Share Farming
The largest wheat farm in New South Wales, and the second biggest in Australasia, is situated in the Grenfell district, and is owned by the Hon. G. H. Greene, M.L.C. The property is…
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Wheat Crops Destroyed
WAGGA, Wednesday.--A grass fire broke out on Farrell's selection on Gobbagombalin estate yesterday, but not much damage has done there. The flames spread in another direction,…
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Winchoombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:—Tho wool business is practically at a standstill, owing to the holidays. Only passed in lots and the usual output from the…
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The sixth annual wool sale at Hobart will commence on Thursday at the Town Hall. Australian, American,, and European buyers tested samples at the wool stores to-day. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Devon Cattle. North and South Types
Several breeders about these parts, including myself, intend trying the Devon Cattle for a change, on account of their hardiness. Well, they are strange to most of us, and we would like a little bit of enlightenment on…
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Lund's liner Geelong, in command of Captain Ilbery, commodore of the fleet, will be dispatched from Sydney to-morrow at noon for South Africa and London, via ports. The Geelong is in…
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Mr. Charles Lowe, the master of the ship Archibald Russell, invites the attention of shippers and stevedores of wheat cargoes on sailing ships to "the unenviable notoriety"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Why Our Farmers Fail. Report of the Tariff Commission on Agriculture
The report of the Agricultural Committee of the Tariff Commission, which was published recently by Messrs. King, deals fully with the effect of [?]rectrede on British agriculture…
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Yesterday forenoon a fire broke out in the wheat paddock of Mr. W. Farrell's selection on Gobbagumbalin Estate. The fire was largely smothered, but it quickly escaped on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Commerce Act Abroad
Some very interesting comments have appeared in certain of the British trade journals concerning the Commerce Act, brought into operation, by the Federal Government…
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The local stock inspector, Mr. C. Lyne, puts down the number of sheep and lambs in the Wagga P.P. district at one and a half millions. The…
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Business has been limited to transactions in locally-scoured wools and passed-in lots from catalogue. Prices continue firm, and compare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy Alleged Butter Adulteration in Australia
The City Analyst of Perth (W.A.), makes a very serious charge against the butter imported into Western Australia…
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A test of the value of salt for sheep has recently been made in France. Three lots were treated alike as to food and care one lot was given no salt; one had ½oz. per…
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The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., will submit a catalogue of about 4000 bales on Tuesday, 8th inst, which will embrace a capital selection of both greasy and scoured. The following are some…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To Keep Butter Sweet
Here is the way the French people prepare the butter that is shipped to South America, where there is a great demand for French butter. After…
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Mr. Robert Farrell is over here from Johannesburg, purchasing sheep for South Africa. He_ is manager of the "S. African Merino Stud Company,"…
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Whilst we believe that ensilage should be kept on sheep stations for drought feeding, we do not recommend it as a regular diet for sheep, certainly…
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GUNNEDAH.—The area of wheat in the Gunnedah police patrol district is 12,613 acres, and the probable yield 16 bushels per acre. This does not include Carroll, Mullaley, and…
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