The Rural Voice. Rabbits Versus Sheep
To the Editor.--I note a letter from Mr. Bean, in reply to "Grazier," and I shall be glad to be permitted to assist in arguing the important points of the discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1906
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The Wool Trade. Thursday, February 8
Available supplies this week were on a reduced scale, and while the daily offerings were of sufficient size to attract, they were no longer a tax on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rush at Darling Harbour. Heavy Wheat Traffic
Last week no fewer than 163,000 bags of wheat were received at Darling Harbour, and a similar large supply is being received this week. Owing to this rush in the wheat traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Wheat Traffic. Railway Congestion at Cowra. Cowra
The increased production of wheat in this and the neighbouring districts has brought about congestion of traffic on the railway. Mr. Stanger, outdoor locomotive inspector, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer and Settler
The first number of a new paper has just come to hand, and there is always a great interest taken in a now paper, as in a new baby. This one is the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Dairying Industry
BEGA.—The weather continues excessively dry, and supplies to the local dairy factories are in consequence decreasing. The weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Stock at Newington Asylum. Profitable Piggeries. Ensilage Triumpiiant
Any farmer having a few days in the city might spend a few interesting and profitable hours in looking over the dairies and piggeries of one of the charitable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Soil Settlement and Production. Farming Practice. the Cowra Experiments. Are They to Be Starved?
Among the current country news published in yesterday's issue was a telegram from our Cowra correspondent, stating that a sub-committee appointed by the local Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mandurama District. Crops and Rabbits
MANDURAMA, Thursday.--The majority of the farmers throughout this district have now finished harvesting operations. Despite the enormous increase of rabbits and the extremely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dairy
MILLTHORPE, Thursday.--The local butter and bacon company held its half-yearly general meeting today. The retiring directors, Dr. Wilson, Messrs. John Nicholls, Robert Capps,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter
The butter market is quiet, and somewhat weaker, as four ships have "together discharged 108.000 boxes during the week. Danish is unchanged at from 114s to 116s per cwt. but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Butter Bill
During the course of an interview, Mr. J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, urged Lord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture, to introduce a new butter bill. Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cattle Disease
A correspondent signing himself "A Queenslander," writes in reply to a letter appearing in Wednesday's "Evening News" about a certain cattle disease, and signed by Pottie and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pasturing Sheep by Electricity
A new way of pasturing sheep has come to light, good for the grass and good for the sheep—that is, pasturing by electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat and Flour
The wheat markets arc quiet, and buyers are not operating except for immediate requirements. Australian cargoes are' steady, and that by the Iredale from Victoria has been sold at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Wool Sales
Two catalogues were offered on Thursday, covering 4466 bales—Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort. and Company, Ltd., 1865, and Pitt. Son, and Badgery, Ltd., 2601. Of these, 3703 bales were sold direct from the rostrum,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Trade
The current week's offerings baie still further emphasised the waning of the 1905-06 wool season. There have been fair representations of super and good wools, but faulty,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bradford Wool Market
In the Bradford wool market there is a brisk inquiry for all classes of wool. Tops: 40's are quoted at 1614 per lb., 46's at ISd, common 60's at 25d. and super 60's at 25-Md…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Looked Black for the Butter[?]
The comedian boarder rolled his blue eyes at the landlady and said— 'I beg your pardon, madam, bat I see the batter is of a special brand. What is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rural Voice. Rabbits V. Sheep
To the Editor.--In your issue of the 7th Just. Mr. Benn makes a comparison of the relative values of the trade in rabbits and of sheep, crediting the former with the amount…
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