The Wheat Season
DUBBO.—Business is now very brisk at the Dubbo Flour Mill, and there is a heavy rush of teams delivering wheat. Generally, it is an excellent sample, and the fears of…
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Wheat-growing Experiments
DAPTO.—Inspector Makin, of the Department of Agriculture, attended a meeting of the Dapto Agricultural Society on Friday night, and explained the results of the…
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"Dalgety's Review" writes:—"How matters will go at the country railway stations, where wheat is stacked for trucking, and how the railways will carry this season's quantities,…
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Besides a number of other vessels already named, Messrs. Jas. Bell and Company will load the steamers Clan Cumming, Clan Ferguson, Clan…
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The British four-masted barque Queen Margaret arrived at Sydney early yesterday morning, after a fast passage of 50 days from Montevideo,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Farm and Station. in the Wheat Belt. Contrast in District Development. Xx
There is a remarkable contrast furnished as regards the different development of neighbouring districts in the southern end of the wheat country; that is east and west of…
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Return showing the number of bales of wool exported oversea from the State of New South Wales during the period from 1st July to 31st December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Curse of the Cow. Tragedy of a Dairy Farm. Pitiful Features of Victorian Crime. Melbourne
Alfred Thomas Swift, dairyman at Mead, who is at present a prisoner in the Bendigo gaol under remand on a charge of unlawfully wounding with intend to murder, has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Big Wheat Cargo. Sonneberg Takes 65,834 Bags
Steamer Sonneberg which was to leave Sydney this afternoon for the Continent, has shipped a big cargo of [?] 65,834 bags…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SUSSEX-STREET And Auction Sales. Trade in Sussex-street. Substantial Rise in Butter. Maize Again Firmer. Cheese Expected to Be Lower. Onions Firm at £12
The outstanding feature of the operations in the wholesale departments of Sussex-street this morning was the further advance of 4s in the price of all brands of butter, making the quotation for choicest quality 124s per cwt…
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A novel scheme is being launched by the Government for the development of the Northern Territory. Leasehold areas of 3000 to 4000 miles in extent are to be granted to…
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WINDSOR.—The Hawkesbury condensed milk factory has been working two shifts and putting out 120 cases of condensed milk per day…
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CASINO.—At the annual meeting of the Casino District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. J. C. Wearne, presiding, the secretary, Mr. Claude A. Mann,…
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Weights for Saturday's meeting of the Warwick Farm Racing Club are promised to-morrow afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Products. Sydney Auction Sales. Rise in Maize. Potatoes Cheaper
The yarding of produce at the auction sales held in the Sydney goods station yards this morning was extremely heavy. The bulk of the consignments were made up of chaff. Buyers were in large attendance, and their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soil Electricity and Growth. a Stimulant for Crops. Significant Results
This is an age of scientific miracles, and of all the achievements of modern inventors the most marvellous is the application of electricity to agriculture. This is as yet more or…
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PARKES, Saturday.--At a meeting of the Farmers' Association, held this afternoon, it was decided to appoint collectors to raise funds to contest the claims of the Rural Workers'…
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Mr. John Whitehead and his son Harry, well-known drivers, of Bumbala district, N.S.W. have just finished aa very successful droving…
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The subjoined account of the intelligent and successful efforts of a French sheep-farmer to establish an improved breed of sheep on his estate is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jersey Cattle
The late Mr. G. W. Eaton's Jersey cattle have attained such a worthy standard that considerable interest attaches to their sale by Messrs. William Inglis and Son. The sale takes…
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