The Motor on the Farm
Mr. John Scott, of Edinburgh, bas propared an elaborate statement showing in parallel columns the cost of harvesting and threshing 10 acres of corn and of cultivating and seeding the same area…
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Wheat Cargoes
The Norwegian ship Ilaia, of 1246 tons, is finishing loading a cargo of 2200 toons wheat at Darling Island for the United Kingdom or Continent. The Norwegian bqe. Vestre…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,720,000 quarters, being 170,000 quarters more than a week ago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales
After an interval of nearly six weeks, the local wool sales were resumed yesterday, when offerings were fairly large and attractive, and there was a large attendance of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--At to-day's London-colonial wool sales, prices for merinos were unchanged, hut there were occasional withdrawals. Crossbreds, however, realised the highest rates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Menace of the Cattle Tick
Although very little has been made public concerning the most recent movements of the dreaded cattle tick, it is very probable that the return of wet seasons to the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commission on Butter Freights. Revelations in Melbourne
The allegation recently made that secret commission have been paid by the P. and O. and Orient companies to export agents on freights on butter has caused a great stir in dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Disbases in India. London, March 22
The cattle in the native State of Nepaul, on the southern face of the Himalayas, India, and those in the Chumbi Valley, Thibet, are infected with anthrax,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Sales. London, March 22
At the wool sales this evening merinos were unchanged. Crossbreds brought the highest rates of the series. There were occasional withdrawals of merinos…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Industry in Victoria. Conference of Employers and Employees. Men's Claims Granted
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The question as to whether weekly wages, solely, should be paid instead of there being also optional daily wages for shed hands at the various stations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British in Thibet. Cattle Diseases in India. Transport Animals Wiped Out
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The cattle in the districts of Nepaul and Chumbi, in Northwest India, are afflicted with anthrax, pneumonia and foot-and- mouth disease. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales. Highest Prices of the Series LONDON, Wednesday, 6.20 p.m
The wool sales closed to- day. The market was firm, and the prices obtained were the highest of the series. At the sales on Tuesday merinos were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen's Picnic
The first picnic of what is now termed the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen's Association was held at Mortiake yesterday, under the happiest auspices. The society came into existehee under the operation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SHEEP and Wool. the Wool Trade
Since the auctions closed in Sydney last week, the demand has been very quiet, buyers operating with caution, and securing but very small parcels. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Dairying for the Butter Factory. the Butter Fat Test. Value of High Percentage
Every beginner in dairying knows that in supplying milk or cream for butter the greater the percentage of fat in the milk the greater will be the return per gallon from the whole…
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500 yarded, including 260 from the far north, 50 from the south-cast, and 200 local. The supply was mainly composed of good to prime descriptions, chiefly station sorts. Sales were lively…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat
The imports of wheat from.January to March 19 this year amount to only 125 bushels, as compared with 1,603,851 bushels during the corresponding period of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sheep Droving
In the High Court of Australia last week, before Chief Justice Gri[?] Mr. Justice Barton, and MR. Justice O'Connor, Dr. Cullen. instructed by Messrs. Lee…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd
The quantity of wool coming to hand is extremely meagre, and of small merit, pointing to very modified trade during the winter months…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cattle Tick
Mr. W. R. Cowey writes:—"Having lived many years in South Africa, I have had ample opportunities of seeing the disastrous effect of the cattle tick, and have noticed that…
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