Carpentaria to Load Wheat
Negotiations begun some days ago for the chartering of the steamer Carpentaria were brought to a successful issue yesterday, and it was then…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Export Trade. London Wool Sales
Dalgety and Co. report the receipt of a cable as follows— Wool sales continue firm. Medium crossbreds, suitable for America, have improved 5 per cent, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Wool Trade. a Selleers' Market
When the weekly series of auctions were resumed in the Sydney [?] on Monday last, it speedily became evident that the market had gained strength during the racess, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan, l8
At the wool sales this afternoon Continental buyers competed for fine wools. Prices were unchanged. Jan, 19…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wheat for the United Kingdom and Continent
The barge Dea, for Falmouth, has a cargo of 21,774 bags of wheat. The steamer Poona, which sails to-day for Dunkirk and London, via. Melbourne and Adelaide, includes [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Soil. Sheep Breed Societies. Traffic in Pedigree Stock. Value of Flock-books
It has probably escaped the observation or the average stud-breeder, that sheep-breeding is carried on to-day in all parts of the world that are on the list of large wool-producers in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Rev. Samuel Marsden. Pioneer Wool Grower. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of August 14 (which has been sent to me by a cousin, a native of Farsley), there appears a letter headed "Memorial to the Rev. Samuel Marsden,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British and Foreign Shipping (By cable or otherwise). LATEST. Arrivals. wheat. At Antwerp
Jan. 18: Elbing, G.A. s, from Australian ports. At Singapore. Jan. 9: Minderoo, s, from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Issued under the direction of the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. J L. Trefle) AGRICULTURE. Scientific Cultivation and Drought
"The greatest evils of drought are due to ignorant treatment of the soil." The farmer who has been practising a haphazard system of soil…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DAIRYING. Lice on Cows
Lice on cows seem to be troublesome in many of the dairying districts, judging from the number of inquiries received by the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the "Twelve Apostles."
In the interior one of the most familiar of bird families is that commonly called the "Twelve Apostles," yet very few people in the bush are clear as to the variety to which the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Loss of Cane Crops. Damage Estimated at £2000
MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.--The fire at Cudgen plantation has spent itself. Three thousand five hundred tons of cane were destroyed, besides the homes of several colored people,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Available in April. Five Hundred Irrigation Farms. . Murrumbidgee Settlement
"The Trust is of opinion that at the present rate of progress 500 farms will be available for selection early in April. Some of these would have been thrown open earlier but for the fear…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Exports. New South Wales. HOWARD D. TROOP, bq. For Falmouth. Sailed Sydney January 16, 1912. J. Darling and Son, agents. J. Darling and Son, 44,504 bgs wheat (Complete.) VICTORIA, H.P. s. For Auckland
Sailed Sydney January 17, 1912. Huddart, Parker and Co., agents. 16 cs medicines, 16 cs emulsion, 4 cs elect. motor, 10 cs oil( 46 cs phono…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales
LONDON, Saturday Morning.—At yesterday's wool sales clips realised as follows:—Goolgumbla, 14d, 11¾d; Yarrabarb, 13d, 11½d; Kerarbury, 12½d, 10 3/8d; Yanks, 12d, 10 7/8d; Breeza,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Airman's Terrible Fall Strapped to His Seat in a Burning Machine. Rescue by Farm Lads. Paris, Friday Night
Lieut Boerner, while aeroplaning at Senlis, fell 1000 feet. His condition is hopeless. Boerner's aeroplane swerved and the petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden. Bird Pests
Galahs and quarrians are a great pest to the Western wheat-growers; and Mr. Inspector Reynolds, of the Agricultural Department, tells how Mr. T. Bragg, of Mungeribar, destroys them. It is better to destroy them at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Rearing Calves Advice of a Dairy Instructor
The Dairy Instructor (Mr. W. G. A. Lee), Wagga Experiment Farm, gives some good advice in rearing calves. He says that, in order to secure strong, healthy calves, it is essential…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Selina's Sigh. She Left the Farmer. the Dear Little Ducks and Chirpy Little Chicks. But Wants the Boodle from Johnny Begg
A frail little woman, intelligent and nervous, named Selina Mary Begg, brought her much more robust husband before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M., at the North Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Interstate Butter Markets
In their weekly circular Prescott, Ltd., state:— Superfine westerns are quoted in Melbourne at 1/1½; other prime brands, 1/0½ to 1/1. Buyers for…
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