The Preservation of Butter
LONDON, Tuesday.--In view of the trouble in connection with the use of boracic acid in the preservation of Australian butter. Sir Andrew Clarke, the Agent-General for Victoria, is…
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Record in Wheat Loading
ALBURY, Tuesday.--A record in wheat-loading has been put up at Culcairn railway station this season, the total quantity of wheat forwarded from that station during the past three months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Station. Notes. Dressing Seed Wheat. (By Our Special Commissioner.)
Considerable interest was taken last year by wheat growers in a system of dressing the seed with maurre before sowing, which it was claimed had proved very successful in increasing the yield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preservative in Butter. London, March 7
Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, is urging the Government to fix the standard percentage of preservative in butter applicable to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Is Wool Sales. Opened Firm
LONDON, March 7, 5.20 p.m.—The second series of colonial wool sales was opened this evening. Prices were firm, except for low crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Seleotors and the Crown. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The Relief to Selectors Bill is, in my opinion, a measure likely to prove a blessing, opening up hopeful possibilities, or lightly treated and hurried through without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farewell to Mr. C. C. Lance. the Butter Export Trade
Mr. C. C. Lance (manager of the New South Wales Creamery Company), who is about to take a trip to Europe on a mission connected with our butter export trade, was accorded a farewell by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Wool Sales. London, March 7. 5.20 p.m
The second series of London wool Sales opened with a market firm for all classes' except low crossbreds. Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Exports. Season 1898-99 Eight Months Ended Feb. 28, 1899
The total quantity of wool exported from New South Wales (intercolonial excepted) amounted to 596,248 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Co-operation
BRUSHGROVE, Tuesday.—Messrs. C. E. D. Meares and Monaghan, representatives of the Farmers' Co-operative Company, Sydney, addressed a small but representative meeting of farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turf Topics and Tips. a Day at Randwick. The Prize and Miss Eramett—A Weight-for-Agc Race. The Yearling Sales—A.J.C. Autumn Meeting. Death of Zulu. Selections for Warwick Farm
The snorting attractions of last Saturday were various, and it was somewhat unfortunate for the A.J.C. exchequer that an important cricket match was going on…
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GOULBORN, Wednesday.—On Saturday entries closed for the annual show of the Goulburn Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society. They are 220 in excess of last year, and quite as large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seed Wheat for Farmers
During the past five years, Mr. Cook informed Mr. J. Fitzpatrick in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, seed wheat to the value of £20,334 had been distributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Charters
An English report fluted the 2nd ultimo, to hand by the English mail ex Victoria, states that quite a number of vessels hate recently been fixed to load wheat from Melbourne and South Australian ports. Last week's fixtures,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Stocks
LONDON, March 7, 6.15 p.m.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,019,000 quarters, or 269,000 quarters more than last week, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales
Messrs John Bridge and Co., Limited, have received tho following cable from their London agents:--"Sales have opened, and prices as compared with closing rates of last sales are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales
Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Limited, are this morning in receipt of the following cable from Messrs. Buxton, Ronald and Co., of London:—"Total number of bales available,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. London, March 7
The second series of wool sales opened firm all round, except for low-conditioned crossbreds. March 8…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales. an Upward Tendency
LONDON, March S.—The second series of wool sales opened last night. Messrs. Charles Baline and Company, Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Company,…
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