Australians Capture Boer Cattle. London, April 6
In foraging north of the Modder River the Australians have extended their expeditions almost to Brandfort, and have captured 1000 cattle near that position…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1900
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Argentine Cattle. London, April 6, 7 a.m
Mr. W. H. Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, has prohibited the Importation of cattle from the Argentine into England, owing to the prevalence of disease in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Co-operative Wool and Produce Company
The annual general meeting of the Cooperative Wool and Produce Company, Limited, was held on the 29th ultimo, when a very satisfactory balance-sheet and record of the transactions of the company…
Continued on Trove, page 788 →The Easter Show. Record Number of Horses 688, CATTLE 273
The value of a liberal prize list has again been demonstrated in connection with the Royal Agricultural Society's Easter Show, which opens on Wednesday next, the 11th instant, the official opsning day being…
Continued on Trove, page 789 →The Grazier. The Structure of the Wool Fibre. (See illustrations on this page.)
In a recent article I described the general structure of hair and wool, and pointed out the real distinction between the two. The difference is one of degree rather than kind, and is dependent…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →At the Sheaf of Wheat. a Tale of the Rising of 1803. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxvi
PIERRE Lecointre paused a bit. Then, speaking low and solemnly, said:â "What I think is that there is more in prayers than we Frenchmen give credit for. For assuredly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Fate of Mafeking. All Well Ten Days Ago. Boers Breaking Camp. Colonel Plumer Active. Exciting Incidents at Koornspruit. Seventeen New Zealanders Captured. Australians Among the Boers' Cattle
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Colonel Baden-Powell reported Mafeking "All well" on Tuesday, the 27th ult. The investing Boers are breaking up their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy. Dairying in Tasmania
The Tasmanian fruit-growers have shown the way in opening end developing the apple export trade, and the sheep men have given Australians many lessons in the breeding of stud merinos, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 787 →On the Richmond River. V. A. Stretch of the Dairying Country
The drive from Alstonville to Rous is very interesting The rains of the first sugar mill and the abandoned sites of others suggest the mansolenms of long-expired hopes of fortune…
Continued on Trove, page 785 →The Dairy Expert
The Minister for Agriculture has forwarded a lengthy report to the Premier regarding his refusal to recognise a promise made by his predecessor to permanently appoint Mr. Potts as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Success
Sell the poor cows and begin breeding and filling up the vacancy with better ones. Choose the best, and breed them to a sire from a butter-making family. Breed a dairy cow according…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Two Successful South Coast Farmers. Messrs. Thomas and William Brown
Perhaps the great natural resources of Australia can be best illustrated by the degree of prosperity to which its people have attained. Especially is this the case where its agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Two Successful South Coast Farmers
MR. THOMAS BROWN, J.P., President Kiama Agricultural Society. MR. WILLIAM BROWN. Ex-president Shoalhaven Agricultural Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Farm Produce
The show of farm produce was really a fine one as regards quality, although in one or two classes the exhibits were few. Both oaten and wheaten hay were clean, evenly trussed and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pastoral Intelligence. Wagga
At the sheep [?] on Thursday 2000 tv[?]tooth owes were passed in at 12s 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle Disease in Argentina
LONDON, April 6.—Mr: W. H. Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, has prohibited the importation of cattle from the Argentine Republic into Great Britain, owing to the prevalence of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Sheep Transaction. the Verdict
HAY, Saturday.—The important case arising out of the sale of sheep (Reilly Brothers v. Finlay) was completed on Thursday night after a trial lasting three days. The evidence showed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Exports. Season 1899-1900. Nine Months Ended March 31,1900. Total Decrease in Output 104,060 Bales
The Customs Authorities having kindly furnished us with the returns of wool transmitted borderwise, we are now enabled to publish the complete statistics of the colony's staple…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. More British Losses. Five Companies Surrender. Twenty-one Hours' Hard Fighting. Victory for Lord Methuen. Death of a Great French Strategist. Colonial Losses at Koornsprutt. Heroic Defence on a Farmstead. the Total Prisoners of War. Outpost Fighting at Wepener. Riet River Incident. a Gallant Band. Makes a Heroic Defence. Against Overwhelming Odds. Fifty Against 400. Horses Starved to Death
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The account of one of the most sensational incidents of the war conies from the Riet River district, in the Orange Free State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral
WENTWORTH, Monday .- The drought has now completely broken up, and rain has fallen copiously all over the Western Riverina . Reports from the back blocks and out -stations record fine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →