Labour Farms
Mr. Schey, Director of Labour, looks with satisfaction on the results of the working of the labour farms during the past year. In his report to the Premier he writes:—"It is gratifying to know that…
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Farming & the land, 1908
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British Wheat Crop
The "Times" in a preliminary report an the British wheat crop, says that the recent weather was favourable, but the prospect was the worst since 1904. The report…
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There was a very large attendance at the opening of the London wool sales. Everything was about five per cent. dearer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell and Co. report:—It is seldom that a choice selection of wool is submitted at the Antwerp auction sales, and consequently the buoyancy in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Value of Farm Manures
The value of manures varies considers ably, depending upon, first, the kind and age of the animals second, the kind and amount of food consumed ; third, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Wheat Crop. (By Cable). London
The London "Times" says that the British wheat crop prospects are the worst since 1904…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales
At the wool sales yesterday Charles Balme and Co., Buxton, Ronald, and co., Ducroz, Son, and Co., and Hoare and Co. offered a catalogue of 9458 bales of colonial wool,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Menace to Health. Tuberculosis in Cattle
The Central Board of Health at Perth (W.A.) have during the past few days been actively engaged in ordering the destruction of a number of cows which,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. (By Cable). London
The London wool sales opened with everything about five per cent, dearer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rise in Wool. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Nearly all the cable messages received by wool-brokers confirm the intelligence of a rise of five per cent, in prices realised for crossbreds and merinos…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Labor Movement. Maritime Council Farming
An important movement in connection, with trades unionism is that which goes towards combining all the sections engaged in the various callings and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle for Britain
An influential deputation wanted upon the [?] Minister, Mr. Asquith, and urged the appointment of a committee to inquire into the [?]ttle meat supply of Great Britain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Sales
The London wool sales are very spirited, with a hardening tendency for all descriptions. At the wool sales yesterday prices realised for the clips mentioned were :—Longburn, 7[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Statues in Butter. Remarkable Exhibits in the Canadian Pavilion. White City Sensation
Canada opened at the White City in London recently the finest exhibit of its natural resources ever shown out of the Dominion. The pavilion stands on the left of the avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meeting of Dairymen. Proposed Co-operative Company
PURSUANT to notice in our columns, a meeting of dairymen was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of taking steps to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adulteration of Wool
When will people realise (says "Dalgety's Wool Review") that the initial cost is not everything, and that in the end a suit of clothes made from wool, will prove much cheaper than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Substitutes for Wool
The craze for the lowest possible price (says a Bradford wool expert) is responsible for the fact that in the hosiery trade there has been a considerable run on what are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales
[?] the wools sales on Wednesday, the [?]wing prices were realised for the clips [?]ioned:—J.O., 7d; Clarence, 8 3/8d; [?]cepeth, 8¾d; Tenako, 9 3/8d; Cluny,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—It is seldom that a choice selection of wool is submitted at the Antwerp auction sales and consequently the buoyancy in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
WINCHCOMBE. CARSON & CO. REPORT: The London July sales opened on Tuesday last. The general expectation is that an advance of 5 to 10 per cent will be established…
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