The Wheat Standard. Germanton
The Germanton Farmers and Settlers' Association complain that the present method of fixing the wheat standard is very unsatisfactory to growers. It is alleged that best…
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7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250
The Northern Rivers. the Manning Upper Reaches. Farms and Cattle Stations. (From Our Special Reporter.) Xviii. Gloucester
Five days spent on the Upper Manning and its northern tributaries have shown me a pretty big area of country, ranging from excellent agricultural land to that essentially…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Butter Markets. London, Friday, 2.30 a.m
The butter market is very dull, and the demand is poor. Stocks are accumulating. Danish butter is unchanged. New Zealand unsalted is firm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rough Experience of a Sheep Overseer. Forbes
Mr. D. Green, sheep overseer at Eulong station, aged 70, met with a severe accident yesterday, while be was out riding in a paddock, the mare putting a foot in a rabbit hole…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Wool Sales. London, March 15
At the wool sales to-day the demand was animated, and the prices at the opening sale were often exceeded. March 16…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →First Shipment of Butter. Rival Historical Claims. Murwillumbah
Recently a paragraph appeared locally to the effect that Captain Charles's father (Messrs. Wm. and S. R. Charles), Tweed River, was the first to send Australian butter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand. the Wool Sales. Wellington
The wool sales showed an advance on February prices. Lambswool ruled from [?]d to [?]d higher, and for bright fleece wool a rise of about [?]d per 1b was made…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles." [All Rights Resebvted.] a Portable Poultry House
TO those who wish to keep a few fowls with little outlay tot fixtures, the following description will appeal strongly, This poultry house was devised for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Market Cables. London, March 16. Wheat Still Lower
The English wheat markets are dull, and show a decline of about 6d per quarter (4801b), owing to better crop prospects in India, heavy shipments from Argentina, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wool Sales. Spirited Bidding and Full Rates. London, Friday, 2.55 p.m
Spirited bidding prevailed at the wool sales to-day, full rates being realised for all descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Yawata Maru. Chinese As Speech-makers. Australian Wool and Flour in the East
A dinner given by Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. to the leading Chinese merchants of Sydney on the Japanese mail steamer Yaiwata Maru at Circular Quay last night was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Land Settlement. Another Farmer from England. An Energetic Agent-General
Under the above headings the "S.M. Herald" gives a column of gush over the advent of a single so.called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tips for Warwick Farm Races
It is at any time a difficult task to select probable winners at Warwick Farm, but on this occasion it is more than complicated, inasmuch as such…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Warwick Farm Racing Club
Patrons of racing are invited to Warwick Farm this afternoon, when the March meeting takes place, and the bill of fare to be discussed promises interesting sport. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Experiences on an Experimental Farm. an Object Lesson
Lecturing before the Bathurst Agricultural Society, Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, gave some interesting results of his experience. The farm,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the "Herald" and "Mail" Farm Competitions. Satisfactory Progress
The farm competitions inaugurated by the proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Sydney Mail" promise to be very successful. The scheme has been received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crops and Pastures
WALCHA.—The recent rains have proved most beneficial to the late potato crops. There is also a beautiful growth of glass. There are numerous inquiries for good grazing land…
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BEGA.—The output of the Bega Cooperative creamery Company for the month of February was over 40 tons of butter, which rwalised a gross sum…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Willis Will Case. Mrs. Willis Applies for Probate. Grazing Farm Left to Her Son. Queensland Supreme Court Application. Comments of the Queensland Chief Justice. Brisbane
In the Supreme Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, Mr. P. P. Fewings appearing for Mary Willis, of Randwick, near Sydney, applied for probate of the will of Mrs. Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Civil Service Scandal. Another Royal Commission Wanted. Are Government Billets Farmed? (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--In your well worth reading article of Friday's issue, headed the "Civil Service Scandal," one clause says: "But the Public Service Board holds that in the majority of…
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