A Farmer's Crime. Murder and Suicide
LONDON, Monday, 2.50 p.m.—A German farmer named Schaefer, residing near Capetown, was treacherously murdered and buried in his fowlhouse by a neighbouring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1906
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On the Land. Farm and Station. Metropolitan Milk Supply. Effect of Prosecutions. the Lrgal Standard
There has been a very satisfactory result from the vigorous campaign conducted by the city and suburban municipalities against the vendor of milk considered by the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying About Newcastle. Some Good Areas. Tarro
One does not readily connect Ncwcastle with farming, yet there is some wonderfully rich country in the district. Alongside great mines, which are bringing tons of coal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Murdered. by Another Farmer. Discovery and Suicide. London, Monday, 2.30 p.m
Another murder is reported from South Africa. A German farmer named Schaeffer, residing near Capetown, was treacherously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Byron Estate Subdivision. Keen Competition for Farms
INVERELL, Monday.--The Byron Estate was offered for sale on Saturday by Harrison, Jones, and Devlin. The sale attracted a large number of local and visiting buyers, and competition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EQUITY. (Before the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) a Dairying Grievance. Hillman and Another V. HENRY
By consent of the parties, an interim injunction which had been granted at the instance of Charles Hillman and Joseph Moore, trading as the Camden Park Dairying Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Soil Settlement and Production. Instruction for Farmers. Proposed Winter School. at the Hawkesbury College
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Moore) has at present under consideration a scheme for holding a winter school tor farmers and orchardists at the Hawkesbury College, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Products
The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney yesterday was. by rail, 306 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Pastoral Boards
GLEN INNES.—The Pastures board met on Thursday. The stock returns were:—11,460 horses; 75,407 cattle; 809,050 sheep, showing a decrease of 1000 horses, 7468 cattle, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Adulterated Butter
Our London correspondent writes:—In spite of the failure of the late Government to carry their Butter Bill, the Agents-General have been making great…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Dairyman's Page. Judging Dairy Cattle
The results of the dairy cattle sections of our Agricultural Shows, after having studied them for years, may be with truthfulness said to lie very near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Butter
The present price of butter in Sydney, viz., 11d per lb, does not permit of export to the English market at a profit. From January 12 to February 9 the quotation for Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Great Sheep
She was a pretty little thing, and it was plainly to be seen that, she had not been married long. She tripped into a shop and said to the butcher:…
Continued on Trove, page 398 →Wheat Shipment
LONDON, Tuesday.--Thirteen thousand quarters of South Australian wheat have sold at 31s 3d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Afloat
LONDON, Tuesday, 7.25 p.m.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,110 quarters, and for the Continent, 1,755,000 quarters. The shipments of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmer's Sheep-shearing Machine. "The Little Wonder."
We move in an age of rapid mechanical progress, and there is no doubt that the man on the land who makes use of the latest contrivances in carrying on his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Breeding in America
With an aggregate of sheep only twice that recorded by Great Britain (says London "Field"), it cannot be said that the United States excel in the matter of sheep breeding…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Local Wool Sales
The bulk of the offerings at the wool sales yesterday showed heavy condition, and was more or less skirty. There were, however, a number of good lines forward from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the wool auctions yesterday two catalogues were offered, covering 3272 bales—Messrs. Winch combe, Carson, and Company, Limited, 2809; Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Company, 463. Of these, 2929 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonial Butter in Great Britain
The New South Wales imports of butter into the United Kingdom for 1905 show a slight increase on those for the preceding year. Last year Great Britain obtained 25 per cent…
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