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As was stated in the cattle notes on the Royal show, the Ayrshires and Holsteins formed the strongest classes in the dairy stock rings this year. The cow brought from Victoria by Dr. John Hay to…
Continued on Trove, page 839 →The Bradford market is firm. Tops, common 60's, are quoted at 20d per [?]b., and super at 21d. These prices show no alteration…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There is great difficulty in meeting orders for butter, owing to demands from Australia on behalf of African agents…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Whilst engaged making a post-mortem examination on the carcase of a sheep that died of au intestinal trouble, several "sheep bots" (or larvae of the CEstrus ovis) were found in the frontal sinuses and…
Continued on Trove, page 854 →The following table indicates the total quantity of wool received each day at Sydney and Newcastle during the month of April :— Date. By Rail. Se[?]. Imported. Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The butter and milk tests become every year more interesting. Last year tbe society offered £100 for a butter fat test, which has to be won for three successive seasons, before it can be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Butter brokers are finding it impossible to fill all the orders they are receiving. If the present demand continues a further rise in prices is inevitable. The pressure upon the market is being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There were fair entries for the rich prizes offered in the class for cows to be tested on butter and milk results. everal of the cows entered did not appear, but there were very interesting contests, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 859 →A "Town and Country Journal" reporter last Saturday had a brief interview with Mr. G. F. Allsopp, the well-known miller, of Murrumburrah, who was on a visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The revised returns from the wheat crop, which we publish elsewhere, afford another striking proof of the folly of attempting to forecast or estimate the harvest at the period during which…
Continued on Trove, page 838 →This is about 1.15 pounds to each pound of butter fat. It varies somewhat, depending on the closeness with which the skimming and churning are done and also upon the amount of water, salt,…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →For auction sale prices, the only local guide was elicited at the Melbourne sales last week, which occurred after an interval of four weeks, six firms of brokers bringing forward catalogues aggregating…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The business transacted during the week has been on a restricted scale. The proportion of the limited arrivals intended for local sale is being kept for auction offer, and there is not a great deal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A series of meetings in connection with the Dairy Farmers' Union of New South Wales were held last week at the Queen's Hall, Pitt-street. The secretary's annual report was read and…
Continued on Trove, page 840 →Farm produce made a very fair show. Mr. W. T. Nixon had a very comprehensive exhibit of farm produce, including cereals in sheaf and seed, fruits, vegetables of all descriptions, fruit (dried…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →WYALONG, Friday.—At the Small Debts Court yesterday, a farmer named John Murphy claimed £6 from Henry Aiken, an adjoining farmer, for alleged careless use of fire. Plaintiff alleged that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I have frequently urged that the profits to be gained by the application of fertilisers to the soil should be demonstrated by experiments carried out on farms in various parts of the State. While there…
Continued on Trove, page 839 →The gloomy conditions which prevailed when we wrote last the 25th ultimo, have been brightened to a largo extent in some parts of this S[?]te, Victoria, and South Australia. Following down the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 843 →This is a very important month to the farmer, and every opportunity ought to be taken to prepare the soil for the sowing of seed. The late dry weather has, no doubt, militated against the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Efforts are being made in the dairy farming industry to increase profits in two directions (says London "Field") one of which is surrounded by difficulty in a winter like the present. It is well…
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