New South Wales. Sheep Killed by Heat. Sydney
Saturday's stifling heat wave played [?]avoc with a couple of drafts of fat sheep. On a railway consignment of 840 head of crossbred hoggets,…
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Farming & the land, 1908
427 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 22
Sheep Dead in Trucks. Killed Whilst Travelling—the Results of Intense Heat. Sydney
Out of a consignment of 820 woolly sheep trucked from Curlewis to Flemington, 216 were dead on arrival, and 119 died subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Meat Works. Industry Will Pay If Cattle Are in Constant Supply. Perth, Wednesday Night
The Royal Meat Commission to-day examined Mr. A. Cairns, manager of the Government Freezing Works, at Fremantle, who stated that the works had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A FARMER's Death. Rerbalist on Trial. Adelaide
H. E. Kuglemann, the well-known herbalist, who was committed for trial on November 5 at Balaklava on a charge of manslaughter in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Next Wool Sales. a Record Catalogue. Adelaide
At the next wool sales. Elder, Smith and Co., will offer 16,000 bales, which is the world's record for one day's sale…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wheat Country. Rain Badly Wanted. Sydney
The wheat country is badly in want of rain. The situation is now reaching a critical stage. Nothing like the an[?] ticipated yield will be realised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Farm Laborers. Willing to Work Cheaply and Gain Experience. Melbourne, Friday Night
The head of the Victorian Labor Bureau says that he has applications for employment from many young fellows who are without practical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Railway Fatality. Girl Run Over by Truck of Wheat. Death Instantaneous. Adelaide
A fatal accident occurred on Saturday when Lucy Jones, aged 13, was run over by a truck of wheat, about a mile from Port Broughton. Three trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Driving in Ireland Six Arrests Made. [Reuter's Message.] London
A drive of 600 cattle, sheep and horses occurred on the estate of Mr. W. Ball, a magistrate, at Ballynacally (Clare) to-day. The land was let to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Upwards of 37,000 Bales Offered for Sale. Adelaide, Monday Night
There was a very large attendance of buyers present at the Wool Exchange to-day, when the number of bales offered (upwards of 37,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming Conditions Investigated. Queensland Visited by Orange River Colony Farmer. Brisbane, Monday Night
The Japanese mail steamer Kamu[?] Maru arrived in Brisbane last night, from Japan. Among the passengers is Mr. T. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Harvest Prospects. Sydney
The reports from the Western and Central district of Western Riverina show that the dry weather has greatly reduced the reoent wheat harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Another Good Clearance
The Adelaide wool sales were continued to-day. There was another good clearance at satisfactory prices…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE WOOl Sales. in Adelaide. Adelaide
There was keen competition at the wool sales in Adelaide yesterday, when about 37,000 bales (a world's record quantity for one day's sale) were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Valuable Duck. Gold Found in Its Crop. Melbourne
A duck was killed for the table at Ballarat, being one of a pair sold for 3s. 7d. In the dead oue's crop 12s. worth of sold was found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Little Farm. What Good Tilling Methods Will Do
Evidently Mr. James Grant, of Glen Elgin, Holinwood, near Cowra, believes that there is some profit in a little farm well tilled in a district where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Itali[?]n Farmers. Land Sought in Australia
The Very Rev. Dr. Capra, who is travelling under the auspices of the Agricultural Society of Milan, and was recently in Broken Hill, is collecting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warwick Farm Races. Sydney
The Warwick Farm races were held on Saturday, with the following result:- Farm Stakes, 5 furlongs.—Herr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy-keeper Fined. Sydney, Monday Night
A dairy keeper at Hurstville was fined £20 to-day for selling milk containing 12½ per cent of added water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers' Agricultural Classes. Melbourne, Monday Night
The State Agricultural Department will start the Farmers' Classes about February 1st. It is stipulated that all Agricultural…
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