Bradford Wool Market
LONDON, January 7.-The market for Bradford tops is improving. Common 60’s are 1/4d lower at 18 1/4d, and super 60's unchanged at 19 1/4d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1898
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Wheat Under Artesian Irrigation
Raising cultivated crops under irrigation from artesian bores is just emerging from the experimental stage in Australia. The results so far have been very promising where forage crops and vegetables…
Continued on Trove, page 78 →WOOL. Weekly Review
The past week in the wool trade was comparatively quiet, many buyers' taking advantage of the break to recoup their health away from Sydney, after one of the shortest but most trying seasons experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Record Load of Wool
Our Illustrations Depict a Record Load of Wool, which Recently Arrived at Parkes from Coradgery Station. It Consisted of 72 Bales, Weighing 12 Tons 19 Cwt. 2 Qr., and was Drawn by 22 Bullocks. The Driver was Peter Krown, and the Waggon Itself Weighed 3 Tons 6¼Cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Seasonable Topics. Mutton and Wool
Now that a great deal of attention is being devoted to the production of special mutton steep in Australia a question that has been raised in England recently is of special interest here. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →Albury Wool Sales. Albury
Messrs. Young[?] and Co., to-day held their monthly wool sale, when a catalogue of [?] bales was submitted. 220 were sold. There was an excellent attendance of buyers, including representatives of Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wool Trade. Friday Evening
Bayers are now returning to the scene of theirlabours, and after an interval of nearly three Weeks public business will be resumed on Monday, 10th instant. As sales were curtailed by a day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Sheep Team. (See Illustration on this page.)
Bea and Bob, the two children in the picture, hail from Willawillingbah Station, out Brewarrina way, in north-western New South Wales. They are at present aged 12 and 10 respectively,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Rust in Wheat Experiments at Port Fairy
In connection with the results obtained by the labors of the Intercolonial Rust Conference, whose inquiries and experiments have been carried on since 1890, Mr. John Goldie, of Clark Brae, Por[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Wheat Harvest. a Record Yield, According to the Official Estimate
We have now received from the office of Mr. T. A. Cog[?]an, Government Statistician, the official estimate of the wheat crop, from which it, will be seen that the estimate places the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Dairy News. Ballina
The Newrybar Dairy Company for the half-year treated 241,332 Rallona of milk for 97,6141b. of butter. Suppliers were paid an average of 3.44d per gallon of milk…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Making Farm Bridges
On many farms there are streams and ravines that have to be crossed by bridges. The proper construction of these is a matter of considerable importance, for valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →Crop Reports
A splendid sample of wheat has been grown at Chateworth Island absolutely free from rust or mould. The general opinion, however, is that the holdings are too small to cultivate a crop with profit…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →Dairy Notes
Our London representative in his letter dated November 26th stated that there was then a considerable decrease in the supplies of Argentine, American, and Canadian butter, while Scandinavia…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →Tumut Crops. Tumut
Splendid yields are being obtained from the Wheat on the lowlying lands, averaging nearly 40 bushels to the acre. The maize crops are looking splendid, and grass is plentiful, and…
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MARYBOROUGH, Friday.--Mr. Creaser, of the Maryborough Milting Company, interviewed today, said that 30 Victorian farmers were coming to the central district to select wheat lands…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 15.—The Bamboo — Character of Its CANE—How Treated in China—indian Cane—description—uses—beets — Red Roots—nutritive Qualities — Red and White Beet Compared—uses of White Beet
The Bamboo.—This gigantic member of the family of reeds and grasses has, when growing, an appearance not unlike an immense sheaf of wheat standing on end…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Wolf in Wool. a Complete Short Story
THE Reverend Nathaniel Slobyer looked swiftly to and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. Dubbo
The week's stock passings were:—192 mixed, fat sheep. Dubbo to Kensington, W. Brownlow owner; 11,000 wethers, Queensland to Murrumbidgerie station. Cobb and Co. owners; 14,000 wethers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Trade
Wool still continues to arrive at the three principal seaside railway stations front the producing districts, although the volume of traffic is very diminished from what it was some weeks ago…
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