The Minister and the Butter Boxes
Manufacturers of butter boxes have a fine exhibition of their wares at the A.N.A. Exhibition, and the show is said to have been greatly admired and praised by the Federal…
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To-morrow's Wool Sale
Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. are offering about 5000 bales on Thursday, including among others the following clips:— over Cobbadah, 250 bales; DL over Caloola, 180 bales; MY over Hollywood, 90 bales;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Grazier. the Pastoral Industry in W.a
The annual report of the Chief Inspector of Stock of Western Australia, which appears in the January number of the Western Australian "Journal of Agriculture," will, no…
Continued on Trove, page 139 →London Wool Sales. Opened Brisk
LONDON, Tuesday, 6.35 p.m.—The first series of colonial wool sales opened this evening. Competition was brisk, at unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Escape of a Wheat Stack. Corowa
A fire broke out on Kentueky station on Saturday last. The attention of a man named John King was attracted to the conflagration. He mounted a horse, and galloped to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Market Cables. London, Jan. 16 WHEAT
Two lines of 12,000 qrs. and 13,000 qrs. of Victorian wheat, for January shipment, have ben sold at 31s 9d. The cargo of the Belford, at 31s 9d; 13,000 qrs. of South…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Trade Trouble. Both Sides Firm. Views of Shippers and the Wheat-carriers. Advertising for Labor
The wheat-carriers on Darling Island still refuse to work at the terms offered by the stevedores in terms of the agreement signed at the end of last week…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Export Market. (From Our Correspondent.) the Butter Position. London, Dec. 15
The London butter market is still strong, and likely to keep so, as long as arrivals from Australasia are on the moderate side. Floors seem to be completely cleared of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harvest Scenes Around Corowa. the Wheat Harvest. Scenes Around Corowa
In the "Town and Country Journal" of December 6 appeared a number of illustrations of harvesting scenes in the Wagga district. Those pictures depicted the operations up to and…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Yorkshire Wool Letter. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 8
This has been a remarkable week in the wool trade, not so much for anything sensational which has happened as a continuance of the sound factors which have for so long…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat-traffic. a General Stagnation. Nearly 1000 Trucks Lying Idle
Hundreds of truck loads of wheat lay idle on Darling Island this morning, and it was Stated by a railway employee that more were arriving. There appears 16 be a general stagnation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Carriers' Strike. Position To-day. Outside Labour Employed. Loading Proceeded With
There was an alteration in matters connected with the wheat-carriers strike at Darling Island. Pyrmont, to-day. In reply to an advertisement inserted in the newspapers, calling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy, Industry
BYRON BAY.—At a meeting of the directors of the North Coast Co-operative Company it was slated that business for the month of December showed a marked improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy. Payment by Results
Butter or cheese makers in Australia are usually paid a salary so much per week, year, or month. This is not the case in some parts of the world. "Hoard's Dairyman" replying to…
Continued on Trove, page 139 →The Farmer. Electricity on the Farm
The uses to which electricity may be put appear to be unlimited. As a motive power it has in many cases taken the place of steam, etc., and the bright white light may be seen…
Continued on Trove, page 139 →South Coast Experimental Farm
A number of representatives of the South Coast agricultural societies met several South Coast agriculturists at Berry on Friday to confer with them on the sphere of usefulness of the Berry Stud Farm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 142 →Weather, Pastures, and Crops. Tuesday Evening
Heavy falls on the North Coast and Northern tablelands, strong gales along the coast, and useful rain on parts of the Liverpool Plains and Central districts were the…
Continued on Trove, page 142 →A Psalm of Farm Life
Tell me not in broken measures Modern farming does not pay, For the farm produces chickens, And the hens—do they not lay?…
Continued on Trove, page 144 →Farmer Was "Literal."
George W. Perkins had been testifying before the insurance investigating committee. "I hope that I was taken literally," he said, smiling, as he put on his hat. "I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer's Sad End. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
William Edwards, a farmer, of Camperdown (Vic.), fell from a load of hay to the road. The dray passed over his body, inflicting terrible injuries…
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