Wool for Knitters. Supplies Now to Hand
Whilst Mrs. G. Arthur Thompson was in Sydney, last week she visited the War Chest Depot in Elizabeth street, which she describes as a veritable hive of industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1918
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Fat Sheep Scarce. Advanced Prices in Albuey Yesterday. Graziers Competing with Butchers. "No General Market Quotations"
Three features of the Albury Market yesterday were: (1) That there was a very small yarding of fat and store sheep; (2) that there were more buyers than usual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racing to Be Continued Curtailment Is Favored by N.Z. Farmers' Union Wellington
A conference in Wellington of the New Zealand Farmers' Union rejected a proposal for the abolition of racing during the war, and carried an amendment by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jerilderie Cattle Sale THURSDAY 25th, JULY 1918
H. Lloyd & Sons of Jerilderie W. H. Wheatley of Goulburn Auctioneers in conjunction, report having held a successful Cattle Sale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Cattle From Queensland Effect on Southern Markets
"We heard s good deal a while ago about the State embargo on the export of cattle from Queensland, but now the Federal Ministry has imposed another and a more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Meat Famine. Cattle Market Half Supplied. Rates Advance £2 Per Head. Melbourne
Buyers of cattle had an opportunity of seeing how the price-fixing schedule would affect the market this morning, when the first weekly sales tinder the changed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Effect of Meat Prices Higher Markets for Cattle and Sheep. Cattle Improve £3. SHEEP 2/- Dearer. Sydney
The meat prices as fixed by law came into operation to-day. At Homebush sales the prices generally Were not affected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Will Finish It
"Sheep will finish it every time. It does not injure sheep while in the green stage, but I have seen big losses through turning sheep, more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open Wool Markets
Those few who yearn for an "open" market for wool wilt not feel comforted by recent market reports from, either South Africa or Argentina, says the "S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Full Supplies of Wheat Sacks Ordered
Senator Russell, who is chairman of the Wheat Silo Commission and patron of the Wheat Board, is at present one of the Federal Minister's in Sydney. While there…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Cost of the Drought. Over £2,000,000 in Sheep
The breaking of the drought will mean millions of pounds to New South Wales. To use the expression of one of the biggest sheep and cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Manurer in Relation to Vines. The Supply of Nitrogen
It was remarked last week, in summarising the article of the viticultural expert, that vines are credited with removing an [?]ally from an acre of soil about 451b…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wheat Scrip 1917-18 Series Selling at 1/34 Believed Worth 1/8½
Joseph Palmer and Sons report:— The "A" 1915-16 Scrip has improved ½d to 2d. This series is speculative, as no one can tell wliat will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Silos in N.S.W. Storage This Year for Eight Million Bushels. Sydney
Senator Russell states excellent progress is being made in this State in respect to the construction of wheat silos. The approximate cost would be £600,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Experiments
It is not too much to say that a great service in the cause of agricultural progress as of late years been rendered by the work carried out by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Prevention of Fire in Grain Crops
The following recommendations for wheat growers have been issued by the College of Agriculture of the University of California:—…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dairying at Yanco
The season in the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas continues favourable for the cultivation and planting of fodder crops. There have been no heavy rains to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Filthy Dairy
In the Colac court on Wednesday the shin inspector proceeded against Charles G. Turner, dairyman, of. Swan Marsh, for having allowed his dairy to be in a dirty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eradication of Stinkwort a Farmer's Hints
Stinkwort is getting such a hold in New South, Wales, and is so much bettor known and underwood in South Australia and West Australia, that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. Balldale Branch
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Balldale Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Public Hall on Saturday, 27th ult…
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