Wool
The Bradford market is tending upward. Tops, common 60's, are quoted at 19¼ d per lb., and super at 20¼d. Prices for common and super show an advance of ¼d on the week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1902
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Butter and Cheese
Trade in butter has slightly improved, though quotations for colonial are unchanged at 104s to 106s per cwt. Danish butter is hardening. The arrival by the Ortona is in excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moisture in Butter
Various methods of handling butter were adopted in order to ascertain the effect on the moisture retained in the finished product. All the lots were churned and worked in a combined churn…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Deniliquin
Owing to the continued drought hundreds of tons of [?]odder, pressed hay, chaff, and bran have been imported from Victoria to feed sheep, besides hundreds of tons of hay and chaff purchased locally…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Wheat Markets
The London and New York wheat markets are quiet, though generally steady. The Paris market, however, shows signs of weakness. Cargoes are rather neglected. Victorian and South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Wool Imports
The "New York Commercial" publishes the following: One interesting feature of the National Association of Woo. Manufacturers annual report on wool is the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →London Wool Sales
The following cables have been received from London:-- Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited: "Wool sales continue firm, and lately reported rates…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Variations of Water in Butter
A paper on the variations of water in butter was read at the Science Congress, at Hobart, by Mr. Conlon, the dairy expert of Tasmania. The subject of water in butter and the fixing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Melbourne Wool Sales
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: We held our usual sale last week, when we submitted a large and representative catalogue of over 6500 bales. The selection included wools from various…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Record Load of Wheat
Our Quirindi correspondent writes:—On the 8th instant Mr. E. Worboys, of Castle Mount, arrived in town with a record load of wheat on a waggon drawn by a s[?] horses. The load consisted of 146 bags of wheat, weighing over 16 tons, being 32 bags more than the previous record—now badly broken. The team was harnessed to the waggon three abreast, and Mr. Thomas O'Neill wielded the driver's whip with dexterity. The load was photographed whilst on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 227 →WOOL. Weekly Review
The sales last week totalled 36,000 bales, whien for end-of-the-season. business speaks volumes for the activity of the market, all sections recognising that the time was fast approaching when catalogues must…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Narrabri Pastoral Board. Rabbit Destruction. Saving Starving Stock. Narrabri
At the annual meeting of the Narrabri S. P. and P. Board held to-day, Mr. J. B. Brodie (president) in the chair, Mr. A. H. Farrand (local stock inspector) was present…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 23
At the wool sales to-day there was a brisk sale. Best wools showed an upward tendency. Jan. 24…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An Extraordinary Loadstone It Attracts Men, Metals, and Cattle
A deep hole of water in Nolynn Creek in Kentucky has for some time been attracting attention by reason of the fact that it has a very strong power of suction. For years it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →London Wool Sales. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, December 13, 1901
We look at wool to-day, and find matters as satisfactory in merinoes as what can reasonably be expected, for when full cognisance is taken of the ad[?]erse factors all operating and exercising a potent…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Forbes Wool Test Challenge. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—In connection with the above matter several residents of Riverina inform men is currently reported there that the shearers, were supplied with liquor during the shearing at Forbes, and were under…
Continued on Trove, page 203 →Liverpool Police Court. Tuesday, January 21. (Before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., ana Mr. T. W. Spring, J.p.) Cattle Straying
Alfred Markham, for allowing a horse to stray on a public street in Liverpool, was fined 1s and 4s 10d costs of court. Fine paid. Charles Champion was mulcted in a 2s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for January
Field.—It should be decided at once whetter land that was under grain is to go to grass o[?]be prepared for other crops. If the latter, or it is new and for cropping, then the sconer it is broken[?]up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips Sydney Turf Club Meeting. Selections for First Day—Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap Horses—Warwick Farm Performers. Newmarket and Cup Candidates
TO-DAY the supporters of racing will be summoned to Randwick to assist at the Anniversary Handicap Meeting of the Sydney Turf Club, an institution that well…
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