To-day's Commercial. Wheat Rejections
New-Season wheat of f.a.q. quality is worth about 3s 3d per bushel (Sydney), and No. 1 milling about a half-penny more. Extra choice old is held for 3s 4d. , Buyers are not anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1905
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In the Tenterfield District. Wheat All Harvested
The Minister for Works, Mr. Lee, who has just returned, from a hurried trip into his electorate (Tenterfield) told an "Evening News" representative to-day that people thee had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Market. London, Dec. 2, 1904
The sixth sevies of the colonial wool sales here for the year, which began on November 22, were brought to a close on the 29th, occupying seven selling days. The following are the quantities catalogued:—New…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Products. Australian Produce in England. (From Our Correspondent.) Butter
LONDON, December 2.--The demand for Australian and New Zealand butter is steadily improving and although supplies are increasing sellers have been able to raise prices by about…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy-Farming in Queensland. A Prosperous Industry. by Our Travelling Commissioner. Fourth Article. Ensilage
Although siloa are not in general use, yet many dairy farmers make a considerable quantity of silage, much of it in stack form. Taking the whole State production, only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land. Faem and Station. Cattle at the Easter Show
An advance copy of the schedule for the cattle section of the forthcoming Easter show of the Royal Agricultural Society intimates that entries close on March 23. No important…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Produce Abroad. (From Our Correspondent.) 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 5 →The Bush Fires. in Corowa District. Losses Estimated at £20,000. 80,000 Bags Wheat Destroyed
COROWA, Thursday.—In addition to the list already published in the "Evening News," Messrs. Kirkham Brothers, at lawesdale, lost a large quantity of fencing and a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Where Two Fires Met. a Man Missing. Experiences of a Mailman. a Farmer Saves His Aged Mother. Wagga
Mr. William Schultz had a startling experience. The flames reached his homestead, where two fires met, on Saturday night, and he and his family had to seek refuge in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plague on the Clarence. Two Deaths Reported. Two Fresh Cases. Mortality Among Farm Rats. Grafton
An outbreak of bubonic plagua on the Clarence is causing consternation. H. Plummer and his wife, both old residents o[?] the district, succumbed to plague on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter
The R.M.S. Ophir, which sailed on Saturday. took 4,612 boxes of butter for the London market, Messrs. J. Barro Johnston and Co (1303 boxes), Foley…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle
1199 yarded out of 1203 that bad boon drawn for, consisting generally of good useful quality, with heavy medium and light sorts and a number of prime…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep
5,400 yarded, affording ample selection. Competition was weak, and values easier. Grazl[?] purchased 600. Quotations Prime merino wethers, 16s to 18s; extra, 19s; prime merino…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Staple Products. Wool and Wheat. the Latest Figures
The new wheat is now flowing into Sydney from the country districts, and the Railway Department reports that the traffic is commencing to be very heavy. Shipments…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd
Auction sales will be resumed in this market next week, when full catalogues will be offering. In the meantime, there has been no chabge in value, and a good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boom in Shorthorn Cattle
It would appear that prices of shorthorns are again approaching the boom standard. At the went remarkable sale of the Uppermill shorthorns;, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Harvest
MUDGEE, Thursday.--Some excellent samples of wheat have arrived in town from Cassilis, where the crops have gone from 25 to 40 bushels. The area cultivated is, however, limited, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rust-proof Wheat
The Minister for Agriculture has recently been approached by a gentleman who has devoted several years to carrying out experiments with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales. Hobart
The wool sales to-day were largely attended by British, Continental, American, and Japanese buyers, and competition for about 9000 bales catalogued was very keen. The eales indicated a very firm market…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the Land. Farm and Station. State Grading of Butter. Advocated by the London Trade
The last prop which held up the carefully patched but always tottering case against State regulation of the dairying industry and State grading of butter in this country gave…
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