The Butter Market
Butter is now steady, but owing to heavy arrivals prices are barely maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1900
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London Wool Sales
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- At the London-colonial wool sales to-day, competition was more spirited, but prices remained unchanged. LONDON, Friday. -- At yesterday's sale, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Industry
The quantity of wool reecived at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended to-day was 488 bales, making a total of 36,249 bales received since the commencement of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne wool sales were resumed on January 22. when Messrs. Dalgety and Company submitted a catalogue comprising 3100 bales. Buyers were in good force, and showed more spirit than at the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A Big Wheat Return
MESSRS. H. E. A. and V. White, of Belltrees, Scone, in a recent letter to the Department of Agriculture, refer to an enormous yield of wheat obtained by one of their tenant farmers, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →WOOL. Weekly Review
To-day marks the close of the weekly series of tales in Sydney and it has been arranged that none will be held till Monday, February 5, after which they will probably be held every fortnight till…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Price of Wool
The second wool sale of the season was held to-day, catalogues totalling 13,000 bales being presented. The sale went off very badly. Recent London cables pointed to a weakened market,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Fall in Wool
Messrs. Dalgety and Company's report on today's wool sales states that, in sympathy with London and southern markets, there was an all round fall in values of 10 to 12½ percent, on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Review. An Unsatisfactory Market
Weakness and a general decline in values were the dominant features of this week's sales. The weekly series of auctions has now closed, and it is unlikely that any further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat-growing in N. S. W.
IN the course of an interview last week a member of a leading Victorian exporting firm extending their business to Sydney, and who has just returned from that city, said the wheat-growing districts of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Sydney Wool Trade. a New Saleroom
By the begining of the next wool season increased faculties for the sale of wool in the Sydney market will be afforded brokers in a large handsome room which is being included in improvements at the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Pastoral Industry in the West. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have read with much interest the able articles of Mr. E. D. Millen and your throughtiul "leaders" on the above subject. No man with a knowledge of what is taking place in the west…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Farmer. Unprofitable Crops
The lesson of every harvest in the wheat districts of New South Wales is that early sowing pays best. This season some of the earliest crops suffered from frost, while a few paddocks that were middling late…
Continued on Trove, page 186 →Farm, Station, and Dairy. Value of Straw
The general value of straw is not yet fully understood and appreciated by the wheat-farmers of this colony. The landlords of Great Britain prize it so highly that they generally stipulate in their…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →London Wool Sales. London, January 25, 7.15 p.m
There was a decidedly improved tone in the aspect of the market to-day, the competition being better, although the prices remained Unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Sheaf of Wheat. a Tale of the Rising of 1803. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter, Xviil (Continued.)
HOONDAH Rachel was by this time almost choking with passion and sobs, and throwing herself int the chair, burst into tears. "He is perfectly safe, my dear," said the old man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for January
Field.—It should be decided at once whether land that was under grain is to go to grass or be prepared for other crops[?] If the latter, or it is new land for cropping, then the sooner it is broken up…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy. Slow or Quick Milking
Human nature abliors equality. Among the thousands of faces we see in a city there are no two exactly alike, and, if 100 men are trained to certain work, no two will be equally accomplished, and no…
Continued on Trove, page 186 →Close Root Pruning Graining Favour. "Orange Judd Farmer."
When the Stringfellow system of root pruning was first suggested several years ago in Texas, most tree planters considered the idea visionary. It consists in cutting off almost all the roots from trees…
Continued on Trove, page 190 →The Fruit Industry. the Recent Rain. Prospects of the Citrus Crop
The splendid rain of Thursday morning will be of immense service to the fruitgrowers of the Parramatta district. The phenomenal fall noted in the town itself does not seem to have visited many of the fruit districts,…
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