Heavy Sheep Losses
It is estimated that 236,000 sheep perished last year in the Hay district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1903
792 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 40
Seed Wheat
The form of application to be filled in by farmers desirons of obtaining se[?] wheat from the Government is now published. We would recommend all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep for the Farmer. Mr. Van Weenan's Views
MR. E. VAN WEENAN, so well known here as judge in sheep sections at the annual Shows of the local P. and A. Association, has an interesting article in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
AT the Sydney Wool Exchange on Tuesday Messrs, Hill, Clark, and Co. offered 1961 hales. There was a good attendance of buyers. Among sales were :--H&Co. Willamurra, from Nyngan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Decrease of Sheep. Sydney
In the Hay district the decrease of sheep in 12 months amounts to 911,000; of this number it is estimated that orer a quarter of a million perished…
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Compared with the December sales of morin[?], the market is unchanged. Merino lambs advanced 5 per cent.; crossbreds 5 per cent; medium and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales. London, Thursday
At the wool sales, on Thursday competition was brisk for all kinds. Prices were firm at opening rates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep for the Farmer. E. D. E. VAN WRENEN("Lana (in the Sydney MAIL)
To many it may seem a grim satire to try and teach the farmer or small se[?]tler, at a time when flock upon flock are being cruelly decimated, the class of sheep he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening
Fine cool weather. [BY TELEGRAPH] SYDNEY, January 22. Thunderstorms occurred at many country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thursday's Telegrams. Wool Shortage. Sydney
The failing off in the carriage of wool on the railways amounts to 200,000 bales, meaning a loss of from £80,000 to £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seed Wheat. Government Distribution. Form of Application
THE Government has deoided on the form of application to be sent in by persons desiring to be supplied with seed wheat. The applicant must undertake to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seed Wheat. Forms to be Sent this Week
MR. S. PHILLIPS, M.L.A., writes to us as follows:-- "Arrangements have now been completed by the Department of Agriculture for the issue of the application forms for the supply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. the Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, January 22
At yesterday's wool sales there was brisk competition and the market was firm. Greasy reached 12¾d, scoured 25d. January 23…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trip to Victoria and Tasmania. Farming in Tasmania. a Fine Stud. a Pastoralist's Losses. Astounding Figures
Mr D. W. F. Hatten, local Stock Inspector, has just returned from a month's trip to Victoria and Tasmania, and informs us that while away he took advantage of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming in South Africa. A New Zealander's Venture
THE Canterbury (N.Z.) "Times" says:-- "A South Islander, who was in the First and Sixth Contingents, has taken up a farm of 6000 acres in the Orange River Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Manager of Bathurst Farm on Western Prospects. His Report on Dubbo-Narromine District
MR. B. W. PEACOCK, manager of Bathurst Experimental Farm, has recently been on a trip on the western line. In conservation with a representative of the 'National…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden Original Articles Preserving Forage by Means of Silage
PLACING corn in the [?]llo usually increases the digestibility of the crude fibre. On the other hand, there is always some looss from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local Seed Wheat
Messrs. Quirk, McLeod and Co., our local millers, had the foresight to retain over 5000 bags of local wheat from last season, in expectation that it might be needed for seed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Messrs. Dal[?]ety and Co. submitted at the wool sales in Sydney on Wednesday last a catalogue of 1900 bales, chiefly choice scoureds. Several records were broken by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Distribution of Seed Wheat
The Government has at last decided on the form of application to be sent in by persons desiring to be supplied with seed wheat. Applicants will be…
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