Experimental Farming. Mr. Perry's Intentions
WEST MAITLAND.—Replying to the toast of his health, proposed by the Mayor (Aldermand Cracknell) at an informal gathering at the military tournament on Tuesday, the…
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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Lamb Industry
Few people would have been bold enough only a few years ago to foretell that the lamb-raising industry in Australia would have attained its present position so rapidly,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortage of Railway Trucks. Agitation by Farmers. Tamworth
At Nemingha last night a largely attended meeting of farmers was held under the chairmanship of Mr. J. J. Lord, in connection with the shortage of trucks question. A motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yield of Fifty Bushels. Value of Careful Farming
Mr. F. A. Heligmana; in the Tamworth district, has achieved a striking result this year in wheat-growing. He was formerly a regular correspondent of Mr. Farrer. From five…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Agricultural and Dairying. Harvesting Methods
"Taking off a crop with either the stripper and winnower or complete harvester dirties the land." This statement was made by a cereal-grower last week. Similar remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Horse Breering on the Farm
On this subject Sir Walter Gilbey, the well-known horse breeder and judge of horses at the shows throughout Great Britain, has an instructive article on this subject, in which,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Demonstration Farms
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. J. Perry, has under consideration, as part of his policy of making the Department of Agriculture useful to the people on the land, the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tibungen's Hold Flooded Wool and Wheat Damaged
BRISBANE, Thursday.—A fire was discovered shortly after midnight in No. 1 hold of the N.D.L.. steamer Tlbungen, which is loading at Short-street wharf. The fire brigade was…
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Owing to the firmness of the London wheat market, it is said that one of the large Australian shippers has decided not to accept less than 4s per bushel, f.o.b., Port Adelaide, for cargoes…
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We are now in the middle of the wheat season, and so can more accurately gauge what the present wheat [?]rop is likely to be worth to the Commonwealth. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received a cable from their London office, advising that at the sales now in progress the market for shabby and wasty merinos is weaker than during…
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Three catalogues were offered at the Sydney wool auctions this afternoon, totalling 9689 bales—Schute, Bell, and Company 2453, bales; John Bridge and Company. Limited,. 4650; and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Method of Payment for Cream Supplied to Butter Factories
The attention of the Department of Agriculture has been drawn by its dairy inspectors to the pernicious system of payment for cream adopted by some butter factories…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wool Sales. Crossbreds Firm. London, Jan. 26
At the wool sales this afternoon crossbreds were firm, but merinos showed a weakening tendency. Jan. 27…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Model Dairying Farms
Speaking at Cobden on Tuesday night, the Premier, Mr. J. Murray,.intimated that it was the Government's intention to start a model dairying farm in each dairying centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. London, Tuesday, 6.20 p.m
At the wool sales to-day crossbreds were firm, but merinos showed a weakening tendency. The prices realised at yesterday's sales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gagged by Cotton Wool. Young Man's Death. Morphia to Relieve Toothache
The circumstances surrounding the death of Alrick Eugene Fairburn, aged 21, a clerk, who was found dead with a gag of cotton wool over his mouth and nose, at his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Olives and Oil. Failure of the Crops. How It Will Affect Australia. Some Interesting Information
In view of the cable from our London correspondent the morning (printed on page 4), something about olives, and where they are grown, should be of interest to our readers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Gable News. Received To-day. Olive Crops Fail. Great Rise in Price
LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The failure of the olive crops in France, Spain, end Italy, has caused olives and olive oil to rise 40 per cent., and a further advance is probable…
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MACLEAN.—The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Palmer's Island Dairy Company was held on Wednesday. The report and balance-sheet showed that 84 tons…
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