The Wool Market
The half-year's action operations in Sydney were brought to a close before Christmas. The offerings for the half-year totalled 385,261 bales as Compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herland Office, Tuesday evening
The weather during Christmas Day was very hot, but the heavy atmosphere and north-easterly wind gave a sure indication that tain would fall. Boxing Day was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braxy in Sheep
Braxy is a name given to express a mechanical lesion which causes a pressure on the circulatory system, by which apoplexy supervenes. This is shown by their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening
The weather is hot, with a north-east wind. There is every prospect of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Production. Decrease for the Year
ACCORDING to the best available figures, the wheat production for the world for 1907 was 3110 million bushels, of which about 20 per cent., or 608 millions, was produced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Growing Crops Deposit Lime
Recent research has shown that crops in their process of growth leave behind in the soil a residue of lime, which may account for the fact that average crops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Year's Wool Clip. Slightly below last year's Total
RELIABLE authorities now estimate that the total wool output for this State, during the season, will be 75,000 bales less than last year. The arrivals in Sydney by rail and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy. Municipal Milk Depots
The following are the main provisions, the Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Mr John Burns, President of the Local Government Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The World's Wheat
According to the best available figures, the wheat production for the world for 1907 was 3110 million bushels, of which about 20 [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Wool Clip
Messrs. Anderson Bros, of Framantle, near Bathurst, have just completed shearing, and sbow a record wool clip, having shorn 85,000 sheep. They started shearing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Commerical. Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening
Monday was very muggy, but a very strong wind-storm came up from the northeast in the evening. Three points of rain fell, which laid the dust and cooled the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Inter-State Conference
THE Inter-State Conference of delegates from the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales and farmers' unions throughout the Commonwealth, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Incident at Cowra Experimenta Farm. Grasshoppers and Whirlwinds
THE valuable experimental work now being carried on at the Cowra Government Farm has recently been considerably upset by the grasehoppers and hot weather. Even these…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mortality Amongst Sheep
Out of 600 sheep camped at a certain spot near Coonamble 130 died. Other sheep have died on the same spot. It is thought there is strychnine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Possibilities
Some district farmers seem to entertain the idea that we should from issue to issue assure them that the price of wheat is going to reach a big figure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 8th January :—The reduction in the Bank of England rate from 7 per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 8th January:—The reduction in the Bank of England rate from 7 per…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victoriam Wheat Experiments
Results from the experimental wheat fields conducted under the supervision of the field branch of the Victorian Agricultural Department are announced. There…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral and Commercial. Westers Iierald Office. Friday evening
We were treated to a beautiful duststorm on Thursday evening. The dust smothered everything for a while, and then light rain accompanied the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Exports. Falling off for the Season
THE exports of wool from New South Wales in December showed a falling off of no less than 93,664 bales, representing probably £1,300,000. The consequence is that, in the…
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