Irrigated Prize Farms
The following report for the information of the hon. the Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Sydney Smith), on irrigated farms entered for national prizes, has been forwarded for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1891
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Travelling Dairy. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The Government of this country must have plenty of foolish money to spend when they state, through the press, that they are intending to send through the colony a travelling dair[?], the expense of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Pastoral News. (Continued From Page 23.) Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. Weather
The weather for the past week has been generally fine and mild throughout the whole colony, with the exception of the early part of the week, when rain fell over an extensive area of territory…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wool
There are no sales of wool at auction to report since our last, and privately but little has been done during the week. Business is expected to be very quiet until advices are received of the second series of…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The Butter Trade
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Continued on Trove, page 22 →Trial of Sheep Dogs
The trial of sheep dogs took place in the enclosure during the 27th ultimo, and proved very interesting to the public. The judges were Messrs. E. Baldwin, R. R. M'Kathie, and C. B. Crowley. It is worthy of…
Continued on Trove, page 744 →Australian Sheep in Africa
Mr. E. D. E. Van Weenen, Secretary National Association of Sheepbreeders of Australia, has received from Mr. S. Wiltshire, chief veterinary Burgeon of Natal, the following letter:—"I…
Continued on Trove, page 742 →Grains of Wheat
Never strike a man with your fist when you can grip a bottle. A cur is always ready to cry "Well done," for he fears to see evil in high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
The New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co., Limited, reports the receipt of the following cable from its London house:— London, April 2.—Wool: The sales opened this day at the level of last sales, except for fine greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London Wool Sales
LONDON, April 3.—The list of wool to be submitted during the present series is now closed. Included are shipments due by the ships Samuel Plimsoll, Bangor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. London, April 3
The April series of the wool sales were opened in London yesterday, when there was fairly brisk bidding from a large number of buyers. The average price of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. APRIL 1, 1891
The incidence of the Easter holidays has interrupted business in this market; but as a good private inquiry for such lines of the staple as are suitable for immediate shipment has been…
Continued on Trove, page 755 →A Dairy Farm in the Gulf Country
To hear of dairying being carried on at Normanton will come like a surprise to many who know the district and to the "greater many" who have only heard of it as a sterile stretch of sand…
Continued on Trove, page 742 →The London Wool Sales. [By Cabvle.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 2
Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Jacomb, Son, and Co. held the opening auctions of the second series of London wool sales to-day, when 11,700 bales were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.S.W. Railway Returns. Large Increases in Revenue and Wool Carriage
The railway revenue returns issued on April 1 show that for the nine months just ended the earnings of the N.S.W. railways have amounted to £2,300,000, which, compared with the figures for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Prance With Science. an Analysis of Wheat From the Millers's Point of View. No. Iii. (See illustations on this and next page.)
The Saumur wheat (Fig. 16) ia one of the rare vari ties which can be put without hesitation above the Noe. It is a little later, has straw of greater length, a longer grain, more horny, with a finer skin,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Dairy Notes
A meeting of those interested in starting a butter factory (writes our Cootamundra correspondent) was held at Miller and Miller's offices last Saturday, the Mayor. (Alderman W. H. Matthews, J.P.) in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 743 →Farm Notes for April
Recent reports from the South speak of heavy rains, and as the weather is threatening moisture all through the colony it is probable that the present month will be favourable to the ploughman…
Continued on Trove, page 742 →Travelling Dairy. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--The Government of this country must have plenty of money to spend foolishly when they state through the press that they intend to send through the colony a…
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