Experimental Wheat Culture
ALBURY, Thursday.--The Department of Agriculture forwarded to Mr. E. P. Smith, of Westelia, Howlong, numerous samples of wheat for experimental sowing. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1893
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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Louth
Eight thousand wethers are now passing through Louth from Beemery, travelling to Buckanbee station, A. Kirkpatrick and Co. owners, George Smiles in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Protection and Wheat Growing. Dispensing With the Imported Article. NEWCASTLE
A striking instance of the benefit to the farmers aud millers of New South Wales of even the present tariff is afforded by the closing of the local branch of the Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wagga Wagga Grape Crops. Wagga Wagga
Sir Roderick Cameron (Mew York), who visited Wagga Wagga a few days ago, inspected Mr. P[?]lver's vineyard at North Wagga Wagga, and was much pleased with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freetrade in Canada. the Farmers and the Duties on British Goods
LONDON, Thursday. -- The Canadian farmers have petitioned the Dominion Government in favor of the removal of the duties on goods imported from Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Military Expenditure. the Emperor William and the Farmers
LONDON, Thursday. -- The Emperor William of Germany yesterday addressed the delegates attending the Agricultural Congress at present meeting in Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c
On Saturday last rain fell in nearly all parts of the colony. Unfortunately in the West, where moisture is now much required, it was rather light, while several of the coast districts received more than was…
Continued on Trove, page 384 →Prize Wheat Farms
During last year several national prizes were offered, with the approval of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, for the best acre of cereals, tubers, and other commercial crops, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Seed Wheat. Proceedings Against Farmers
Officers of the Agricultural Department are pressing farmers for payment of the value of seed wheat aupplied some time ago. Legal proceedings are to be taken in some cases where the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Preserving Butter in Brine
The method of preserving butter by immersion in brine, for home consumption, and for export, has been in operation in some parts of America, and also in these colonies for several years. The method is…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Salting Butter by Brine
The beat method of salting butter is by brining. The brice is made as follows: 2lb to 4lb of salt to 1gal of water. About 2½gal of brine would be sufficient for about 25lb of butter. The brine ia added…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wheat and Flour
LONDON, February 23.—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 33s 3d, flat; Victorian, 33s; New Zealand long-berried, 31s 3d. Weaker. Australian floor, supertine, 25s 3d. Flat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Nyngan Pastoral Society. Nyngan
At a meeting of the Nyngan and District Pastoral and Agricultural Society held on Wednesday it was decided to held the show on the 14th and 15th June. The show this year promises to be a great success…
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There have been no auction sales during the week just ended, and judging by the stocks at present held in the various Sydney warehouses, catalogues for next week will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bradford Wool Market
LONDON, February 23.—In Bradford tops merinos are very depressed and prices are easier. A brisk business is doing in crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Items
Our latest mail advices from London are to January 13. and since the closing of the last sales the market demand had been of the smallest up to this date. There was, however, ample signs of an…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Wagga
The following are the stock passings:—12,000 sheep, Reilly in charge, from Toogimbio going to Benorembah; 500 fat merino owes, Riddle owner, from Walbundrle station going to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Export Trade. Meat. Fruit. Butter. Meat
In the columns of this journal on January 28 it was mentioned that the Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham was farming a National Agricultural Union, and at a recent conference of the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Wool. Notes on the Wool Trade. Weekly Review. Australian and London Markets
There was a large section of buyers in attendance at the last fortnightly sales, and vaines continued to be most remarkably well maintained-especially for this period of the season—prices ruling firm at late rates,…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. FEBRUARY 22
The past week has, upon the whole, been a quiet one in the local market. Transactions recorded have, however, been quite above the usual average for an off week, and the sales effected indicate that…
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