London Wool Sales. Close of the First Series
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The first series of London-colonial wool sales of the present year terminated to-day, the market closing extremely strong for all descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1904
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The Farmer. Rust in Crops and Grass
Very few seasons pass without some indication of rust in crops or grass. Sometimes it shows early in the year. I have seen self-sown crops out in ear ploughed under in…
Continued on Trove, page 265 →Drayton and Toowoomba A. and H. Society. the Farmers' Show. Excellence of Dairy Stock. (Special for "Town and Country Journal,")
(See illustrations on pages 36 and 37.) Toowoomba holds two shows a year—the squatters' show and the farmers' show. The former is held in August; the latter celebrates…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our London Wool Letter. How the Cotton Boom Affects Wool. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, December 25, 1903
We look out upon the wool world in the hope of seeing some tokens of life and buoyancy, but if to-day wo cannot find romping markecs, we are able to see a slight improvement to what has been noticeable…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Australian Produce Abroad. London Butter Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 1
The prospects for Australian butter in London haye not improved since I last wrote. My inquiries in Tooley-street show that up to Christmas Eye a good trade prevailed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Sales. Close of the First Series. London, Feb. 1
The first series of wool sales for the year closed to-day, with the market extremely strong for all descriptions. Feb. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sale of Dairy Stock
WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—One of the most important clearing-out sales of dairy stock held in the district was conducted at Maitland Vale yesterday, when Mr. Jacob Crouch's,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turf Topics & Tips Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup. The Weights Considered—V.A.T.C. Meeting—The Oakleigh Plate—Warwick Farm Meeting—Mohair and Leader. The Prince Lyon Appeal Upheld—InterState and Other Items. Selections for Moorefield. Moorefield
On Saturday next the metropolitan racing will be at Moorefield. where one of the usual programmes will be run off. Since there was racing on this track before a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Crops
COOMA.—The present fine weather is helpful to farmers for harvesting operations, which had been delayed by frequent thunderstorms. The crops Generally are very good,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Pure Food Question
The pure food question, in which producers from the soil are very closely interested, is passing through some very entertaining phases. Apparently we are approaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Meat for Austria. Farmers Protest Against Importation. London, Feb. 2
Farmers and butchers throughout Austria have protested so unanimously against the importation of meat, for which a request was made by the Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Maize Crops
The Atherton corn crop this season is expected to total over 5000 tons. 600 tons were tanked from the last crop, and farmers believe that it will not pay them to pick the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Agriculture in Victoria. Farming Topics
We lit fires in our houses last week, and gas stoves were burning in a good many city offices. There were heavy rains in the country districts, and the month of January closed…
Continued on Trove, page 266 →Dairying Intelligence
LISMORE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of dairy farmers this afternoon, it was decided to form a co-operative company, to purchase the plant, and property of the New South Wales Creamery Butter Company at Lismore, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Selecting the Dairy Cow
It is no easy task to select cows for the making of the dairy herd. It is true that we have a dairy type that is a guide in selecting our cows, says the "Prairie Farmer," but it is equally true…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Race Meetings. Warwick Farm Races. January 30
FARM STAKES, a handicap sweepstakes of 1 soy each for starters, with 50 sovs added; second horse 5 sovs from the prize; for all hors[?]s which have never won an advertised flat race…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →To-day's Commercial. Wheat Market Firm. Banish Butter
The revival of rumours as to the probability of war in the East has slightly strengthened the wheat markets in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, the large farmers and other holders in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Harvest
Wheat continues to pour into the sheds at Darling Harbour daily, and the prediction that the present would be a record harvest is almost certain to be fulfilled. Although there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Sales
The Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, cable:—The first series of sales have closed firm. As compared with the closing rates of last London sales, prices for good to extra good scoured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Commercial. (Our Special Messages.) Wheat Supplies
LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,360,000 quarters, being 225,000 quarters more than a week ago…
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