At the Sheaf of Wheat. a Tale of the Rising of 1803. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xvii
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 2
MR. Holmes bathed his face and walked out through his garden to the stables. It was probably the first time for many years he had done so during the middle of the day. His business hours were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for January
Nepean Times · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 7
Field.—It should be decided at once whether land that was under grain is to go to grass or be prepared for other crops. If the latter, or it is new land for cropping, then the sooner it is broken up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Paint for Farm Buildings
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 26
A SERVICEABLE paint for farm buildings can be made by thickening sour milk or buttermilk with Portland cement and metallic Venetian red, or bright red paint powder to the ordinary paint consistency…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Dairy News. Grafton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 13
During the past year the Fresh Food and ice Company treated at their Grafton Central Works the following quantities of cream from the factories named:—From Ulmarra Factory, 17,885lb; Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dairy. the Babcock Test
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 68
It is but natural that old-fashioned dairying people should still swear by the churn as a means of ascertaining the butter yield of their cows. The Bahcock test is a new-fangled affair to those who…
Continued on Trove, page 68 →The Farmer. Motive Power on the Farm
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 66
The prospect of introducing some system by which the cost of motive power on the farm could be greatly reduced in all places is again receiving a great deal of attention. Mr. J. L. Thompson, the travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 66 →The Fruit Industry. the Rain and the Crops. Telemulsion and Scale-blighted Lemons. Mr. Dettman's Passionfruit Process
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 5
The rain of this week has been more than welcome in the fruit country, and its value can hardly be over-estimated. The intense heat, and fierce, hot gales of early summer, did a vast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles
Liverpool Herald · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 9
No.120. Milking Cows—Cutting and Grinding Feed—Ripening Cream—The Buttermaker—The Acid Test—Value of Grasses—Maturity and Variety—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Records
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 18
The report presented to the annual meeting of shareholders in the Mudgee Dairy Company showed that in the year 657,164gal of milk were treated, and 289,2361b of butter made, the average…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Ganley Vale Fruit-growers' Association. The Phylioxera Question. Insurance of Fruit Crops
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 3
The annual meeting of the Canley Vale Fruitgrowers' Association was held in the Canley Vale Hall last Saturday. Present: Alderman Zani (president), Mr. B. Stevens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deteriorating Fruit Crops
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 5
Such crops, writes an esteemed correspondent are caused by : (l) want of shelter; (82) green [?]; (3) shallow cultivation. Where those three conditions exist you will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Butter
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 4
Shipments of butter, amounting in all to 7805 boxes and 96 casks, were included in the cargo of the R.M.S. Arcadia, which left the port on Saturday for London. The shippers were:--Fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Killed by Hailstones
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 7
QUIRINDI, Friday.--A great storm occurred on Wednesday at Wallabadah and Castle Mountain. Four inches of rain and hall fell at Wallabadah in an hour, and 6in. fell at Seven-mile. Windows were broken in nearly every…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Wool Sales
Evening News · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 3
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: We held our first sale of the new year on January 11, when we submitted, a catalogue of over 6000 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Trade. Saturday Evening
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 3
The remarks made in this column a week ago on the subject of the possibility of a weaker market, and the advice to owners to moderate their ideas of value, have proved to be prophetic, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Telegrams. Dairy News. Singleton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 9
Machinery is being crected at South Singleton for a co-operative butter factory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Farmers' Co-operative Company
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 7
KIAMA, Saturday.--The following startling news was telegraphed to a prominent storekeeper yesterday afternoon by the Farmers' Co-operative Company:--"Company intends liquidating, all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep and Wool. Mr. Geo. Jeffrey's Book on Woololassing
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6
It is such a long time since we have had a book dealing thoroughly with the art of woolclassing in Australia (if we have ever had one), that we hail with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Export
The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 5
On Saturday the mail steamer Arcadia, which left for London, took away a very large shipment of fresh butter packed in 7,805 cases and 00 casks, and weighing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 9
The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that sales were held yesterday (Monday) at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie-place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 77[?]6 bales, and the sales amounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →