Farmers and Settlers' Association
The council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association met again on Thursday last. There were present—Messrs. J. McInerney (president). T. Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1904
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The Crops
WELLINGTON.—The wheat returns for the Wellington district, which were estimated at nearly two million bushels, are given as follows:—Total area collected, 45,374 acres,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Wheat Traffic
The State Treasurer received from the Railway Commissioners yesterday a statement with respect to the carriage of wool and wheat this season…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breeding of Dairy Cattle
As closer settlement advances there will certainly be an increased demand for dairy stock. Throughout the States at present there is a ready sale for animals of the pronounced…
Continued on Trove, page 456 →Cattle Feeding Experiments
At Cockle Park, the demonstration farm of thw County Council of Northumberland (says the "Live Stock Journal"), a series of experiments have been carried out for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Australian Butter in England
Mr. H. J. Gerritson, of the firm of Messrs. Oetzes and Gerritsen, dairy produce merchants, of London, who is visiting Sydney, says that a considerable portion of the butter put on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Along the North Coast. Dungog. Solid Prosperity on the Williams. Farmers Who Surrendered to Dairying. How Butter Saved the Situation. (By Our Special Reporter.)
Dungog is more beautiful than is its name. It rests in isolation among well-watered hills, and knows neither railway nor steamer. It hopes—part of it—for that red-letter day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Wheat Transaction
A WHEAT TRANSACTION. The case of the South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union, Limited, against the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Harvest
The Railway Commissioners have furnished Mr. Waddell, the State Treasurer, with some significant figures in regard to the wheat harvest. The return shows that the total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Exodus from Worth Queensland
Mr. Phlip, leader of the Opposition in the Queensland Assembly, who has just returned from a visit to Northern Queensland, states that the Gulf country looked well, but things…
Continued on Trove, page 460 →Curing the Sheep Tick Nuisance
During my first 15 years' experience in handing a flock of sheep, says C. D. Fox, in the "Prairie Farmer," I was greatly annoyed by ticks, and annually put to a good deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Wheat Afloat. London
The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 2,940,000 quarters, for the United Kingdom, and at 1,140,000 quarters for the Continent. The Atlantic shipments amount to 73,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WOOL. Weekly Review
The High level of prices which prevailed throughout the busy season caused all wool intended for sale in the local market to move off rapidly, consequently the trade now finds itself with very little new wool…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Local Price of Wheat. Coolamon
The local wheat market has excited keen competition amongst buyers. There was a jump of 1d upon yesterday's price, and today 2s 10½d was offered freely, and a few small…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. Tuesday, Evening
With the sales held on Thursday last the summer series of weekly auctions in this market terminated. The selection of wool submitted during, the closing week lacked…
Continued on Trove, page 462 →The Wheat Traffic. Shipments are Still Slack
When seen this morning Mr. M'Lachldn, secretary to the Railway Commissioners, stated that there had been an improvement during the past 24 hours in the wheat arrivals,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wool Cup. The Returns to Date
Mr. Waddell, the State Treasurer and Minister for Railways, has received a report from the Railway Commissioners, stating that the total quantity of wool received at Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Diseases in Wheat. I. Take-all and White Heads
In a bulletin recently issued by the Victorian Department of Agriculture, Mr. D. M'Al(Ophisbolus graminis, Sacc.) 1.—Young wheat plant attacked by the take-all fungus (nat. size). 2.—Wheat plant killed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →To-day's Commercial Russian Wheat Ships. Hunter River Millet
Shippers are offering up to 3s 4d per bushel Mi Melbourne and Adelaide for f.a.q. samples to complete the loading of vessels. Second milling grain sells readily in Sydney at 3s 1d to 3s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rainfall and Wheat Growing. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—In your issue of the week before last it was stated that the Minister for Lands was trying to settle farmers on land where the rainfall was about 30in. From my experience wheat requires very little rain…
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