500 Head of Sheep Burned
A telegram from Mansfield (Vic.) says: During the storm which raged on Saturday several grass fires started. On Delatite Station about 1300 acres of grass were consumed in an incredibly…
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New Pastoral Country in Western Australia. Perth
Mr. Brockman, the leader of the Kimberley exploration party, returned to Perth to-day, having been absent since last May. He reports the existence of an immense tract of good pastoral country in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Sales. Hobart
There was a record wool sale in Hobart to-day, the lots sold [?]ning into four figures. Some Yorkshire and Continental buyers were present, thus filling up the recess between the Adelaide, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Far North-west. Fine Pastoral Country Discovered
PERTH, Tuesday.--Mr. F. S. Brockman, of the Lands Department, Perth, who successfully carried out a six months' exploration trip through unknown territory between East and West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables. (Received This Afternoon) the Wheat Outlook London, December 31, 6.25 p.m
The quantity of wheat afloat Kingdom, is 2,850,000 quarters, and for the Continent 980,000 quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turf Topics and Tips. Caledonia's Summer Cup. Boxing Day at Randwick—Chantress Beats Great Scot—An Easy Villiers Stakes Win—Baccarat and Azure. A Day for Favorites. Sir Leonard and Cast Iron. Turn and Turn About—King Pin's Successes—Outsiders Crop Up—Cordon and Rudyard—Great Scot Wins—Inter-State Racing. Selections for Tattersall's Cup Day
VASTLY different were tho weather conditions on Thursday last, as compared with those prevailing a year ago at Xmas. On Boxing Day Randwick had a singed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy News. Bathurst
The manager of the Bathurst Co-operative Dairying Company reports that 2460lb. of butter was made during the week, all of which was sold to local storekeepers. Notwithstanding the exceedingly dry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Araluen
The land board completed a six days' sitting to-day. For the first time in Araluen reappraisement cases were chiefly dealt with. The proposed revocation of lower Araluen Common was disallowed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Outlook. London, December 31, 6.25 p.m
The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,85,000 quarters, and for the Continent 980,000 quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cool Storage. an Increasing Export Trade. Government Depot at Pyrmont. Question of Grading Butter. What Should Be Done
The decision of the Reid Government in 1895 to establish cool stores with the avowed object of assisting the small country farmers to procure an outlet for their produce has borne good…
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1.627 yarded, including about 300 Queenslanders. The bulk of the offerings were only medium and light descriptions, vury few prime and heavy bullocks…
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BARBER'S CREEK, Thursday.—The fruit crop was nearly all destroyed by the hailstorm on November 5, and what was left is pinched and unsaleable for want of rain. Even the fruit trees…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fertilisers for Wheat Crops
Twelve months have elapsed since the Fertillsers Act of 1900, which repealed the Acts of 1894 and 1898, came into operation. On the whole the inspector states that it has worked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jumping Sheep
A work on "Wild Traits in Tame Animals," by Dr. Louis Robinson, gives an ingenious explanation of the origin of the jumping habit among sheep. When in a wild state sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Scab
Sheepbreeders in the old country are still, according to in English contemporary, greatly exercised in mind about the position of things as regards sheep scab. The disease is not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd
Business in this market has again been limited to private selling, by which means a fair quantity of wool has been placed since the adjournment of the sales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Albury
Nearly all the late crops are yielding poorly, and the grain is pinched. The early crops yielded fairly well. ARMIDALE, Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berry Butter Factory. Nowra
At a meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Cooperative Co., held at Kangaroo Valley, Mr. Meares, manager, made an important announcement. In regard to the Berry Central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Record Wool Cargo
The record for the largest wool cargo taken by a sailing vessel from Australia has been established during the past week by the four-masted barque Port Jackson, at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wheat Traffic. Temora
Large quantities of wheat continue to arrive by team. The accommodation at the railway station is good, but a block of wheat traffic is threatened…
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