Compensation for Wet Sheep
A shearers' test case was decided at Warrnambool (Vic.) last week. A shearer, who with other men had been paid off because they refused to shear sheep which they decided were…
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Wheat Cargoes Sold
The cargo of wheat by the ship Glene[?]g, loading Melbourne, has been sold at 37s 3d per quarter of 480lb., and that by the ship Dovenby, to load, Wallaroo, at 37s 4 12d per quarter…
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The German training ship Herzogin Sophie Charlotte is expected to get away from Sydney for the English Channel to-morrow. She was loaded with a full cargo of wheat by Messrs. James Bell and Co., and a record was…
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BOURKE.—On Friday last two Toorale station teams brought the last of the station's clip to Bourke. Toorale station cut nearly 3000 bales of wool this year, and some of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Beetles Damage Wool
The Minister for Agriculture recently, received from Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commercial Commissioner in the East, a sample of woollen tops, shipped from Sydney to Japan, which was…
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LONDON. Tuesday Evening.—At the London wool sales to-day there was good competition. Best merinos sold well and all crossbreds firmly maintained the average prices of recent…
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Dalgety and Company's cable:—"Wool sales continue active, competition is brisk, and buying general from all quarters. Prices for fine merino wools are rather higher. Greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Butter in Sydney
The recent warm weather slightly lessened the demand in Sydney for butter for local consumption. Private speculators at this side are pausing till they see if the [?]…
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Under date of December 22, Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, of Tooley-street, London, wrote:—"The weather has been very mild and wet, It having rained almost continuously during…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Holstein Cattle. a British Opinion
The greatly-increased demand for milk, and also for butter and cheese, of recent years in England has caused a rapid development in dairy farming. A writer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Care of Feet of Cattle
When purchasing a dairy cow most buyers pay little or no attention to the feet; yet it is an important point, particularly when cows have to be driven a considerable distance to and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat and Straw Losses
CARCOAR, Tuesday.--A bush fire started on Dirty Creek, a few miles from Carcoar yesterday afternoon, and for a short time spread rapidly, but was extinguished by residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool-sorters Demand Increase
It has been decided by the members of the Victorian Fellmongers' and Wool-sorters' Union that from the 27th the minimum wage for woolsorters shall be £3 a week. The existing wags,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Caledonian Cattle for the Philippines
The Japanese steamer Shenyo Maru arrived during the week at Manila, Philippine Islands, from Newcastle, via New Caledonia. The vessel is under charter to Messrs. Lane and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Sheep Show. Prize Schedule Issued
The prize schedule for this year's sheep show has been issued by the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association. The committee has made a further increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agricultural and Pastoral the State of the Country
The great heat of January 15, which was fairly general all over the State, did not result in any really appreciable rainfall, as only at Condobolin, Coolah, Hill End, and Paterson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Trade. Forward Selling v. CONSIGNMENT
At the meeting of the directors of the Wingham Butter Factory, which was attended by Mr. C. D. Meares (manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Sydney), that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homebush Saleyards the Pastoral Committee Prepared to Take Action
The pastoral committee, representing the various interests, of the live stock and meat trade, held a meeting at' 52 Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon. Those present refused to take seriously the rumoured…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Hints to Producers. Boom in Wheat
Once more, in the history of wheat culture in New South Wales, the London market is the dominant factor. It is London that the New South Wales wheatgrowers have to thank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 22
The wool sales were postponed this afternoon owing to a fog…
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