The Site for the Experiment Farm Buildings
The selection of a new and more suitable site for the erection of proper buildings at the Wagga Experiment Farm is still in abeyance. There is, of course, no doubt as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1898
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Leongatha Labor Settlement Practically Destroyed. Huts, Machinery and Crops Demolished. Nearly 100 Pigs Roasted Alive. Three Men Missing
LEONGATHA, Tuesday—The fires here are raging with uncontrollable fury over the whole district; 200 acres of scrub, owned by Marks Bros., situated at the rear of the labor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. Wheat
The market in Melbourne remains in a weak state, the demand being inactive. Some business has been done at and up to 4/4½. At auction on Wednesday, out of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that wool unlet were held on Wednesday and Thursday this week, large catalogues being submitted on each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Free" Storage of Wheat
IT is only right that those farmers who have determined to held their wheat in order to avail themselves of any rise in price should fully understand what is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Wheat Deal. Leiter's Operations
OUR cable messares have reported a move in the wheat market by an American operator, the latest advice being to the effect that he claims to hold all the surplus wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Election of Stock Boards and Sheep Directors
The annual election of directors under the Distant in Sheep Act for the district of Wagga will take place on the 18th inst. The Dominations for seats on the board are:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Payment of Wages at the Experiment Farm
In order that there may be no misunderstanding as to the method of paying the bands on the Experiment Farm, Wagga, Mr G. Maurice M'Keown (the manager) has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germanton. (From Our Correspondent). Sheep and Pastures Directions
For Sheep Directors for the Hume Sheep District, Mr. John Ross, chairman, received five nomination, precisely the number of seats. Consequently they were declared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Wheat Shipment
THE tug of war between the wheat growers and the speculators continues (says the "Age"), and the friends of the latter exhibit much anxiety on their behalf. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great American Wheat Deal. the Operation of Young Leiter. Holds Nine Million Bushels
Cable messages have reported a masterly move in the wheat market by a Mr Leiter, an American operator, the latest advice being to the effect that he claims to hold all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brookong Farmers' Union. Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting of the Brookong Farmers' Union was held at Lock-hart on Saturday last. The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Statistics
LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat and floor afloat for the United Kingdom ia estimated at 2,970,000 quarters, or 40,000 quartets more than last week. The quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manuring of Wheat and Harley Crops
THE Woburn Experimental Farm, which by the generosity of successive Dukes of Bedford has been placed at the disposal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Messrs Dalgety and Company report:—We resumed our wool sales to-day, offering 1450 bales, con[?]ting mostly of late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Sheep Board in Conflict with the Department. Pecucliar Complaints
IN respect to the position of stock inspector for the Singleton Sheep Board district there are some qu[?]er officia complaints just now. Some few months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Organised Highwaymen. a Big Band of Outlaws. Murder, Bane Robbery and Cattle Stealing
What ia balieved to be the greatest criminal league that last over existed in America is operating in the mountains along the frontier of Colorado, WYoming, Utah, and Idaho…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress Return of Stock. Shortage of Sheep Less Than Anticipated. Last Year's Drought
The following returns, supplied by the Chief Inspector of Stock, are compiled principally from returns received and partly from the inspector's estimates of the returns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spasmodic Farming
This is n most familiar individual All connected with agriculture, know him well. In the method of living and the…
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