Agricultural. and Pastoral
BEGA, Friday.—The hot weather last week has had a very drying effect upon the grass and corn crops, which are now cobbing, and unless a further fall of rain comes shortly, the yield will…
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Agricultural and Pastoral. Burren
Stations which had a fair outlook a few weeks ago are compelled to move their stock to relief country. Others have fallen buck on the usual scrub cutting as a source of relief. One station has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London Wool Sales
Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, announce receipt of the following cable from their London house, dated 23rd instant:—Wool market very firm. There is an eager demand for lambs'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 23
At the wool sales to-day crossbreds and good merinos were firm. Prices for faulty sorts were in favour of buyers, and some lots were withdrawn…
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PARKE, Saturday.--The. Mayor presided to-day over a well a tended meeting of farmers, called to make representations with regard to the distribution of seed .wheat. Some statistics of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adulteration of Food. Preservatives in Dairy Products. Report by a Government Dairy Expert
In view of the prominent attention directed in the columns of the "S.M. Herald" to the subject of the adulteration in food supplies and the announcement recently made by cable that a grocer in London was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Farmers' Union. Maclean
A meeting of the council of the Clarence Farmers' and Producers' Union was held at Maclean on Saturday. It was decided to ask the Colonial Sugar Co. to make arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preservatives in Food. Report by the Dairy Expert the Present Practice Explained. What Should Be Allowed. Result of Experiments
The question of preservatives in dairy produce has been engaging the attention of Mr. M. A. O' Callaghan, Dairy Expert, Agricultural Department, and the result, he has reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Failure of Crops on the Hakes Bury
WINDSOR, Saturday --In most part of the district the potato crops have again turned out a complete failure and in most instances will barely cover the cost of the seed The maize craps…
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COROWA, Tuesday.—The recent heat wave was not at all conducive to the growth of grass, which had, under the more favourable conditions previously ruling, made excellent growth. The hot…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Balranald
A largely attended meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Assocaition was held here on Saturday. About 20 members resolved to apply to the Government for about 500 bags of seed wheat and 45 tons of…
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GERRINGONG, Monday.--The factory at Gerringong. which is supplied with cream from Broughton Village, Foxground, Tcolijooa, Omega, and Kiama, in addition to local suppliers, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Distribution of Seed Wheat
A bill to enable seed wheat and fodder to be advanced on certain terms to cultivators of land has been circulated. The advances are to be limited in the aggregate to £1[?], 000, and the Treasurer is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of Another Wheat Vessel
The four-masted bq. Vimeira, another of the fleet of [?]ling vessels bound to Sydney with cargoes of wheat from San Francisco, arrived at Sydney last evening, and anchored in Watson's Bay at 6.30 p.m. She brings a cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales. Keen Competition
LONDON, January 26, 7.10 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening there was keen competition. Prices of crossbreds are hardening; merino are occasionally in buyers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government's Method of Buying Seed Wheat
BATHURST, Monday.--Mr. Worboys, of the Agricultural Department, attended a meeting of the Agricultural Association on Saturday. He stated that the object of his visit was to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Advances of Seed Wheat and Fodder
The Government bill to provide for seed and fodder advances to settlers in the drought-stricken portions of the State provides that advances may be given to farmers by way of a loan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WOOL. The London Sales. LONDON
The wool sales were continued to-day. Competition continued keen, and crossbreds hardened, though occasionally merinos were in favour of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preservatives in Food. Report by the Dairy Expert
The question of preservatives in dairy produce has been engaging the attention of Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Dairy Expert, Agricultural Department, and, as the result he has reported to Mr…
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