Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 9
Out of 40,282 sheep (including lambs) advised for sale, 43,732 were penned from 169 consignors. There were four drafts of 1000 to 1600 head; but the bulk of the consignments were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Size of Wheat Sacks
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 10
The action of the federal government in regard to fixing the maximum capacity of wheat sacks at 200lb., an alteration which has been approved by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7
At the Antwerp wool sales, which opened yesterday, there was a lack of animation. Merinos compared with November rates showed a decline from 5 per cent, to 8…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Trade Dalgety & Company, Limited
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4
The wool position in the Sydney market has undergone very little change since last week, the only development that has taken place having been in regard to the disposition shown by a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool-top Industry Botany Tenants' Fears
The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7
On Wednesday afternoon the president of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage (Mr. Keele) and the Engineer-in-Chief paid a visit to Botany, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand. Fires Destroy Sheep and Grass. Wellington
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8
Grass fires at Horarata, Canterbury, swept nearly 40,000 acres clear. Several hundred sheep were destroyed. Bush fires in the Pohangina and Apiti Manawatu districts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Method on the Dairy Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8
If dairymen achieve success they must give thoughtful study to the individual members of their herd. Method in dairy business is the key to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Coast Drought. Cattle Dying, Streams Drying. Fish Caught by Hand
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7
The existing drought on the South Coast is most alarming. Young cattle are dying off for want of water, and the short supplies at Kiama, Berry, and Nowra are causing the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farms in a Rich District
The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 6
Also in The Farmer and Settler, The Sydney Stock and Station Journal
Ben [?] a noted estate in the heart of New England, has reached the end of its days as a pastoral property. Recently, the place changed hands, and the purchasers have decided to cut up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Farmers' Fair
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2
The fair, which is held annually at Warra under the auspices of the Farmers and Settlers Association has been fixed this year for the 4th March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official Organ ? "The Farmer and Settler."
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3
Objects: 1. To represent and promote in every legitimate way the pastoral interests of New South Wales. 2 To be the medium of communication between the pastures boards and Ministers. 3. To watch the administration of, and urge upon the attention of Ministers, any alteration in the diseases in sheep acts, pastures acts, imported stock acts, private acts, amending acts, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairyman His Own Vet
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 12
Good work is the work of good tools, plus that skill born of experience. Many a farmer pays a veterinary surgeon to perform operations quite…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wagga Growing Crop Competition
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4
The Murrumbridge P. and A. Association has issued in pamphlet form the report and award of the judge in the 1907 growing crop competition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Employment
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7
Uncle Wiseman has an application for a voting man for farm work. He must be a good milker—12/6 to start, 15/- later, fare paid to Turrawan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer and Settler Breeding the Ewe. English Methods for High Lambing
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 9
Cast ewes (four-year-old) and "culls," or those unfit for breeding, should be drawn out of the flock when the lambs are weaned, or at any…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crop Improvement
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 10
Crop yields may be improved in three ways, viz., by better cultivation and crop rotation, by applying manures and fertilisers,' and by the use…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Produce Markets
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7
Butter still remains firm at 100s for best brands, and as a matter of fact this is the price ruling for all first-grade butters, as "super-fine"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dairy Dairy Drudgery
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7
AT a meeting of dairymen held at Rockdale last week the life and work of the ordinary suburban dairyman supply…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →