Dutch Cattle
In America there is a society—one of many applying to every breed—for the improvement of Dutch cattle, and during the past year some 300 animals have been tested officially for periods of…
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Shropshire Sheep
The Shropshire has been long famous as a prime mutton sheep, and their lambs mature very early. Roberts and Company, in connection with Messrs. J. M. Peck and Son, have received…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Butter for South Africa
The National Dairying Association of New Zealand has completed arrangements with the Union Steam Ship Company and the Aberdeen line, for the carriage of dairy produce from New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Experiments with Wheat
Mr. M'Keown, manager of the Wagga Experimental Farm, has furnished the results of interesting experiments made by the application of manure in the cultivation of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wool Trade
The wool receipts at Newcastle during the week ended this afternoon amounted to only 61 bales, making a total of 45,251 bales received since the opening of the present season as compared with 57,405 bales at the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Handling Wheat in Bulk
The Victorian Royal Commision on the handling of grain took evidence in Parliament House to-day. Mr. J. B. M'Neil, general traffic manager, dealt with the subject principally from the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Milk-blended Butter. Moisture Standard Proposed
London, March 1.—The Butter Association is urging Mr. R. W. Hanbury, president of the Board of Agriculture, to declare illegal the blending of milk with butter, since it enabled…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WOOL. Weekly Review
Public auction sales were temporarily resumed for three days last week, and will probably not be held again for another four weeks owing to the scarcity of saleable supplies, which is somewhat unfortunate for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Record Load of Wheat
The load of wheat shown in our illustration consists of 131 bags, weighing 15 tons, and was drawn by the owner, Mr. J. Meale, Murrulebale, to the Old Junee railway station, a distance of 14 miles. As the illustration will show there were ten hoives in the team. The waggon adds 2 tons 12cwt. to the load. Old Junee (on the South-western line) 8 one of the busiest wheat centres in the State, and the above was the heaviest load ever drawn into the railway yard there…
Continued on Trove, page 676 →The Wool Trade. Friday Evening
A fair amount of business has been done during the week, principally in lots passed in at the recent auctions. In most cases bids then made have been adhered to, and in some instances exceeded, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool-Classing 5000 Years Ago
"Wool-classing, on a large mercantile scale, too, is no new thing, as the brokers and merchants of London, Sydney, and Melbourne would perhaps readily admit; but among "things not generally…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Anatomy of the Skin of a Sheep
Any observant man who has had the care of sheep knows that they do not suffer from intense cold as other domestic animals, writes S. B. Hollings, in an English contemporary. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Wool Sales. London, March 13
At the wool sales to-day competition was keen. Fine merinos were slightly harder on account of Continental support. March 14…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Garden Covering for Tree Wounds
In the matter of a safe and reliable covering for the wounds of trees made in pruning, a correspondent in 'Garden and Field' says:—'We have experimented in this direction for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Crick and the Farmers and Settlers. Important Ministerial Statement
At the recent meeting at Cootamundra of the Executive Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association arrangements were made for the annual Conference which will be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Farmer's Fears. Dispelled by Bile Beans. Nervousness the Complaint
Mr. William Brown, of Spark-street, Maitland, who is a retired farmer, writing to the proprietors of Bile Beans says: —"I am now 74 years of age, and beyond a few Rheumatic…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Business Notices. Messrs. John Cropley & SONS
Messrs. John Cropley and Sons, 800 George-street, hold one of the largest and most varied stocks of boots, shoes, etc., in the city. Our readers will do well to inspect these goods, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Bulli Farm
The hearing was continued, in No. 2 Jury Court, ye yesterday, before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury of four, of an action in which plaintiff, Robert Spinks, of Bulli, sued George Adams, of Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dairymen's Union
A dairymen's union has been at Parramatta, and the majority of the dairymen have already joined it. In consequence of the had state of the pastures it has been decided to raise the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Durundur Estate, Queensland : a Great Dairying Property
CATTLE CAMP ON MOUNT KILCOY, DURUNDUR ESTATE, SHOWING THE SEVEN SISTERS MOUNTAIN. THE LAGOON ABOVE MOUNT KILCOY HEAD STATION, DURUNDUR ESTATE. VIEW FROM DURUNDUR HOMESTEAD—THE STANLEY RIVER IN THE BACKGROUND…
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