Seasonable Farm Hints
IN addition to ploughing, cross-ploughing and harrowing should be done, in order to prepare the land for wheat-sowing. The prime cause of rust is defective drainage, cultivation, and the natural…
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New Zealand Farmers' Co-op Association Report
The Australian representative for the" Fanners' Co-op. Association in New Zealand," is in receipt of the following market report from the Christ-church Association:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Notes
German experimentalists have come to the conclusion that very little if any advantage is to be gained by the steaming, steeping, or fermentation of chaffed hay, straw, &c, of bran or…
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A member of our staff who travelled recently from Newcastle to the Queensland border speaks in glowing terms of the admirable condition in which he found the country all along his road…
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LONDON, Thursday Night. -- From New York it is reported that the crops throughout America have been damaged to a great extent by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying Hints
How curious it is that so many dairy and agricultural writers set forth the value and praise of skin milk as a food for calves, pigs and colts, and do it in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Stock and Crops
MURRUMBURRAH, Saturday.--The weather continues very dry. Farmers are mostly at a standstill for rain, and unless some falls soon a hard winter will ensue for cattle and sheep. At present water is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
The weather of the last fortnight has been unmistakably wintry. Near the close of March there was a sudden plungo from summer-like heat to cold. The change was accompanied by heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Making. Tamworth
Mr. Cole, an energetic townsman, has sent for the necessary appliances to carry on the butter-making industry on a large scale. The advent of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales
The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, has received the following telegram from its London agents respecting the progress of the April series of…
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LONDON, April 2.-The total number of bales catalogued to date at the wool sales is 67,G00, of which 62,200 have been sold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Instruction. To the Editor
Sir,-The students at present undergoing instruction at the department for instruction in sheep and wool at the Technical College, Ultimo, wish to call the attention of all interested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wiseman's Ferry
Stock crossings yesterday: 158 fat bullocks, from Jerry's Plains for Homebush, W. Pearce owner; also from Hunter district for Parramatta, 60 horses, Moxham Bros. owners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Sales. London, April 3
At the London wool sales yesterday buyers were active. It is generally believed that merino wools have touched the bottom prices, and a revival is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. the London Wool Sales
LONDON, Sunday.--At the London wool sales yesterday there was an increased demand, buyers being active. It is now believed that merino wools…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Wool Market. a Little Spurt at the Close
LONDON, February 26.--The first series of sales closed up on Saturday last with quite a little spurt, which put some heart into the buyers, and sent them home in better spirits…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Floods in the Country. Extensive Damage to Crops. the Lower Macleay Submerged
GRAFTON, Monday.-From different parts of the district an exceptionally heavy rainfall is reported. The river has risen 20ft since Saturday, and is still rising. The backwater is coming in to the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flood at Morpeth. Extensive Damage to Crops. Morpeth
The weather is showery. The floodwaters are still rising, and have already covered an immense area of agricultural land, doing a vast amount of damage to the crops, which were looking splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand Farmers' Co-op Association Report
The Australian representative for the "Farmers' Co-op. Associations in New Zealand," is in receipt of the following market report from the Christ-church Association:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Stock and Crops
BRAIDWOOD, Monday.--The weather is delightful and the country is in splendid condition. Frosts keep away well. CROOKWELL, Monday.--Grass and herbage…
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