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  2. ON THE LAND. FARM AND STATION.

    It is invariably contended by the anti-graders that grading is not responsible for any improvement in returns on the London market. The fact that Danish and New Zealand butter ...

    Article : 441 words
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  4. THE LABOUR PARTY'S LAND POLICY.

    Members of all political parties are speaking freely and generalising largely upon the necessity for closer settlement. We hear the cry every day of the need for population to fill up ...

    Article : 2,298 words
  5. LAND SETTLEMENT ACT.

    "Bristol Bill" writes:—Under the present Settlement Purchase Act the foreigner, or tradesman, stands a better chance of getting a farm than the practical farmer. The man ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. INCREASE OF FOXES.

    LIVERPOOL.—Reports from Hoxton Park show that foxes are becoming numerous, and are playing havoc among poultry in the vicinity of the Sydney water supply canal. Last ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. PEEL RIVER LANDS.

    TAMWORTH.—The local land board allotted the following Peel Rivet farms on Monday:— Farm No. 165, 952½ acres, Robert Fullwood, Gidley, Tamworth district; No. 93, 661½ acres, ...

    Article : 371 words
  8. FOXES DESTROY RABBITS.

    CARCOAR.—Rabbits are getting scarce throughout the district. Threee foxes were found in one burrow at Errowanbang, with 32 rabbits. The foxes are proving of value in ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. DAIRYING.

    BELLINGEN.—For May the Dorrigo Co-operative Butter Company manufactured 18,718lb of butter from 45,616lb of cream received, which represented an increase in ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    I was told to-day in Tooley-street that the butter market was "mercurial." My informant was literally correct, for the ups and downs of the last two weeks are just a ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  11. A SOUTHERN FISHERY.

    Mr. W. C. Shipway presided at a meeting of the Fisheries Board yesterday. The chief business was the discussion of a resolution proposed by Mr. E. Fanning for the rescission ...

    Article : 736 words
  12. THE SEASON.

    BYRON BAY.—Judging by the complaints the last months of the winter will not be to the farmers' advantage. The spring had not been good, and the autumn worse from a grass ...

    Article : 699 words
  13. ITEMS.

    The recent ram sales (New Zealand) have shown that Border Leicesters are still the favourite breed of sheep in the Dominion. In the lucerne regions of America brood ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. FARMERS AND POLITICS.

    PEAK HILL.—At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday a letter was read from the Calare district council (farmers and settlers) asking for the ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. EXPERIMENTAL FARMING.

    WAGGA.—The Experiment Farm is sending 62 crossbred sheep to the Department of Agriculture display it Sydney Sheep Show next week. The sheep are of various crosses and ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. ROMNEY MARSH SHEEP.

    MOLONG.—Messrs. Conroy and Doyle, of Cardington Hall, near Molong, who go in rather extensively for the breeding of Romney Marsh sheep, recently despatched 50 ewes (all ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. ENGLISH WOOL TRADE.

    Business in wool is now centred in Bradford, and men have settled down to the "daily round and common task" which confronts them when they are not in London. There is no ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  18. WIRE NETTING.

    MOLONG.—The wire netting in of properties is being rigorously carried on throughout the Molong pastures protection district. Up to date the P.P. Board has distributed £12,300 ...

    Article : 107 words
  19. DISTRICT ITEMS.

    COOLAMON.—Foxes are on the increase and are causing much annoyance. Some farmers drive ewes and lambs close to the homesteads for protection. Mr. Doubleday killed eight ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. CANADIAN TRADE.

    "The imports into Canada from Great Britain in 1869 totalled £7,099,352," said Mr. Larke, Canadian Commissioner, yesterday, in reference to the cabled statements as to the ...

    Article : 531 words
  21. THE POTATO CROP.

    GUYRA.—Considerable anxiety is felt in the Guyra district in reference to the disease which has manifested itself in the Tasmanian potato crop, as it is feared that it may be ...

    Article : 284 words
  22. NEWCASTLE HARBOUR ENTRANCE.

    The Public Works Committee yesterday further considered the expediency of extending he northern breakwater at the Newcastle Harbour entrance. Mr. L. M. De Burgh, chief ...

    Article : 365 words
  23. MEETINGS OF FARMERS.

    WOLLONGONG.—At a meeting of the Wollongong Agricultural Association the balance-sheet in connection with the recent South Coast trophy display at the late Royal Show ...

    Article : 400 words
  24. THE SHEEP SHOW.

    The secretary of the Sheepbreeders' Association, Mr. A. H. Prince, informs us that the entries have come forward remarkably well, and that out of 900 sheep there have not been half ...

    Article : 105 words
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