Local and General News. Sale of Dairy Cattle
Messrs. Swan, Murray, and Hain will conduct a clearing-out sale of dairy cattle, etc., at the residence of Mr. J. A. Flack, Tenambit, to-morrow (Tuesday) afternoon, when…
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Farming & the land, 1918
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Farmer's Produce Markets. Price of Potatoes. Sydney
prescott and Co., Ltd., telegraph that Hunter River potatoes were selling to-day from 16 to 17 per ton, according to quality…
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AT a meeting in Melbourne of the Central Wheat Board, the proposal to abandon wheat growing in favour of sheep raising was rejected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waratah Stock Sales CATTLE
There was a short supply of cattle, consisting mainly of good quality medium weight bullocks. Bidding was active, and prices were generally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Inventions
Messrs Griffith and Hassel Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh street, Sydney, report that the following applications for Patents connected, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Live Stock. Barbed Wire Cuts. Some Suggestions for Farmers
Unsightly scars, the results of barbed wire cuts, materially depreciate the value of colts and horses when the time comes for them to be sold. These…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scone Cattle and sheep Sales
Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co. will offer at auction at Scone yards, on Friday, February 1, 1000 head of store cattle, also 1000 good sheep, including 500 nice young weathers. Particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Arena. Wheat and Cattle. Melbourne, January 19
So far as the Australian people's pockets are concerned, a world at war is a very good world to live in. The Government has arranged for the advance of about 15,750,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat or Meat?
The proposal of the Government with respect to the limitation of wheat growing and the extension of stock raising is one that requires very careful expert investigation. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat or Stock. Mr. Ashford's Proposals
Addressing a conference of farmers and graziers at State Parliament House yesterday, Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, elaborated his scheme for the curtailment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes Favors Sheep. Wheat Returns Precarious. Forbes
It is hardly even likely that stockraising will be popular here, as the land is so eminently suited for wheat; but the farmers recognise that the times are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat or Stock. Reduction of Wheat Area Opposed
At a meeting of a of ii number of New South Wales whoatgrowers in Sydney yesterday, the question of wheat versus moat, raised by Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, was further…
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A conference upon stock-raising and wheat-growing was held at Parliament Hosue on Tuesday. At the suggestion of the Minister for Lands a committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inverell Solid for Wheat. (By Telegraph.) Inverell
The general feeling here Is against the proposal to substitute meat production for that of wheat, although little opportunity so far has been given for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expansion of Dairying
The growth and expansion of the I industry, is well shown ' from statistic gathered by the police In that portion of the Singleton district controlled by First-class…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Troubles. Mice, Crows, and Parrots
Reports from the western district state that wheat growers are severely suffering through the depredations of swarms of mice. Crows are also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Store Cattle Sale
Messers. Tindale and Co. Will Offer at auction at Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday next, 700 head of store cattle, including well-bred bullocks, steers, and mixed cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Insurance
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—Owing to the particularly wet weather which has been experienced this season, an unusually large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Market
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report January 23:—Steady progress is being made with the appraisement of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trans-australian Railway. Pastoral Prospects
The opening of the Trans-Australian railway gave me an opportunity of taking a long-contemplated holiday in our western State. A few hours' break enabled me to pay a…
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