Bush Fire at Boree Creek Crops, Grass Burnt
About 3,000 acres of oats, grass, and stubble, and several miles of fencing were destroyed at Boree Creek on Saturday afternoon, when…
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Cuts Costs for Farmers Use of Producer Gas Minister’s Comments Sydney
A report received by the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. Vincent) from the Producer Gas Committee appointed by the…
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Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are as follows: Millers' lots for export and home consumption, 4/0½ a bushel in bags. For produce trade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shade Trees For Sheep
It is at this time of the year that the value of shade trees in the sheep paddocks. becomes evident. There is no question that during the hot weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Echuca Special Sheep Sale
Youngusband Ltd. announce their February off-shears sheep sale at Echuca on Wednesday, February 14 for which 5,000 sheep have already been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Buys Wheat
"The past week has been a most anxious one," said the Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. C. McPherson), at the week-end,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →10,000 Sheep at Deniliquin
Particulars of John McNamara and Co.’s yarding of 10,000 sheep at Deniliquin, on Thursday next are advertised to-day. The sheep comprise 3,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Sheep Sales Wagga
The associated agents of Wagga report having held their usual fort-nightly sheep sale to-day. There was a total of 12,800 yarded, comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Wheat Delivery ...147,095 Bags
With a total of 147,095 bags delivered over the weighbridge at the Deniliquin railway station up to last night, a record wheat yield for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat for Soviet Winnipeg, January 18
Traders estimate that one million bushels of wheat were sold yesterday and to-day for shipment to Vladivostok. The possibility of Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Cattle Season Rains in North Adelaide
As stock losses are not expected to be heavy in the recent floods in the Northern Territory, it is considered that a very prosperous season is ahead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No District System of Sheep Ear Marks SYDNEY
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) has informed the Graziers’ Association that the Government will take no action in regard to bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Annual January Moama Sheep Special 11,000 Yarded—Total Clearaace
JOHN McNAMARA & CO PTY LTD report We held our annual January special sheep sale at Moama yesterday. when to a particularly large and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. Successful Jerilderie Sales
The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., report having held a decidedly successful same day special sale at Jerilderie on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saffron Thistles Second Crop the Season
In a report submitted to Deniliquin Pastures Protection, Board yesterday, Stock Inspector White stated:— “It has been rather difficult for all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Diseases Bacterial Infections and Health
A somewhat novel theory has been put forward recently.—that both fluke and black disease may be reduced in incidence by better pasture conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →10 Sheep Killed When Truck of Culcairn-Corowa Train Derailed Service Interrupted Yesterday No Passengers Hurt
The Culcairn-Corowa mixed goods and passenger train was partially derailed yesterday. When about three miles on the Corowa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poles in Slavery Thousands Now in Germany Working on Farms and in Industry Berlin, January 18
It has been officially announced [?] 310000 Polish prisoners of war are working on German farms and industry in addition to 200,000 Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large Canadian Wheat Crop Ottawa. Jan. 19
A new official estimate of Canada’s 1839 wheat crop is 489,623,000 bushels, the second largest on record…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Killed. Partial Derailment Of Train Near Balldale
Scenes of wreckage which were a result of the partial derailment of the Corowa-Culcairn mixed goods and passenger train on Friday morning. No passengers were hurt, but 10 sheep were killed…
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