Queensland Butter Ship Ments
BRISBANE.—By Saturday next it is expected there will be upwards of 22,000 boxes of Queensland butter graded and stored at Pinkenba. The R.M.S. Ormuz, which leaves…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1908
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Green Fodder for Sheep
SUBSCRIBER DEEPWATER, aska: "(1) Which is the best green winter iced for sheep, rape, rye, or barley and about what quantity of seed to plant per acre? Also, when is the best time to plant, and which is the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wheat Harvest
GRENFELL.—A fair amount of wheat was sold here on Saturday afternoon. Messrs. Wood Bros., of Brundah, sold 10,000 bags at 4s 6½d. Other smaller farmers also sold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Produce in England. Butter
LONDON, December 13.--Supplies of Australian and New Zealand butter since the beginning of the month amount to about 66,000 boxes, the largest quantity we have had to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →How the Mountain Sheep Leap
"Soon after we started a black bear he ran along the foot of a cliff and past a bunch of mountain sheep up on the cliffs following one of them to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neglect to Report Sheep Scab
At Midleton Cheney, Eng., recently, Ar[?]hur Spokes, justice of the reace for Northamptonshire, was fined £15 for failing to report sheep cab on his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Blackface Sheep of Scotland
The breeding of blackface mountain of sheep in Scotland (says "The Field") is [?] conducted with remarkable enterprise. [?] At the ram sales a short time ago the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat and Flour Exports
Wheat exports during the week ended January 11 were 20 bushels for the South Sea Islands. The flour exports totalled 5129 sacks (2001b sacks), 1840 being for the United Kingdom, 1120 for New Caledonia, 350 cr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep
Upwards of 17,814 sheep (including lambs) were balloted for sale from 55 consignors, and 10,054 head were penned. The sheep mainly comprised medium and useful trade quality merino wethers and ewes,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Size of Wheat Sacks
The action of the Federal Government in regard to fixing the maximum capacity of wheat sacks at 2001b, an alteration which has been approved by the South Australian Government, has met with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Produce. Butter Market. London, Dec. 13
The market for butter is in a satisfactory state. Following the fall of some 7s per cwt from the high values at the end of October, the position seems to have settled down into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Trade Dalgety & Company. Limited
Following upon the Launceston wool sales held on 6th inst., auction were held in Hobart on the 9th, when there was a good attendance of buyers who purchased largely at improved prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Shipments London, Monday, 2.50 p.m
The quantity or wheat afloat is estimated at 2,715,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 975,000 quarters for the Continent. The shipments from Atlantic ports last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →English Wool Letter. Prices Slumping. Bradford, Dec. 13
The sixth series of colonial wool sales has come to a close, and Coleman-street Wool Exchange wears to-day a quiet and forlorn appearance. Many Continental buyers left for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Milk Prosecution. Is There a Standard? Water and Butter Fat
William Parkes, inspector of nuisances for the municipality of Hurstville, proceeded against a number of local milk vendors at the Newtown Police Court for breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Merchant's Travels. Japan a Poor Place for Sheep. Brisbane
Mr. Donald Cormack, a well-known retired merchant of Sydney, arrived at Brisbane today by the Yawata Muru, having completed his second tour of the world. He said he was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Soil Settlement and Production. General Notes. Wheat Growing in Victoria
Mr. F. E. Lee, Agricultural Superintendent, who was recently sent to the Government experimental farms in New South Wales to ascertain to what extent the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Summary. for European Mail. Wool SEASON 1907-8. SYDNEY, January 14, 1908
Since July 1, 1907, the total quantity of wool exposited from Sydney and Newcastle amounted to 498,3S6 bales, being an increase of 12,366 bales as compared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Milk. Dairymen to Get More. the Public Not Yet Affected
The Fresh Food and Ice Company and the Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company have decided to pay an extra penny per gallon tc their suppliers, and these will now receive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Timber Conservation 'And Closer Settlement
There is a desire in some quarters to subordinate timber conservation to the furtherance of closer settlement. This is in despite of the serious nature of much of the evidence…
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