Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales
Heavier supplies of forage than usual were received at Alexandria lucerne chaff being by far the most conspicuous commodity. In consequence prices…
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Farming & the land, 1929
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Gloucester Dairy Company
The Gloucester Dairy Company manfactured 123,790lbs of butter for month of February the being an increase over January by 5,977lbs,…
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Clean cultivation is of considerable significance in the combat of the various pests of field, garden and orchard…
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Dairy cattle, or at least, the Jerseys, were much more numerous than for some years, but the quality or the Jerseys generally was not in keeping…
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Bull, 1 year old and under 2, Gundebri Estate, Ltd., 1. Cow, in calf, with calf at foot, or in milk, 3 years old and over, J. P. Fleming, 1 and 2…
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The beef cattle and the fats were an exceptionally fine and oven lot. There were very few that could not be classed of good quality. The…
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On more than one occasion attention has been drawn in these columns to the fact that while New South Wales butter takes the championship…
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Pigs wove in about the same number as in recent years, Berkshires making up most of them. Mr. L. Cooke received both championships…
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At the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Richard Benjamin Harris pleaded not guilty to a charge that on some day during the month…
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At the wool sales. 9980 bales were offered, of which 1721 were Australian and 3106 New Zealand. It was a small, miscellaneous…
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prices for forage at Alexandria displayed a slightly easier tone, especially for medium grades, Wheaten chaff, however, was a little firmer. In the…
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Stephen Rigby, aged 22, was feeding a threshing machine on a farm at Nile, near Launceston, when his foot slipped and his leg came in contact with the…
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Messrs. Prescott and Co. Ltd. report under date 16th March, 1929.— Sydney—Weather conditions are favourable to production, and supplies are being…
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At the Maitland quarter sessions, before his Honor, Judge White, the hearing was continued in the case against Richard Benjamin Harris,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Market. Decline in Bran
The wheat market in Sydney was inactive and unchanged yesterday. Average limits for growers' bagged lots were again quoted on the basis…
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Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,325 bales, and…
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The demand was rather dull at Alexandria for most lines of forage, though supplies were not heavy. Prices were little altered, chaff selling a shade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Toxic for Sheep. a Warning Concerning Kerosene
Experiments carried out at Glenfield Veterinary Research Station show that kerosene given internally may be fatal to sheep. A warning is therefore given…
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There were good entries in the Jersey classes, although the quality was described by the judge as only fair. The champion cow, owned by Simpson…
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Among the beef and fat cattle we found beasts of rare quality. The judge, Mr. E. Baby Moore, said there was hardly a beast in either section…
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