Mortality Among Sheep
Twelve hundred sheep succumbed this week while purveying from Jindah to Greenhills (Q.L. through eating poisonous weeds…
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Farming & the land, 1903
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The Seed Wheat Distribution
There are great complaints from many parts of the State as regards the Government's arrangements re the distribution of seed wheat. The farmers are disheartened, and do not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening
Weather dry and hot. Rain should be expected in a few days. (BY TELEGRAPH. SYDNEY, Feb 14…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. the Wool Market. February 11
The closing sales of the weekly series were held during the past week when the offerings amounted to 27,974 bales, and the total sales were 21,952 bales. The weakness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Mill Operations. Purchase of American Wheat
THE Dubbo Co-operative Milling Co. have purchased during the past fortnight 900 tons of Argentine wheat and about 250 tons of Californian. The former is Russian Barlatta wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Traffic on the Railway. Decrease of 30 per cent
FURTHER evidence of the great looses which the State is sustaining by reason of the drought is given in the figures dealing with the carriage of wool on the railways. For the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Irrigation Farm
While it is very doubtful if the motion carried at Tuesday night's meeting of the Progress Association asking for the establishment of a model irrigation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articales. the Best Time to Cut Corn for Fodder
EXTENSIVE experiments have been carried out in some parts in order to determine the best time for cutting corn for fodder purposes,…
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A meeting of farmers which was called at the instance of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, to consider the seed wheat proposals, was held at the…
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Farther evidence of the great losses caused by tho drought in this .State is given in the figures dealing with the carriage of wool on the railway. For the…
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[?] yesterday. Better class wools were firm but others very irregular with lower prices. Greasy 8½d to 12d scored 20½d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Cultivation. Sydney
The result of cultivating 32,000 acres of wheat in Manilla district last year was that 24,000 bushels were reaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Cargo. Sydney
A barque arrived last evening from San Francisco with a cargo of 3000 tons of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening
The we[?]her has bean quite cool lately. Howevr, rain is sure to fall directly. (BY TELEGRAPH.) SYDNEY, Feb. 16…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seed Wheat. Distribution Commences this Week
THE applications for seed wheat which are coming in rapidly will be considered, and the applicants advised, within ten days from date of their receipt. Applications received to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maize Crops. Sydney
In some parts of the Windsor district the early maize crops are yielding 40 bushels to the acre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Cattle Sale
The continued dry weather has had a disastrous effect on the dairying industry in the Molong district, and Messrs. P. and A. W. Rubie, of Manildra, are disposing of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seed Wheat
Great care is being exercised to have the seed wheat clean and of a bright standard. Anything under the prescribed standard will be rejected. Up to the present 1470…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report (February 16th):—We held our fortnightly wool sale to-day and sold about 2000 bales. The market was firm for the better classes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the wool sales yesterday competition was brisk. Scoured reached 20 [?]d, greasy 11 1/2d…
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