The Meat Supply. Where Fat Cattle Come From
When the cattle market has seemingly been emptied of all "fats," down from the mysterious nowhere come truckloads of prime bullocks rolling in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1912
216 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 11
Big Jap, Rice Crop. Tokio
The estimates give the rice crop at 17,000,000 bushels greater, than in 1911…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New South Wales Wool. London
New South Wales had an excellent exhibit at the Bradford wool Exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Back From the Bush. Party Thought to Be Lost in the 90-Mile Desert Turn Up. Sheep Thieves Not Discovered
Constable C. Thomson, two blacktrackers ("Jerry" and "Tommy") from Dandenong, and Mr. M'Millan (of Broughton Station, near Kaniva), who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Station Hands and Shearers. More Tins and Fresh Butter. Grievances of Employers
The exclusion of rural workers from the provisions of the Arbitration Bill now before the South Australian Parliament was condemned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London July Wool Sales. Good Competition
Messrs. Windeler and Co. report on August 2 that at the third series of wool sales in London the tendency of prices was in favor of the finer sorts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?]Ig Deal in Sheep. South Australian Merinos. One Thousand Head for Victoria
It was in 1841 that Mr. John Murray, founder of the well-known Murray strain of merinos, established his stud, and since that time it has been the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmania Wants Farmers. London
Mr. Macall sails for Hobart in Octobor in connection with the Government emigration, scheme. He states that labor is badly wanted, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Why the Milk Was T[?]n. a Dairyman Exposed
For many weeks complaints had been received that the milk sold by a l'aris dairyman was too thin samples were tunen by the police, and on each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. Rise in Prices Predicted. [Reuter's Messager.] Boston
The "Commercial Bulletin" asserts that basic prices" of wool are certain to rise in the near future. Heavier buying is anticipated. The United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmania Wants Farmers. London
Mr. Macall sails for Hobart in October in connection with the Government emigration scheme. He states that labor is badly wanted, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Crops of England. £125,000,000 Worth
We read so much about the people of England having been taken off the land that it will come as a surprise to many to learn that the total value…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Market. Boston
The wool market reports show that 65 per cent. of the 1912 clip has been sold. I met a friend the other day all muffled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Branding Cattle. a Wasteful Process. Spoils Much Good Leather
It has been estimated that about £250,000 annually is lost to the stock-owners of Australia because of the fire branding of hides. The position has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Crops of England. £125,000,000 Worth
We read so much about the people of England having been taken off the land that it will come as a surprise to many to learn that the total value…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Wool Sales. I Good Prices and Market Firm. Adelaide
The second [?] sale of the Adelaide series was held to-day when over 19,000 [?] were submitted to auction. The prices realised more than maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament. the Farmers' Vote. That Eternal Government House Business. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly yesterday a motion that proposed the fuller representation of the rural elctors was discussed at some length, and the debate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Farmers. Want to Come to Australia
Mr. Leandro Illin, a Russian, who has just been to the Northern Territory to investigate the possibilities of establishing a settlement of Russian farmers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral. Ostrich Farming. Encouraging Possibilities
The subject of ostrich farming is beginning to engage fresh attention in New South Wales and the possibility of some of the settlers on the Yanco…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Australian Harvest Rain Badly Wanted. Failure of Crops Predicted. Adelaide
Probably there are few better qualified to speak on the prospects of the approaching harvest than Mr. Addision, M.L.C., who for many years has been…
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