Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” April 8 1927)
STUD SHEEP.â Ten merino stud ewes and 37 stud fams recently sold by the Austin Wanganella Co. are being sent to Morocco, in north-west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1937
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Slump in Wheat Danger of Scarcity Not Passed Prices May Rise Next Year London, April 18
Although the world grain market experienced the worst day in years on Friday, when wheat dropped a further [?]d., making a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Injured
Mr. John Bremner, a well-known farmer and grazier, of Womboota, is in the Echuca District-Hospital in a-serious condition, as the result of being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State's First Wheat Farmer Granted Land at 1/- RENTAL
There are probably more than 100 descendants in New South Wales of James Ruse, the first Australian farmer. Historical writers say Ruse was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Successful Sheep Sale at Albury
Dalgety and Company Limited, Albury, report having held a successful special sheep sale at Albury on Thursday last week, when they submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Wheat Quieter Values Slightly Easier
Reacting to a quieter feeling and slightly lower prices in the overseas market values in Melbourne were a shade lower on Wednesday. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Rises 2½d. in Melbourne
A rise of 2½d. a bushel in the price of wheat in Melbourne on Tuesday followed the stronger tone on the overseas market. Farmers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hand-feeding of Sheep Maintenance and Supplementary Rations
Many farmers to-day are having to face the positions of handfeeding sheep. What to feed and how to feed is a worrying and vexing problem. Many farmers lacking sheep knowledge, and even quite a few graziers, are looking- for a quick and easy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rayon's Challenge to Wool and Worsted
The "Journal of Commerce" (New York) states that prices for natural wool are high, and that rayon has been successful in invading the wool and…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Three-day Sickness in Cattle Influence of Cooler Weather
"Three-day sickness" (ephemeral fever) has been apparent in nearly every district in the State, but the incidence of the disease in the south…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Railway News Big Success of New Sheep Loading Races
Following a suggestion submitted to the Betterment and Publicity Board of the Victorian Railways, an altered design of sheep loading race…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Surplus Predicted Carry-over Will Be Small
As the result of a series of light wheat yields in North America the statistical position of wheat has improved steadily. Heavy surpluses in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Prices Slump Expected to Continue London
"The fortunes made by wheat speculators at Liverpool recently vanished in a sudden slump," says the "Sunday Dispatch,"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Wool Sales. Market Firm. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
At the wool sales, to-day, which terminated the regular wool-selling season in Sydney, there was good general competition and values…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Make a Concrete Floor Best Type for the Dairy Farmer
For many purposes on the dairy farm impervious floors are required Concrete--a mixture of Portland cement with sand, stone and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turning Back the Files... 40 Years Ago: (From the "Pastoral Times," April 14, 1927)
TRANSFERRED.—At the Licensing Court to-day the license of the Railway Hotel was transferred from Charles Carpenter to Alexander McPhee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Hard White Wheat Market for Flour in Netherlands East Indies
Although the principal export markets for Australian wheat and flour are the United Kingdom, Japan and China, trade with other countries, though…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Melbourne Wool Sales. Last Week's Averages
The Melbourne Woolbrokers' report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended 17th April, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers' Debts Victorian Programme Under Way
In the course of the discussions at the Loan Council in Melbourne, when some of the States objected to the Commonwealth participating in next year's…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Dairying "Sandiness" in Condensed Milk
The defect known as "sandiness" Or "grittiness" in sweetened confdensed milk is a fault which seriously affects the sale of this product as a…
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