Dry Farming. Mr. Nielsen's Report
The Pramier has received from Mr. Nielsen report on his second visit to America as the [?] representative, On the subject of the [?] Irrigation Congress at Salt Lake…
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100 Years Old. Man Works As Farmhand
Charles Ashford Shafer, a farm hand in the employ of Abram S. Silker, tenant on the estate of Jacog A. Courson, six miles from Newton, N. J. is one hundred years old…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Factory Returns
BALLINA, Saturday.--The Ballina Creamery last month manufactured 93 tons of butter. The total pay amounted to £7922, at the rate of 9½d per lb. for superfine and 9d for No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Season, Stock and Crops. Effects of the Dry Spell
ARMIDALE, Saturday.--Stock Inspector Fielder, reporting to the monthly meeting of the Armidale P.P. Board, stated that there was sufficient pasture for all classes of stock in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Nielsen's Report. What He Did in America. the Dry Farming Congress. Teems to American Settlers
The Premier (Mr. M'Gowen) on Saturday made available the report presented to him by Mr. Nielsen concerning his second visit to America. The duties assigned to him, observes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep and Wool
Speaking at the Million's club luncheon in Sydney on Thursday, Mr. [?], N. S.W. Minister for Lands, sand that in the past sheep had been a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep & Cattle Workers the Evolution of the Kelpie and of the Cattle-dog
(This essay was awarded first prize in the competition promoted by the Competition promoted by the Cattle-Dog and Sheep-Dog Club of New South Wales The first part appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rabbits and Sheep. High-class Wool-raising Impossible on Infested Country
Mr. J. W. Mathews, N.S.W. sheep and wool export, in a recent Agricultural Bureau lecture on the subject of "Merino Wool-growing," pointed out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Butter Markets
Prescott, Ltd., report concerning the butter markets of Australia:—Sydney.—The demand this week at 96/- for choicest quality has been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wheat Market
After a period of extreme quietness, during which the local market fluctuated within very narrow range, we have experienced a week of fair…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Danger of Wheat Feeding
Lockhart tells me that recently four of his horses had access to some wheat, and that, as a result, one died seven hours afterwards. He gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Experiments in India
The researches of Mr. Howard, Indian Government Botanist, at Pusa, India, show that wheat with milling and baking qualities similar similar to the best on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Produce in England. London Notes. Butter
LONDON, January 17.--The butter trade is as bad as over, and, though we have at last had touch of wintry weather, with blizzards and heavy snowstorms in the North of England,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An "At Home" Butter Test. Kvogle's Experiment
Instead of conducting the butter fattest on the showground as heretofore, the kyogle Agricultural Society has decided to institute borne testing, so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Co-OPERATIVE Cattle Showing. Illawarra Exhibitors Combine
To save the heavy individual expense hitherto involved in sending stock from Illawarra to teh Sydney Royal Show, on the schedule of which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Brands and Permits. Penalties for Misuse
It is important for stockowners, drovers, and agents to note the law relating to sheep brands and travelling permits. Section [?] to the Pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Successful Sheep Breeding on the North Coast
Messrs. Foley Bros., of Mummulgum (Casino[?] have proved that wool can be successfully grown in this district some four years ago they commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →" the Curse of Sheep." Mr. Trefle's Idea
Speaking at the Millions Club luncheon in Sydney on Thursday, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Treile, gave forth his ideas on peopling the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Light Supply—stronger Tone
A light supply of sheep was in view for yesterday's sales, and the good rains that have recently fallen in parts of the principal pastoral districts may lead to a continuance of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →English Wool Trade. the January Sales
LONDON, January 17.--The prevalence of dense fog here on Monday last delayed most of the home and foreign buyers on their journey hither, and caused grave anxiety concerning…
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