The Wool Season
The year's wool clip is turning out very satisfactorily. The wool generally has been much finer and lighter in condition than usual, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1904
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Strike at a Wool Scour
On Thursday last the pressers employed at Sugden's wool-scour at Narandera refused to work and put on their and left the works. This action is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experiments at the Viticultural Farm
Professor M'Alpl[?]e of the Victorian Agricultural Department, has been carrying out a number of experiments at the Rutherglen Viticultural Station with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The N.s.w. Wheat Crop
The season 1901 will long be remembered by wheat growers as one of the strangest that over affected their fortunes. The conditions varied slightly,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., Ltd., wire that they held their eighth sale of the current season on Tuesday afternoon. The catalogue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Exhibition
The exhibition of wool at the Royal Exchange will be opened by his Excellency the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, on Monday next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Exports
The trade rules governing the sales of overweight and underweight packages in the London market were the subject of a report from the Victorian Inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of committee was held yesterday. Mr. C. L. Griffith presided, and the other members present were Messrs. J. W. Roxburgh, J. R. Chapman, L. R…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Remedy for Cattle-stealing
That product of all new pastoral lands which the Americans call "cattle hustling," otherwise cattle-stealing, which at one time flourished in the far west, in spite of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Another Wheat Pest
Mr. G. Sermons brought to the office of the Shepparton "News" a curiosity that should be of great interest to farmers. He says that in pulling up a crop he is…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, held their ninth sale of the season (and last for the year) on Tuesday afternoon, when they submitted the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Markets. Sydney Wool Sales
Dalgety and Co., Limited, report under date December 10th:— We offered at Thursday’s sales an attractive catalogue of 4079 sales, which embraced wools from most [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales 9299 bales were catalogued and 7903 sold. Continental competition was not quite as good, but sales were unchanged. Top…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat and Cereal Market. Melbourne
Wheat.—The market is steady at 3s 4d to 3s 4½d for good milling and shipping gram on the spot. The quantity offering is small, Medium wheats are selling at 3s 3d,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Retrospect of the Wool Season
In the comparative quietness of the Christmas recess, which, succeeds the "sturm and drang" of the past few weeks a glance at the wool season of 1904 which…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Wool Market. London, October 14, 1904
The science of breeding is of increasing value as the markets of the world demand better stocks of all kinds. Improvement is the watch word of tho successful…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tobacco as a Farmer's Crop for New South Wales. (Continued from our last.) Disease
Before entering upon the practical details of cultivation of the plant, it will be advisable to refer to the subject of disease which has proved the most serious evil…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Some Notes on the Wheat "Bobs." Its Peculiarities. Economic Value, and Origin. (Continued from our last.)
What we want for our people, as well as for our soils, and what they will want in Manitoba and in those parts of America where strong-flour wheats are grown, for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
Thinning Early Fruit.— Trees which are thickly set with fruit, and more especially if they are young and not fully grown, should not be allowed to carry heavy crops…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Administration of the Post Office. Mr. Chanter Complains. Of Alleged Farming of Mail Contracts
During the debate on the postal estimates in the House of Representatives, Mr Chanter severely criticised the postal administration. We take the following extracts from…
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