Prevention of Sheep Falling in Trucks
ANOTHER sheep trucking experiment, with Anderson's patent for preventing sheep falling in trucks during transit on the railways, was carried out with 56 shorn sheep and lambs…
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Farming & the land, 1900
594 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 25 of 30
The Wheat Prospects. Sydney
A remarkable feature of this season is that the wheat crops in rich river flats, have failed in many cases, while good crops have been obtained on higher…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, November 6
Fine warm weather, muggy indoors, has prevailed this week, and there is not the slighter indication of rain. Sin a Saturday the maximum daily heat averaged 37 degrees, and the minimum 69 degrees. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales
At the Melbourne wool sales yesterday, the market showed a further decline of from a farthing to a halfpenny on all kinds of greasy [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Wool Waggon
On Wednesday last a carrier named Evans, with fifty bales of Pine Ridge wool on his waggon, suddently discovered his load was afire. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral News
CONNELL'S "A[?]" shed out out last Saturday, having shorn with the Wolseley machine, fitted up for sixteen stands. Nearly 40,000 [?] inclusive of about 12,000 for J. W. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
The bearing of the charge against George Holt for alleged killing a cow the property of John E. Sunderson, with intent to steal the carcane, was resumed at 2.30 on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Market. Sydney
Cattle advanced. Bullocks, from £9; extra, from £10 10s; good, from £8 10s; medium, from £7 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
The local wool sales are practically unchanged, greasy reached 8d, scoured 14½d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales
HARRISON, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd. :-- "Sales have closed firm, Compared with the opening rates, greasy combing merino, good to extra good, the market advanced a shade : other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney
Sheep advanced. Best merino wethers, from 15s; good, 14s to 14s 6d; medium, from 13s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, November 9
Since Tuesday very sultry, oppressive weather with a daily increasing temperature has prorailed. On Wednesday tlie maximum heat registered 103 9 degress on Thursday 106.2 and to-day 107 decrees was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm A3std Garden Weeding Out the Stock
A most important factor in succeseful poultry keeping is to avoid overcrowding. In those yards where chickens are reared chiefly for the table, they are disposed of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
At Wednesday's wool sales the catalogues submitted comprised 839 bales offered by Pitt,Son, and Badgery, Limited, 526 bales by Messrs. J. C. Young and Co., and 1726 by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Crops in the West
During September so many unfavourable reports were received as to the condition of the early-sown wheat crops in the Narromine district, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
Har[?]n Junes & Devlin wired us on Monday evening: - We offered 1800 [?]wool today. Competition very [?] market firm for superior so[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney
Sheep are lower. Best merino wethers from 14s, good 13s to 13s 6d, medium from 12s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sale. Sydney
Despite the holiday the wool sales held a full attendance. The market for superior wool remained firm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Commercial. Weestern Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, November 13
[?] and increasing heat still pre[?]alis. Yesterday the thermometer registered 103 degrees in the shade, while to-day, the hottest this summer, a maximum of 110 degrees was reacted. At half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Information. Cow-peas and Wheat in Rotation
An Illinois farmer, in reporting upon the means adopted to maintain the fertility of wheat-soils in his State, says that the growing of cow-peas is becoming well established…
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