Antwerp Wool Sales
LONDON, April 30.—The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. The attendance was good. There was some animation in the bidding for medium sorts. Inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1897
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Seasonable Topics. Sheep for Export
Taking the results of the judging for the Government prizes in connection with the recent Royal Show as a guide, it seems that sheep breeders and fatteners have a good deal to learn…
Continued on Trove, page 911 →The Price of Wheat
LONDON, Friday.--The prospects of an early cessation of the war between Turkey and Greece has caused a reaction in the price of wheat, which has fallen 6d per…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New South Wales Butter and Cheese
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Sydney Smith) has received a report from Mr. O'Callaghan, the newly-appointed dairy expert, on the New South Wales cheese exhibited at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WOOL. Weekly Review
It Is not surprising that the warlike attitudes fashionable in Europe and South Africa at the present moment should affect such a sensitive market as that of wool. The adverse influences arising therefrom were…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Improved Methods for Making Butter and Cheese
The new dairy expert of the Agricultural Department, Mr. O'Callaghan, examined a large number of butter and cheese exhibits displayed at the recent Agricultural Show. Many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wool Trade. Friday Evening
Another very quiet week has passed, transactions in the local market having been on an extremely limited scale. Whilst on the one hand sellers are unilling to force sales at the low…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wheat Market. London, April 30
The prospect of an early cessation of the Greco-Turkish war have caused a reaction in the wheat market…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Some Useful Observations on Germinating Wheat
In February, 1896, my attention was drawn to the purple colouration in the sheaths of some shoots of germinating wheat grains. Noting that the variety was one having purple straw, i.e., one whose straw…
Continued on Trove, page 909 →London Wool Market. LONDON, March 19
The distinctive feature of the current wool auctions at the Exchange is the keen competition of the American buyers for all suitable lots of greasy merino and crossbred wools. Prices for these…
Continued on Trove, page 920 →The Wheat Markets. a Drop in Price
LONDON, April 30.—The prospect of an early cessation of the Greco-Turkish war has caused a reaction in the wheat markets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter and Cheese. Exhibits at the Show. the Government Expert's Report
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Sydney Smith, has received a report from Mr. O'Callaghan, Government dairy expert, upon the butter and cheese exhibits at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Judging at the Late Sydney Show. To the Editor, "Town and Country Journal."
Sir,—As one who attended the Royal Agricultural Society's show this year from the opening to the close, and for many years previously, I cannot help feeling amused at the chagrin shown…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Colonial Sugar Company. Half-yearly Meeting. Farmers and the Sugar Duties
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Limited, was held at the company's offices, O'Connell-street, Sydney, yesterday, under the presidency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying News. Mudgee
The butter factories at Wollar and Cooyal have been closed owing to the drought. WOLLONGONG, Firday. The fifteenth half-yearly report of the Yellow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fresh Food and Ice Company. Model Working Dairy
Prominent amongst the dairying exhibits at the recent Royal Agricultural Show was the complete model dairy exhibited by the New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company in their well-appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 937 →Farmers' Institutes. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—The New South Wales Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Smith, has been watching the proceedings of the agricultural societies for some time, and has concluded that they do not fulfil the desired…
Continued on Trove, page 913 →Dairy Notes
At a meeting of the committee of the Illawarra branch of the United Milk Suppliers' Association on Saturday last a long debate took place on the present position of the milk trade. Several speakers…
Continued on Trove, page 912 →Bush Reformation. Victorian Juvenile Offenders. How They are Treated. A Farm Amongst the Dandenong Ranges-- Silver Stream and Raspberry Paddocks-- Daily Life of " the Boys-- A Kindly Superin- [?]tendent -- The Bonfires and Billies-- A Worthy Institution
Four and twenty miles by rail and twelve more in trap or saddle make the distance between Melbourne and a place where a double transformation is being…
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