The agreement between tho Minister for Lands and Mr. Smith- Ellis with reference to a £10,000 reward being paid to the latter on his proving conclusively…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Wool Sales. American Buyers in the Market
LONDON, Sunday.--At the London wool sales there has been no material change in the prices offered, though a better spirit has been shown by buyers. The American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rust in Wheat Remedy. Mr. Smith Ellis Explains His System. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Dow on Friday completed an agreement with Mr. Smith Ellis for a trial of his specific for rust in wheat. Under this agreement Mr. Smith Ellis is to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Ellis's Rust-in-wheat Remedy. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Commissioner of Lands, after reading the telegram in Saturday's Register, giving an abstract of Mr. Smith Ellis's views about rust in wheat is of opinion that Mr. Smith Ellis contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Victorian Farmers. Misplaced Foreign-trade Sympathy. Better Reserved for New South Wales Farmers. Mr. Samuel Young's Views Refuted--The Situation Summed Up Cheap Labor--Disappointed Ambition Facts Against. Theories No. Vi. (By Our Special Representative.)
IN our preceding articles we have abundantly testified to the general prosperity of the, Goulburn Valley, the locality where, according to Foreign-trade writers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral
The entries for the Hawkesbury Show closed with a total of 2060, being 16S more than the best previous entry. Blood, coaching, trotting and draught horses are weak; jumpers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers and Free Trade. Sydney Butter in Melbourne. a New Industry-export of Dairy Produce
More particulars continue to come out about the huge development of our dairying industry, and it is admitted on all hands that our farmers under free trade are swiftly overhauling the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rust-proof Wheat. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Monday.--Mr. James Hayes, one of the members for The Hume, has received from A. G. Kalms, of Moorwarra, a sample of wheat which is claimed to be rust-proof wheat. Kaims last…
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