The Cream Separator on the Farm
The problem for the dairyman arter he has produced the milk is the separation of the cream and the manufacture of a product which will bring him the greatest…
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Champion Butter Cow
In connection with the milk and butter test by the Kangaroo Valley Agricultural Society, a Shorthorn heifer, belonging to Mr. George Tate, Kangaroo River. put up a phenomenal record. She is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Record Load of Wheat
A record load of wheat reached Old Junee railway station last week (reports the Wagga "Express"). It consisted of 141 bags from W. Duck to Messrs. John Darling and Son. The gross…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Traffic. Grain Increasing—wool Falling Off
The Railway Commissioners stated yesterday that the wool traffic was falling off. On the other hand, grain was increasing, over half a million bags having been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fish and Dog Liars. a Very Extraordinary Sheep Dog, and an Equally Extraordinary and Hand-line Fisherman. One Better
BLOWHARD was an old shellback, and the marvellous adventures at sea with which he awed the untravelled natives were only equalled by his bush perjuries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carriage of Sheep and Cattle
The Railway Commissioners report that during the year 1903 the number of sheep brought on the railways from country districts to Flemington saleyards was 1,785,000, as compared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Products
The quantify of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney on Saturday was as follows:--By tail, 1240 bales; coast-wise, 125 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Exports of Butter
By the P. and O. R.M.S. Himalaya, which sailed on Saturday. 10.645 boxes of butter were shipped to London. The shippers were:--The Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society, 1400…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Cargo
LONDON, Saturday.--The cargo of New Zealand wheat by the Polly Woodside has been resold at 29s 6d per quarter, or an advance of 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market
The second half of the Sydney wool-selling season has been very successfully inaugurated, the general tone of the market showing a distinct improvement in comparison with the closing sales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Market
Dalgety and Co., Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from their London house, dated 8th inst.:--"The wool market, is strong, especially for medium and coarse crossbred descriptions."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →F.a.q. Standard Wheat
This week the grain trade sectional committee of the Chamber of Commerce will perform an important function. Never before in the history of the State has the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Commercial. Wheat Firmer. Potatoes Cheaper
The resale in London of a cargo of New Zealand wheat by the Polly Woodside, at 29s 6d per quarter, or an advance of threepence, is satisfactory for Austral tan producers, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Harvest. 27,000 Bags This Morning
The secretary to the Railway Commissioners, Mr. H. M'Lachlan, informed a representative of the "Star" this morning that the proceeds of the wheat harvest continue to arrive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Crops
BRAIDWOOD.—The weather is fine and warm. A good deal of the hay and wheat crops has been destroyed by the wet weather of the past fortnight. Some wheat crops have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Simple Aboriginal
Despite the occasional catastrophes of the period in which the masterful resourceful white was pushing the black off his hunting grounds, the aboriginal had a warm place in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Country. Farmers and Settles' Association
GUNNEDAH, Sunday.--The local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association met on Saturday afternoon, and decided to ask the Advances to Settlers Board to grant the right of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Sheep and Wool
A practical and theoretical treatise by Allred Hawkesworth lecturer Sheen and Wool. Technical College, Sydney. Edited by R. N. Morris, LL.D…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Products
The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney yesterday was as follows:--By rail, 943 bales. At Newcastle on Saturday, 88 bales were received by rail…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Estimate of the Wheat Crop
Mr. J. Darling, a leading wheat buyer, estimates the yield of the wheat crop at 14,400,600 bushels, or an average for the whole State of eight bushels to the acre. This will leave,…
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