Wheat on the Briny. London
The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 7,810,000 quarters for the United Kingdom at 1,810,000 quarters for the United Kingdom. The Atlantic shipments are 216,000 quarters…
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The Record Wheat Season—Shipping Wheat from Darling Harbour, Sydney. Pineapples in Cold Storage
Mr. A. H. Benson, the instructor in fruit culture, has furnished an interim report to the Queensland Minister for Agrioultaire on the pineapples now being kept in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 12
The arrivals of wool number 190,000 bales. Of these 58,000 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and there are now available for the first series…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrivals for the London Wool Sales
LONDON, Tuesday.--The new arrivals for the first series of London colonial wool sales for 1904, to open on Tuesday next, the 19th inst., have amounted to 190,000 bales, of which 58,000 have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South African Prices. Probable Demand for Wheat
A report has been received by the Agricultural Department from Mr. Valder, Commercial Agent in South Africa, in which he states that business is dull, supplies being plentiful, and prices low…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Produce Abroad. London Butter Market. London, Dec. 4
The Ormuz and Arcadia have delivered about 31,000 boxes of butter since my last report, some 8000 boxes being from Sydney. The Gothic has brought 13,000 packages of new…
Continued on Trove, page 74 →Heavy Wheat Traffic. 31,000 Bags This Morning
The wheat traffic on the railways continues to be very heavy, and a record has been established during the last 24 hours, this morning's returns showing that no less than 31,681…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dairy Farm near Paris
One of the largest of our milk-supplying firms in London (says Merlin in the "Field") is about to introduce the Barisian system of delivering the milk in bottles—a system which has long been recognised in the French…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →Two Phases of Station Life. 1.—On the Cattle Stations. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.")
In these days of wire fences, when most of the big runs of New South Wales are subdivided into numerous addocks, stockwork is more play compared to what it was years ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →London Wool Sales. a Fairly Firm Finish. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, December 4. 1903
Once more the trade has been called together to con— elder their own immediate interests, and to decide a policy respecting the present and future of wool. The outcome, of the sales, in my opinion, has shown…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Marketing Wheat in Queensland. a Notable Crusade. the Betterment of the Producer. (Special for the "Town and Country Journnl.")
Four of the mercantile firms of Brisbane, part of whose business it ls to handle cereals, have this year held successful wheat sales in that city. The inauguration of these auctions has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Events Requiring Attention. Warwick Farm Races
Entries for the above meeting set down for Saturday, January 30, close on Monday next, 15th inst. Following are the events Farm Stakes, 50 sovs, 1 mile; Flying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Farm and Station the Duty of Land
The most generally accepted idea is that when land is paying a fair percentage of interest on the capital involved it is fulfilling its obligations. Possibly that is all that land…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cane Crop. Maclean
The Colonial Refining Company is giving the Clarence canegrowers a bonus of 23d per ton on lower river and 14[?]d on upper river cane over the minimum price of 10s per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snub to Farmers. Albury
Farmers in the neighbourhood of Morven on being refused the erection of a weighbridge by the Government offered to purchase and erect one at their own cost at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Crops
COROWA.—The wheat crops within the area of the storm were considerably knocked about, but fortunately the damage is not extensive. The fruit crops and vines were only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkeys on the Farm
In the United States turkeys are raised in enormous numbers, and from an important adjunct to the profits of the farm. Big specimens of the American bronzewing turkey have from time to time been…
Continued on Trove, page 71 →DAIRY. Cure of Milk Fever
During seasons of plenty dairymen frequently suffer great losses through a number of their best cows falling victims to milk fever. Frequent references have been made to this…
Continued on Trove, page 73 →Weather, Pastures, and Crops
With the exception of some showers in 11 places the rainfall has been practically nil since we wrote last. A spell of dry weather is what a number of farmers were anxiously looking for, as the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →Dairying Intelligence
BEGA, Tuesday.--The output of Bega Co-operative Creamery Company, Limited, for the month ended December 31 last, was 141,330lb., or 63 tons 210lb. of butter, of which 643,434lb. were sold in Sydney and…
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