Lucerne and Sheep
"R.D." in the "Australasian," advocating small private irrigation works for lucerne-growing, recalls the experiments made at Jemalong, near Forbes, about three years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1906
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Pigs and Sheep Compared
There is one advantage about pigs that makes them emphatically the stock for the poor man or the small farmer (says an agricultural exchange), and that is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Argentine Wheat Trade
A telegram to London from Buenos Ayres last month reported:—The grain trade is being seriously hampered by partial strikes, The harbor is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Saturday, 6.35 a.m
The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday, a very large attendance of foreign buyers being present. A good choice was offered, especially of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Group Farming—queensland System
The regulations under the Special Agricultural Selections Act of 1905 were gazetted a fortnight ago. They are lengthy. The main provisions are as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Farms and Small Farming
"Three acres and a cow" would be cutting it rather fine as a means of livelihood, yet there are not wanting instances of very profitable production on even so small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden
A pig weighing more than 5cwt was sold last month for £11 7s 6d in the Leicester (Eng.) cattle market. The Opunake (N.Z.) "Times" says that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Boys for Farms
The action of the Immigration Society in sending city boys to the country to learn farming is one which cannot be too highly commended. The work, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Farm Races
Weights for the several events of the Warwick Farm races will be declared to-morrow before noon by Mr. W. C. Quinton. The meeting takes place on Saturday next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool and Wheat Figures
The returns, of wool from the three receiving stations of Darling Harbor. Morpeth, and Newcastle have been obtained by the Railway Commissioners. The result for the past week is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"After Butter and Eggs."
At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, a young man named Robert Donald said he was not guilty of a charge of attempting to break and enter the shop of George Buckley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An[?]werp Wool Sales
At the Ant[?]erp wool sales, which opened on Friday, there was a very large attendance of foreign buyer. There was a good choice of wools, especially of merinoes, which were 10 to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Ewing on the Richmond. "A Pastoral Paradise."
Mr. T. T. Ewing, Acting Postmaster-General, and Vice -President of the Federal Executive Council, has just returned from a tour through some of the northern districts of the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties and Fatalities. Gored While Shipping Cattle
While shipping cattle at Darling Harbour on Saturday atfernoon, a labourer named Cornelius Hogan, of 38, Irwin-street, Chippendale, was gored by one of the animals. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Antwerp Wool Sales. London, March 10
At the Antwerp wool sales, which opened yesterday, there was a very large attendance of foreign buyers. There was a good choice of wools, especially of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying
DENILIQUIN.—The proposal to establish a butter factory locally is meeting with very gratifying support. Already promises have been made to tako up 800 shares. When 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Water Rights. Farmers Versus Miners. Empty Threats. Melbourne
Farmers and miners at Woolpress Creek, near Baddaginnie, are at variance regarding water. The farmers are said to have diverted it for irrigation, but the miners have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Tobacco Industry. What Ails It?
Tobacco cultivation is one of those land pursuits which call for special aptitude. It falls within the same class as fruit-growing, poultry-raising, and other rural industries…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers and Settlers
COOLAMON.—At a largely-attended meeting of farmers on Saturday the f.a.q. wheat standard was discussed. A resolution was carried condemning 621b as too high a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Land Settlement Another Farmer From England. an Energetic Agent-general
Another industrious and experienced farmer has journeyed from the "old country" to New South Wales, to assist in the development of the vast natural reso[?] of the…
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