Suicide of a Farmer
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--John Trengrove, aged 64 years, a farmer residing near Quorn, committed suicide yesterday by taking strychnine. He left a widow and a family of seven…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1905
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Our Products. Weather and Crops
GERMANTON, Sunday.--The continued dryness is causing serious alarm amongst stock-owners, numbers of whom are trucking stock away to grass country on the Lachlan. Five…
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966 cattle yarded, while 940 had been drawn for, comprising a good proportion of nice quality, with many primes and few prime heavies, and half a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd
Sheepskins.—A very active demand characterised this market at lam week's sales, and of our large and attractive catalogue we quitted every lot by auction and by private treaty. All descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rinderpest in Cattle
Mr. John Pottie writes:—"Rinderpest being close at hand renders its transmission possible. In this disease we have the most deadly of all cattlo maladies. The virulent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Travelled Cattle
Word from Goodooga states that three thousand bullocks, from Wave Hill, Westralia, in charge of Skuthorpe, crossed the border at Brenda last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Produce Notes. Butter
LONDON, February 24.--Although business in the butter market can hardly be described as brisk, there is a fair trade passing, and prices are a shade higher than they were a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Sales
Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following telegram from their London house in reference to wool sales, dated 23rd inst:— The second series of wool sales cloned firmly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Dog Trials at Blayney
At the sheep dog trials hold in connection with the recent Blayney show, McLeod and King's "Bonnie" secured first place with 95 points out of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fat Stock Sales. Homebush YARDS.—Monday. SHEEP
About 9003 sheep and lambs were penned at to-day's sales, from 35 consignors. The sheep mainly comprised medium and useful merino wethers, with several drafts of light and plain merino ewes, and odd pens of prime…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London Wool Market. Feb. 24
The market at this centre has been extremely quiet during the past week, marked by few and insignificant inquiries for samples. There does not seen much prospect of any more now until the next…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Wheat and Flour in London
There has always been a tendency both with producers and exporters of Australian produce to take it for granted that tho London market is capable of absorbing everything that is sent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. a Rise in Butter. Bran and Pollard Firm
Business was again resumed at the Sussex-street produce markets yesterday, but the prevailing conditions were not much removed from those of last week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Monday, March 27, 1905. SHEEP
9003 sheep and Iambs penned out of 9411 that had been drawn for. consisting largely of medium to good quality, with a small proportion of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Produce. (From Our Correspondent.) the Butter Position. London, Feb. 24
There were heavy arrivals of Australasian butter last week, the Ophir bringing 22,000 boxes the Sophocles 8000 boxes, and the Oriana about 4000 boxes, all from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Products. London Wool Market. the Advantages of Delay
LONDON, February 24.--I am hoping that the strong north-easterly gales wo have been experiencing these past few days may be effectual in retarding the arrival of some of the steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Summary. for European Mail. Wool. SEASON 1904-5. SYDNEY, March 28th, 1905
Since July 1 the total quantity of wool exported from Sydney and Newcastle Amounted to 561,065 Bales being an increase of 122,007 bales compared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Commercial. Good Rains Inland. Victorian Crop Prospects
The rains now reported over a wide expanse of wheat and general agricultural country in N.S.W. are a welcome relief to farmers. Many had become anxious as to the provision of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wharfage Cues on Live Stock More Taxes on the Farmers
The Sydney Harbour Trust have imposed a wharfage due on all live stock lauded at any of the wharves in Port Jackson. The tax came into force from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mixed Farming
THE past few years have determined beyond all doubt the value of mixed farming. As closer settlement progresses we must depend upon the former to…
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