Bluestone for Smut in Wheat
Mr. Thos. B. Blyth, Hobart, writes to Australasian:—Mr. Farrar's experience of the use of bluestone for pickling wheat, and his conclusion that it is "entirely unreliable," is…
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Farming & the land, 1900
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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report: We held our second sales to-day. The wools were rather above the average, and splendid competition Prevailed throughout the sale, the result being a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Skill & Power of the Boer Farmer
The skill and power of the Boer farmer in the matter of lifting heavy weights are remarkable. These he inherits from his forebears, who were compelled to hew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government Farms
In order to ascertain how far the various Government farms are working in touch with the farmers of the colony, the Minister for Agriculture recently obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. report to-day's wool sales were firm, especially for best qualities, greasy reching 8¼d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local News. Butter and Eggs
Wanted known that E. J. HEAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Antwerp Wool Sales
The wool sales at Antwerp will extend from November 13 to November 22. There have been catalogued 22, 870 bales, including 1410 from Cape Colony, and 1255 from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Locail News. Butter and Eggs
Wanted known that E. J. HEAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…
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THE wool sales continue in Sydney, with no material change in prices, good greasies being more in demand. The highest price was obtained on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales
The October series of London wool sales closed firm. Prices for good merinos were 1/2d above opening rates; fa[?]es were about 15 per cent. below July rates, low crosssb[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the wool sales in Sydney during the past week nothing of a stating nature in the way of prices occurred. The highest prices of the season in the colonies [?] for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local News. Butter and Eggs
Wanted known that E. J. HEAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prevention of Sheep Falling in Trucks
Another sheep-trucking experiment, with Anderson[?] patent for preventing sheep falling in the trucks during transit on the railways, was carried out with 50 shorn sheep…
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Messrs.Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—We offered eighteen hundred balas of wool yesterday. Competition was very native and the market was firm for superior sorts, but was weaker for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local News. Butter and Eggs
Wanted known that E. J. HEAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Produce Reports
The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd.; Hill, Clark, and Co.;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Antwerp Wool Sales
The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. Buyers were numerous, and the lots offered comprised good and choice selections. Half the catalogue was sold. Prices were 20 per cent. below June rates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Victorian Tragedy, Murder of a Farmer
A farmer named Hugh Lavery, a resident of Beulsh, was found yesterday morning dead in his bed with his skull fractured in two places. Lavery lived in a four-roomed cottage on his farm, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipment of Butter
5606 boxes of butter were shipped to London by the mail steamer Brittannia, which left to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO. REPORT: Our sale on Tuesday was exceptionally animated and probably was the best held so far this season. Good competition and good…
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