Location of Sheep Pens
A veteran breeder and showman of the muchadmired Shropshire, speaking before some Canadian farmers on the above subject, said:— In building a suitable pen, as in other…
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On the Land. Farm and Station Selecting Seed Wheat
Some experimentalists hold it proved that first grade seed wheat will produce a better crop under equal conditions than a sample of smaller grains, not so well formed as those…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Industry
After achieving a distinct success, the wool exhibition at the Royal Exchange was declared closed on Friday afternoon. During the time it was open the exhibition was visited by large…
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Auctions were continued yesterday at the Royal Exchange, when 7951 bales were catalogued—3422 bales by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, and 4529 bales by Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and…
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At the Wool sales to-day competition was well sustained throughout and the great bulk of the catalogue was disposed of at prices well up to those ruling before the holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Patent Decreasing Wool Process
The last of a series of patents has been granted to a German company for a new dry process for decreasing wool. Infusorial earth, as an absorbent, is the kernel of the…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageney Company. Limited, held their first sale for the new year this afternoon, when they submitted what, for this season of the year, must be considered a very large and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Deal in Wheat. Missing Consignment
At the Central Police Court, Alexander S. Allen, an agent, was charged with falsely pretending to Michael Sheppard that he had purchased a truck of wheat, which was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 10
The arrivals of wool number 234,500 bales, of which 89,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, leaving 146,500 available for the first series…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Produce Abroad. London Butter Market. London, Dec. 2
From now on to the end of the year butter prospects are encouraging. During the last few days there has been definite and unmistakable hardening all round, all descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 75 →London Wool Market. 146,500 Bales Available
LONDON, Tuesday,--The wool arrivals total 234,500 bales, out of which 80,000 bales have been forwarded, leaving 110,500 available for the sales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Missing Wheat. a Mysterious Consignment. Agent Committed for Trial
At the Central Court yesterday, Alexander S. Allen, an agent, was charged with falsely pretending to Michael Sheppard that had purchased a truck of wheat, which was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Charges of Cattle Stealing Two Mon Committed for Trial. GUNDAGAI
Two young men, Redley Woodbridge and Harold Joseph Bollard, were last evening committed for trial on four charges of cattle stealing. The evidence, which was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEAT. The Quantity Afloat. LONDON, Tuesday, 3.35 p.m
The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 2,525,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 1,050,000 quarters for the Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Has Closer Settlement Injured the Pastoral Industry? Ii. Effects of Closer Settlement on the Native Fodders
Before selection set in the average size of paddocks was fully five times as large as it is now, and the country was, comparatively, lightly stocked. Native grasses and herbage…
Continued on Trove, page 73 →Does Wheat- Growing Pay? the Cost of Production. Some Useful Figures. Estimates Under Varying Conditions
Does Wheat-growing pay? The fashion is to say that it doesn't but then the fashion is to say that farming generally doesn't pay that sheep-ralating doesn't pay, that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turf Topics & Tips Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap. Considering the Weights—Autumn Entries—Doncaster and Cup Nominations—Newmarket and Australian Cup Lists. Warwick Farm Racing—Lord Boyne's Success. Notes of the Week—Death of Abercorn. Selections for Canterbury Park. the S.T.C. HANDICAPS
LAST Monday Mr. J. Daly declared weights for the Challenge Stakes and the Anniversary Handicap, the two principal handicap events of the Sydney Turf Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wood Cropping. New Zealand Axemen' Association. The Champion Chop. WANGANUI, December 29
The annual championship meeting of the New Zealand Axemen's Association was held at [?]tham on December 26 and 27. From the details of the big event appended it will be noticed that both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Crops
INVERELL.—The harvest is almost completed, the last three weeks being extremely favourable. In many cases the yields have been disappointing, as low as two bags to…
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