The London Wool Sales. London, Mar. 28
At the current series of London wool sales a fair spirit of competition is maintained. For special clips Breeza has realised 6¾d and Urisino 14d per 1b…
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Farming & the land, 1895
632 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 32
Pastoral and Agricultural
THE district shows for this year are now over. We used to be able to run five shows in the Goulburn district, but the number has been reduced to three, Gunning and Marulan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter and Margarine. London, March. 28
Evidence has been given before the Food Product Adulteration Committee showing that it is a common practice for inspectors to accept bribes from sellers of margarine for genuine butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exodus of Victorian Farmers
TWENTY-THREE Victorian farmers, with their families and implements of farming, arrived at Narrandera on Friday to settle down in that district. They state that scores of other farmers in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Cattle Shipments. London, March 29
Leading Australian shipowners estimate that there would be a loss of £2000 on the voyage if a steamer was chartered to carry 900 head of cattle at £6 per head…
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London, Friday.--The London wool committee have limited the quantity of wool to be catalogued at each series of sales to 400,000 bales…
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The French authorities have permitted the Australian cattle by the Gulf of Bothnia to be landed at Dunkirk. The cattle, each of which had lost fully 300 lb. in weight during the voyage, were killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London Wool Sales. London, March 31
The second series of this year's London wool sales closed quietly yesterday. As compared with prices at the previous series, superior greasy was from ¼d to ¾d and scoured at from ¼d to 1d per lb. higher…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Dairy Farmers at Collector
THE adjourned meeting of dairy farmers was held at McInernoy's Hotel on Thursday evening at 7.30. There was a large attendance, thoroughly representing the dairying industry of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Banks. London, April 1
The French Government propose to establish farmers' banks, with a view of advancing money on lands and produce, so as to avoid the necessity of importing supplies from foreign countries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Immigration of Victorian Farmers
NARRANDERA, Monday.—Victorian farmers continue to flow over the border into New South Wales. During the past week over 100 arrived in this district fully equipped to take up selections. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Cattle Shipments. London, April 2
The French Government has agreed to admit live cattle into France from Australia, provided that veterinary certificates of health, endorsed by the French consuls in the colonies, are produced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Supply of Wheat. London, April 1
Mr. Sinclair reports that the Argentine wheat crop this year will be 30 per cent. under that of 1894. Inquiries in London and America have convinced him that Australia will be able to send in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne Express Runs into a Herd of Cattle
ALBURY, Wednesday.âThe express train from Sydney to Melbourne, about 3.30 this morning, when four miles from Wagga, ran into a herd of cattle which had strayed on the line, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mysterious Sheep Disease
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A mysterious disease has broken out amongst the sheep in the north-western district, and enormous mortality has been caused. The veterinary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Problem
IN the year 1855 the price of wheat in England was 74s. per quarter, and in 1895, 20s. And everybody is assuming that with wheat at 20s. a quarter, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cure of Fluke in Sheep
THE minister for mines and agriculture has received a memorandum from Mr. Bruce, chief inspector of stock, with reference to the experiments by Mr. McCormack for fluke in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairying Industry
A CONFERENCE of delegates from country factories and private separators will be held at the offices of the Farmers' and Dairymen's Company, Harris and Thomas streets, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Cattle Shipments. London, April 5
The steamer Bateshire, which left Sydney on the 17th January, and Port Chalmers on the 8th February, has arrived at London. The sheep are in splendid condition. Only three died on the voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Live Cattle Trade. London, April 8
Butchers in the city consider that some of the Australian bullocks brought by the Buteshire make excellent meat, but others were too- old and some were slightly wasted. The meat is selling at 5¾d per…
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