China's 70 Million Sheep
China with Tibet, is said to possess 70,000,000 sheep, and the output of wool from these is about 200,000,000lbs. in weight, or something like a twelfth of the…
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Farming & the land, 1923
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LOCAL & General News Sale of Bolwarra Farm
Messrs. Townsend and Co. report having sold by private treaty, Mr. E.Elliott's farm, at Bolwarra, to Mr. S.Le Moylan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Lucerne for Wheat Farmers. Possibilities in the West
Experience is showing that the western districts are more hospitable to the growth of lucerne then was once imagined. The time of sowing is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Wool Market
Pilt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report During this and next week no wool auctions will be held the trade generally enjoying a little spell after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Advance. in the Price of Butter
Although the price of butter was increased by 9/4 cwt. on Thursday, it was again subjected to a similar advance on Tuesday, making the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local & General News. R. A. S. Butter Competitions
At the Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney, there is a prize in the butter section given for the aggregate number of points gained in all classes. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fuller in London Pastoral Interests. Important Conference. LONDON, March 28
The Premier of New South Wales (Sir George Puller) hart a long conference in London with representatives of New South Wales pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Orchard. Strawberry Land. Profitable Side-crop
Strawberries are a profitable sidecrop for the orchardist provided the conditions are favourable and a suitable market is easily accessible…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Melon Crop
Although the summer has been an exceptionally dry one melon-grewers in the Maitland district are stated to have had a record season. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forty Resolutions. Farmers and Settlers Requests. Drought in the West. SYDNEY
Resolutions carried at last conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association were introduced to the Acting-Premier (Mr. Oakes) to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Assistance to Farmer Useful Birds and Animals
Considerable interest was displayed in the lectures delivered at the Sydney Show Ground, by Mr. A. Le Souef (Curator of Taronga Park)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farm Labourers. Strike in Norfolk. London, April 2
Trim figures in breeches, gaiters, smocks, and slouch hats, plodding along at the rear of two-horse ploughs is becoming a more and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Markets. Supplies Steadily Decreasing
In Sydney the butter price advanced 1d per 1b on April 3, and choicest quality is now quoted in bulk at 224/ per cwt. Further scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weight Controversy Wheat and Flour Sacks.i
Controversy in regard to the weight of wheat and flour sacks has been revived in Melbourne by a letter read at the meeting of the Trades Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl in Man's Clothes Ate Poisoned Wheat
A girl named Kitty Moore has been taken to Porth Hospital suffering from strychnine poisoning in peculiar circumstances. She came to Perth from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cotton and Wool. Big Shortage of Cotton
Advices received by the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture from authoritative sources in the United States show that the cotton crop has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucky Farmer. First Prize in Art Union
Mr. F. M. Perrolt, a farmer of Langotblin, near Glen [?]nes, won first prize in the Police Hospital Art Union, which was drawn in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter from Queensland
A large cargo of butter of nearly 3000 boxes, arrived from Queensland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
The 13th series of sales opened in Sydney yesterday and extends to April 18th. Judging by the demand privately for any passed in wools this…
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