Oilcakes for Dairy Cows
Whatever may be the precise effect exercised upon the quality of milk, as determined by the percentage of butter fat it contains, by the food the cow receives (says the London "Field"), there…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Farming & the land, 1899
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Breeding Dairy Stock
The greatest mistake on earth in a dalry herd I believe to be the scrub bull, says C. D. Smead in "Practical Farmer." Even men of intelligence will use a scrub bull in the herd, and hope to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Grape Crop
The favoured vineyards situated along the banks of the Fairfield creek are apparently independent of dry weather, for this year, when neighbouring growers are…
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SINGLETON, Saturday.—A proposal by tHe Denman Pastures and Stock Board, to the effect that the Government should auction the dairy stock imported from England recently, so as to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Profitable Crop of Wheat
SINGLETON, Sunday.--Some little time ago reports appeared in the daily press concerning the phenomenal yield of wheat obtained by Mr. J. F. Kennedy, near Albury. This induced a local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Export of Butter
The R.M.S. Himalaya, which sailed on Saturday for London via ports, took away 3266 boxes of butter for the English market, the shippers being:--Berrima District Company, 100 boxes; J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Wheat
LONDON, Saturday.--Eleven thousand quarters of Victorian wheat, January shipment, have been resold at 28s 9d; while 13,000 quarters, January or February shipment, have been sold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market
LONDON, January 28.—Thirteen thousand quarters of Victorian wheat for, January-February shipment sold at 28s 6d, and 11,000 quarters for January shipment were resold at 28s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Saturday, January 28, 1899
Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd— Moree 16—Winton Cooma 20—MF/Cooma Winchcombe Carson and Co—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. Very Firm Market. LONDON, January 27
The market at the first series of London Colonial wool sales for 1899 is very firm, except for shabby crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gatt0n Murders. Burgess as a Farm Labourer. Warned With a Gun. BRISBANE
The police speaking of Burgess' statements as to his whereabouts at Christmas time say they may all be perfectly true, except as regards dates; but they deny the accuracy of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gatton Tragedy. Movements of Burgess. Burgess' Clothes. a Farmer's Story
BRISBANE, Saturday.--With reference to Burgess' statements as to his doings and his whereabouts at Christmas time, the police state that it may be perfectly true that he called at all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. Coonamble
Nail and Co. report the following stock: movements:—4000 ewes, from Coonimbia to Mudgee, H. P. Blake and Co. owners. E. Field in oharge; 3000 wethers, from Coonimbia to Mudge[?],…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sheep Importation
A specimen of fat-tailed Cape sheep has been brought from the Cape Colony by Mr. Robert Hudson. It is now on view at the Government Export Depot, Darling Harbor, where those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fat-tailed Sheep
There is on view at the Government Export Depot, Darling Harbor, a specimen of the Cape sheep. The peculiarity of these animals is that most of their fat runs into their tail, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seed Wheat
The Department of Mines has so far received only one request for seed wheat on account of the destruction of crops by drought. The application, however, covers a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Re Cattle Chewing Bones
The following very interesting memo has come to us from Mr. Edward Stanley, F.R.C.V.S., Chief Veterinary Inspector:— "The habit signifies a morbid appetite,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transport of Cattle
Public attention has recently been directed to the fact that large numbers of cattle were carred on the railway from Tenterffeld, a distance of about 500 miles, and that during transport, which covered two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales
The Union Mortgage and Agency Company [?] the following memo, on Friday last: "Our London house has just cabled [?] reference to the above as follows:—…
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