Sheep and Fertility
A good flock of sheep will do any land good, and is the best of property for a run down farm. A Michigan authority on sheep says; "Land that could not be cropped profitably, owing to wheat…
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Sheep Benefit Pastures
We are convinced that the addition, of five or six head of sheep for each cow will lend to increase the productiveness of a very weedy pasture. nearly if not quite to the exent of the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Seven thousand and 9000 quarters of Victorian wheat, January shipment, have been placed at 30s 6d; and 11,000 Australian wheat, February 15 shipment, have been sold…
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LONDON, January 5, 6.30 p.m.— The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1.680.000 quarters, and for the Continent at 940,000 quarters. The shipments of…
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Professors G. L. M'Kay and C. Larsen, 01 Iowa Experiment Station, Ames, U.S.A., have issued a bulletin covering the results of their recent and very thorough investigations into…
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TEMORA, Tuesday.--Wheat is arriving daily, at the railway station. Up to the first of the month, 118,660 bushels had been received. Teams are scarce, hence farmers have still a lot of…
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As an example of the manner in which the wheat traffic is beginning to boom, it may be mentioned that no fewer than 11,700 bags reached the Sydney terminus at Darling Harbour on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Relation of Food to Butter Production
Some very interesting studies and experiments have revealed that the cow which gives a high butter fat test consumes less food in proportion to the fat produced than the cow…
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The conclusion of the sugar season in the Bundaberg district has released a number of railway trucks, and these are now being withdrawn to the Downs. Wherever there are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Co operative Butter-Production in France
The change in the Norman system of late years has been very great in the important county of Calvados, the prosperity of which reached a high pitch soon after, the Franco-German War. No less than 6 3/4 million…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WOOL. Weekly Review
After a lapse of 20 days, public auctions were resumed yesterday, when 5981 bales were offered, and 4385 bales sold. An improvement of from 2½ to 5 per cent, took place in the prices of good average greasles;…
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In a recent, number of the "Agricultural Gazelle of Now South Wales" (Mr. H. W. Potts, Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, writes:— On the llth of last month our…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Wheat Yield of Australia
The season has so far advanced that estimates of the wheat harvest of the Commonwealth can now he made with a probability of their accuracy. In New South Wales, Mr. Coghban's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →London Wool Market. Dec. 4
The sixth and final series for the year of the London colonial wool auctions, which began on November 24, were brought to a close on the 2nd instant. The Exchange during the whole period was well attended, and a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WHEAT. The Quantify Afloat. LONDON
The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at, 1,680,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 940,000 quarters for the Continent. The Atlantic shipments are 170,000 quarters,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fixing the N.S.W. Wheat Standard
Mr. John Paxton, chairman of the grain trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, has supplied some information regarding the fixing of the standard of N.S.W. wheat for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →To-day's Prices. Strong Demand for Wheat
The local market for maize was again decidedly firm, and values ruled a shade higher. Importers of Victorian grain reported a good turnover at 3s 4d per bushel, but very little…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Produce Abroad. London Butter Market. London, Dec. 4
The Ormuz and Arcadia have delivered about 31,000 boxes of butter since my last report, some 8000 boxes being from Sydney. The Gothic has brought 13,000 packages of new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Handling Our Record Harvest. How the Wheat Travels Thousands of Miles. From the Australian Farmer to the European Consumer. Some of the Transportation Difficulties
The golden stream of a record harvest has now set Sydneywards. From all the favored wheat-growing districts the precious grain is being hurried forward feverishly. Long lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy. a Milton Farm
During my recent visit to Milton I had an opportunity of seeing Messrs Wilford Brothers' forms and herds. The three brothers manage four farms, and have over 200 cows milking…
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