Liver Fluke. Young's Sheep Lick Specific
Messrs. Whatham Brothers are advertising a sheep-lick for the cure and prevention of flake and worms in sheep. We haven't said much about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1897
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Native Industry. Butter and Cheese. Great Achievements
New South Wales can boast of some of the best managed and worked industrial institutions in the world. Commerce has, after centuries of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Royal Agricultural Society. Sheep for Export
At the forthcoming show of the Royal Agricultural Society, to be held at Moore Park in April, the Board of Exports is offering a series of prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bore Water for Wool-washing
In November last our Collarendabri correspondent, referring to wool-washing at Moongulla bore, reported that serious doubts were entertained as to the suitability of the bore water for wool-scouring, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. London, January 27
The wool sales are animated. The Americans are still buying,which makes the competition keen. Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. London, January 28
At the London wool sales yesterday best greasy merinos and crossbreds had the best of the sale. Prices realised for special clips included the following:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 27
At the wool sales to-day the competition was animated. American buyers are still purchasing. Jan. 28…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Fleet. Sydney Exports, £6,365,523
Matters were somewhat quiet in the Sydney wool world during the week, owing to the cessation of the wool sales proper for the season, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company
The seventh annual meeting of the Farmer and Dairymen's Milk Co., Limited, was held at the company's head office, Ultimo, on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairying Industry. Grafton
At the annual meeting of the Grafton Dairy Company to-night, the report showed that 199,601 gallons milk had been supplied to the factory, yielding 76,7841b. of butter, which realised on an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Poultry Farm. An Expert's Views on Poultry Breeding and Rearing
Next Saturday's issue of the Australian Star will contain some useful information on poultry rearing. Those wh are interested in the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Experimental Farms
On Sunday week or the following Monday, upon his return from the Cobar and Nyngan mining fields, Mr. Sydney Smith will leave for the Wagga Experimental Farm, with the view…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c
January, 1897, has been remarkable for the sudden changes which preceded and followed the welcome rain that fell in many districts of New South Wales. After the cold change on Sunday, 17th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 216 →Queensland Butter
Sixty tons of butter were shipped from Brisbane to London yesterday by the Jumna under the most perfect conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence Bourke
Stock passings: Barringun, January 27, 28,000 sheep, from Thurnlgoona to Dunlop, M'Caughey and Co. owners; Byrock, January 29, 1500 owes, from Currawin[?] to Flemington, Lamb owner…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Marvellous Butter-making
AN American contemporary, COLMAN'S RURAL, is responsible for the following :—Of late the people have been taught to believe that bacteria and bacilli mean disease and death, but they…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Butter and Cheese
LONDON, January 29.—Butter business fair. Prices unchanged. Cheese is dearer at an advance of 2s per cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increasing Butter Fat
I have not found any food which materially increases the percentage of butter fat in the milk of a given cow. The only way to reach this result is to feed so as to secure more milk, and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Wool Fleet
The departures since last report with wool included the ship Foyle for London, the steamer Mount Hebron for Dunkirk and Antwerp, the Orient liner Orient for London, the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →England's Imports of Wool
Taking the actual production of wool in England, it is estimated that in 1800 it amounted to about 92,160,0001b.,; in 1875-77 it was, according to the Bradford Observer, 156,597,0001b., of which…
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