Cattle
1230 cattle yarded, the bulk of which were from fair to good quality; in fact, the average wan rather better than usual, the best quality coming from Murrumbidgee…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farming & the land, 1897
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Pastoral Produce Brokers
Messrs. George H. Moxham and Co., have opened business as produce brokers, and they concentrate their whole attention on the sale of produce…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pastoral Intelligence. Narrabri
The following are the latest stock passings:—2000 fat wethers, from Killarney station to Sydney, W. F. Buchanan owner; 2500 ewes, from Boggabri to Moree, J. A. Turner owner; 2[?] crossbred wethers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bourke Sheep Directors
At a meeting of the Board of Sheep Directors at Bourke, a circular was read from the Chief Inspector of Stock stating that the Carcoar Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Products. Station Produce Sales
The Sydney Wool Selling [?] lastan Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd John Bridge and Co., Campbell Nimmo and Co., Daigety and Co Ltd Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison Jones and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Butter. London, December 31
The butter market is firm and unchanged, with a fair business doing Shipments by R.M.S. Arcadia, Maori King and Thermopylae have come…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Report on the Prize Sheep
The report on the export sheep from the' last Sydney Sheep Show is a startling document. The Pastoral Finance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homebush Fat Stock Markets. Sheep
The year just ended has been an eventful one in more respects than one. The overburdened state of the sheep-carrying country is still responsible for the large supplies coming forward. Still, prices…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The First Wool Ship
Of the fleet of wool ships dispatched from Sydney for the January series of sales in London the ship Derwent, of Messrs. Devitt and Moore's line, was the first to reach her destination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Theft of Wool
William Kilduff (27), a laborer, was charged, at the Balmain Court yesterday, with stealing five bales of wool, valued at £50, the property of W. N. Willis, on or about December 10, at Brewarrina. At the request…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Results of Sheep Export Competition. Important Returns
The Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, have handed us copies of account sales of the sheep shown at the late Sydney Sheepbreeders' Show…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Produce World the Wheat Harvest
An estimate of the probable wheat yield of New South Wales has been made by Mr. T. A. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, from reports…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A New Adventure. the Development of Dairying
The great Dr. Johnson said that "Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland
The weekly sales of Hunter River farmers' produce were held yesterday. Supplies were large, but the market was dull, and lower prices were recorded. Best butter made from 7d to 10d. pastry butter from [?]d to [?] per lb. Eggs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Crops at Cootamundra. Cootamundra
The rainfall for the year 1896 was [?] inches and 67 points, as against 15 inches and 38 points for 1895, and 32 inches for 1894. The two last years are the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Land Tax. Meeting of Farmers. West Maitland
A largely-attended meeting of the farmers and landholders from Bolwarra, Lorn, Midlorn, Glen[?] ddlesdale, and Largo, was held at Bolwarra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying Intelligence
SHELLHARBOR, Thursday.--The 16th half-yearly meeting of the Dunmore Butter Factor Co. was held yesterday. The report and balance-sheet showed that for the half-year 266,000 gallons of milk were received, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Potatoes as Food for Cattle and Sheep
In the agricultural review of the "Journal des Debata," D. Zoila reports some interesting tests on the use of potatoes as food for cattle and sheep, which are of general interest. The tests,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c
Locally on Boxing Day and Saturday the weather was warm, with a fresh N.E. breeze blowing at a velocity of 24 to 25 miles per hour. Inland the temperatures have been very high. Telegrams to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Butter
The London butter market is steady, and prices are unchanged. The bulk of the Australian has been cleared. The English trade was nominal during the last few days of December…
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