The Rawson Stud Poultry Farm
The residence of Mr. T. P. Dart, Punchbowl-road, Enfield, was, on Saturday afternoon last, the scene of a fairly representative gathering of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1906
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Experiment Farm Lambs
Mr. McKeown, manager of the Wagga. Experimental Farm, states that the crossbred Jambs recently sold realised 11s 6d unshorn, and 10s 6d for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming on Shares
Some one wrote the other day asking about farming on the shares system. A correspondent at Trangie has sent a reply, for which we are grateful. It…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On the Land. Farm Add Station Babbits and Phosphorus. Results and Cost. the Patent Poisons
No one now doubts the effectiveness of phosphorus as a rabbit destroyer. Probably it is the best fighting weapon the menaced landholder has yet handled. Exhaustive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. the Crops. Wellington
The area under wheat in New Zealand is 222,965 acres, estimated to yield 6,243,020 bushels, under oats 360,569 acres, estimated to yield 12,619,915 bushels; under barley, 29,644…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boys on Farms
The project of introducing city boys to farm life has not hitherto met with the success expected by the Immigration League and others interested. Indeed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extraordinary Shooting Affair. Dairyman Twice Wounded. Brisbane
An extraordinary shooting affair is reported from Newsavale, 17 miles from Gympie. At midnight last night a dairyman named Percy G. Waller was awakened by someone who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inverell. Inadequate Farm Exhibits
INVERELL, Thursday.--The show was officially opened by the Minister for Lands today. Fortunately, the clerk of the weather was in better temper, and the day, though dull, kept…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Products
The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney yesterday was, by rail, 144 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Butter Exports
By the Aberdeen liner Damascus, which left Sydney yesterday for London, via South Africa and ports, 3567 boxes of butter were shipped. The principal shippers were:—Union S.S. Co., 1550 boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Butter and Cheese
The butter market is dull, but prices are practically unchanged, Australian choicest selling at from 102s to 104s per cwt. Supplies, however, are chiefly of second quality, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Feed [?] Butter
Green grass, clover and carrots are well known to give a yellow color to milk and butter. Of the grains, corn and oats probably tend to produce a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat and Flour
The wheat markets are apathetic, owing to the large quantity of wheat on passage, and the unprofitable condition of the flour trade, which are causing buyers to hold off. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Trade
The current week closed the two fortnightly series of auctions in the Sydney market, and practically closed the present selling season, for from now onwards this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bradford Wool Market
The Bradford wool market is brisk, with a large turnover, especially in merinos and fine crossbreds. Tops: 40's are quoted at 16½d per [?]b, 46's at 18½d, common 60's at 25¾d, and super…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Practical Wheat Farming. Increasing the Average Yield
It is sometimes said that the single-crop farmer works during two periods of the year, and swaps politics with his neighour in between. The best example of the one-crop…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Dairy Produce
High prices ruled in Sussex-street during the past week, and as a consequence the turnover was of a limited character. The maize market was fairly well stocked. About 1100…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company
The half-yearly report of this company shows a credit at profit and loss account of £4772, Inclusive of £3042 brought forward. A dividend of 10 per cent. per annum to shareholders…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All, Rights Reserved.] Planting and Cultivating Gooseberries
FOR cultivating gooseberries the ground is usually prepared during the autumn by heavily manuring it with barnyard manure and then ploughing it from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Butter. Complaint Against Ormuz's Cargo. London, Friday, 2.2 a.m
The butter market is dull, and unchanged. The Supplies are chiefly secondary, and are difficult to move. Danish quotations are unchanged…
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