English Commercial. Wheat Supplies
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The quantity of wheat and flour now afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,925,000 quarters, or 15,000 quarters more than last week. The…
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The Wheat Market. London, Feb. 7
A cargo of 8500 quarters Victorian wheat, February shipment, has been sold at 20s 4½d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Yorkshire Wool Letter. The "Good Old Days" of the Past Return—Personal Reminiscences in Buying Wool at £47 10s par Bale—Increase of Nearly £8 per Bale During the Past Year—Valuable Tubles of
We are bound to say that the "carry over" of the year in wool has been a good one, both in point of quantity as well as quality. By quantity we mean that profits have been on a fairly liberal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Station Notes. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Farming Large Areas
It is not surprising that in this country, where large tracts of fertile land can be cheaply secured, the tendeney should be towards the occupation of more land than can be successfully cultivated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bush Fires in Victoria. Heavy Losses by Farmers. Melbourne
The large bush fire on the Pyrenees ranges is still burning fiercely, and the damage is considerable. A number of selectors have been burnt out, losing everything, including…
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I have many times heard arguments as to whether it was possible or not to breed black sheep as a regular thing. Many breeders are under the…
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By the P. and O. Co.'s steamer Himalaya, which leaves on Saturday, 7,178 boxes of butter are being shipped for the English market. Of this amount 2,175 boxes come from Brisbane,…
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MOREE, Wednesday.—Improvements on pastoral properties are being curtailed owing to the drought. The outlook is again getting serious, with the possibility of another bad lambing…
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J Marts, 710 bgs for London…
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Mr. Mair, S.M., to-day, at the Water Police Court, ordered the destruction of five cows and one bullock, seized by Mr. Edward Stanley, chief inspector for tho Board of Health…
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Business under this heading still continues very restricted. The auction sales formerly arranged to be held during this week were postponed till Monday, the 12th inst., with a view…
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The above society hold a meeting on Thursday night at the Hotel Arcadia. It was announced by the hon. secretary that the rules as submitted had been agreed to by the…
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Messrs. KENNARD AND CO., Toowoomba (in conjunction with Moreheadn, Limited), report having sold privately for the Queensland Eatates, Limited, 15,500 Wellshot store wethers,…
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Feb. 7.—New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited: The market is generally better. New Zealand wheat has advanced 3d per 496lbs since last report…
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Mr. Edward Stanley, Chief Veterinary Inspector for the Board of Health, applied at the Water Police Court to-day for an order for the destruction of five cows and one bullock. The inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Produce from Bathurst Farm. (Continued from our Last Issue.) the Dressing and Preparation of the Sheep for Export
Besides the faults found by the London experts with the sheep themselves, their report is very severe on the careless manner in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat. Pitt, Son and BADGERY, Ltd., REPORT.—
There is little alteration to report in the market since our last, values being steady at about 2s 8d to 2a 8 1/[?]d for prime samples. A large quantity of medium quality wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday, Feb. 8, 1900. SHEEP
25,707 Sheep penned, consisting largely of crossbreds. The quality generally was fair to good, although many wore in rather light condition, and would have been all the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Top Price for Scoured Wool. Report of the Utica Powder and Soai' for Wool Scouring
Having made A most careful examination of the skin wool scoured with the above-named preparations, I found the wool in a perfect state in every respect, and ready for teh…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Classification of Sheep at Shows. to the Editor "Stock and Station"
SIR,—It has been suggested by the Chief Inspector of Stock (A. Bruce, Esq.) that when the association distributes to the breeders the cards…
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