Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times”]
September 11, 1875 : — Draymen Carrying wool from our inlands, via. Deniliquin to Echuca, have had very hard times of it for the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1918
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Serious Grass Fires. Destruction of Fencing. Over 1000 Sheep Destroyed
Lightning on Tuesday afternoon caused serious outbreaks of the fire south of Deniliquin and east of the tows. In additions to the devastation of a large area of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incidents of Tee War American Items Export of Wheat and Female Suffrage. London
The United States has adopted a plan to release 90,000,000 bushels of wheat for export to the Allies. The Food Administrator asks loyal Americans to cut down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Crops in December Sydney
Reports furnished by the meteorological observers throughout the State show that the condition of crops in December was generally favorable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Delegate Cattle Sale
Messrs. A. Macarthur and Co. will hold their [?] cattle sale at Delegate on Wednesday, January 23, when they will yard 900 cattle, comprising bullocks of good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Appraisements
The wool appraisements for the current season are now in full swing, and arrangements have been made for seven series in the Sydney market, terminating on March…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Delegate Special Sheep Sale
Messrs. A. Macarthur and Co., auctioneers, at Delegate, Orbost, and Bairnsdale, will held a special sale of sheep at Delegate on Wednesday, January 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss Caused to Farmers
Owing to the stortage of wheat bags, a large quantity of wheat at Junee has been tipped into the paddocks. Heavy rain is now falling, and will damage this wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. Cost in Wheat Production. a Basis of Calculation
The labour cost on a wheat farm is much more easily ascertained than the horse cost, say the writers of the article referred to last week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Appraisements
A very large catalogue was submitted at the recent appraisement conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. The district wools…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Wheat for the Allies
A Washington correspondent states, that a plan has been made for there lease of 90,000,000 bushels of wheat for export for the Allies. The food…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sites for Wheat Stacks Sydney
It has been decided to stack 500,000 bags of wheat at Orange. Another stacking site is being arranged for at Spring Hill, to cope with at least…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Wheat. Is It Properly Protected? Stacks Menaced by Weevil Wheat Silos and New Sites
New wheat is now being carted into the various railway stations and sidings in Riverina. The harvest is considerably later than usual, and there has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Argentine Sends Wheat to Britain and France
An important agreement has been completed between the Argentine and representatives of the British and French Governments regarding the Allied purchase of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost in Wheat Production a Basis of Calculation
In the articles of the past two weeks, under this heading, it has been admitted that the operations incidental to the production of a crop of wheat vary not a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wild Oats. Their Occurrence in American Crops
The control or eradication of wild oats from certain wheat lands in the United States is the subject of a bulletin lately issued by the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destruction of Tomato Crop
Tomato crops in the Wagga district are being greatly damaged by, apparently, some kind of aphis. The bearing plants which are affected begin to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Appraisements
Appraisements were resumed in the Melbourne market on Monday, the 7th January, when the A. M. L. and F. Co., Ltd., brought forward a good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Wheat Pool 3/ Per Bushel Payable Next
Fanners who during the past few weeks have been harvesting their crops and carting grain to railway stations without a knowledge of the amount of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock or Wheat Wheat Growing Unprofitable
The vital question of the relative importance at this juncture of stock-raising and wheat-growing was considered by the Cabinet in Sydney on Monday, and it was…
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