Farmers & Settlers' Co-op
All markets are again very firm, with very small supplies coming forward of chaff and hay, and prospects are for a continuance of good prices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1908
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To Make Boys Good Farmers
To parents who have boys growing up on the farm, nothing should be neglected pertaining to farm life, to make them flood farmers. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farms Near the Federal Site
If the persons who chose the site of the federal capital knew what they were doing, and we take it for granted that they did, it is safe to assume that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Why Fruit Is Dear. SHORtAGE at the Markets. an Effect of the Drought. Crop Reduced to a Third
To the average Sydney fruit consumer, the prices that nave been ruling lately, as well as the quality or fruit offering, nave no doubt been some what unaccountable, and there has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Spider in the Ear. Farmer's Awful Experience
Frederick Pullbrook, a farm laborer, of Ballarat East (Victoria), bad a sensationel experience on New Year's Eve when returning homewards to spend the holidays with his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children on the Farm
In respect to labor the small bolder may have the advantage of the services of his wife and family. We are not among those who lay very great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Ethics of Farming. "A Pure Gamble."
It correctly reported, a Wellington farmer has described his calling as a pure gamble. Considering the importance of farming as being the very basis of all industry, such a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Early Bird's" Note-book Turf Notes and Comments Warwick Farm Races Anticipations
With Warwick Farm arid Ascot both in the field to-morrow turf frequenters will be in a position to pick and choose Mr. P. A. Oatley has put forward a neat programme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cumberland Orchards. Inspection of Back-yard Gardens. This Year's Main Citrus Crops
Though the operations of the fruit fly in our orchards may not be more active than before, at this time of the year, it is no use disguising the fact that the insect is making its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Butter Exports
MELBOURNE.—Victorian butter export trade for 1907 shows a decline of nearly 3,000,000lb in oversea shipments, as compared with 1906; but the total is larger than in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter and Cheese
There is a steady trade in the butter market. Danish is unchanged at from 123s to 125s per cwt., while choicest Australian is quoted at from 114s to 116s:ditto, unsalted, 112s to 114s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Butter Contract
It is understood that the details have been finally arranged of a new butter contract, of which the main features were settled a few weeks ago, between the butter freight…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Travelling Sheep Die
GUNDAGAI.—A number of travelling sheep died near Gundagai this week. The stock inspector attributes the mortality to the poverty of the pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Wheat
LONDON,Friday Evening.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Brad-street's is 66,110,000 bushes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Returns
The wool received at Darling Barbour. &c., for the week amounted to 7244 bales, being a decrease of 3962 bales. The wool received for the season numbered 662,654…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat and Flour
The London wheat market is quiet, but prices nominally are slightly higher. Australian cargoes are neglected, but South Australian, December-January shipment, are offered at 40s per…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Diminishing Exports. Victorian Butter Shipments
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The effects of the absence of rain in sufficient quantity during the early part of the current butter season are shown in the gradually diminishing exports…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Butter Two Thousand Years Old
An analyst to a well-known South London biscuit firm has had his abilities put to a severe test. He received a piece of yellow substance for examination, and, after a careful…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Horses Killed by Wheat. Wellington
A resident of Murrumbidgerie, Mr. Hills, had the misfortune to lose eight out of a fine team of ten draught horses through the animals eating wheat, which they managed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wool Trade. a Brighter Outlook
The old year closed with doleful tales of the wool position on the Continent and the distressing state of affairs with woolbuyers in Sydney; the new year has opened, and already…
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