Bush Fires. the Mountains Ablaze. in the South. Terrifying Sights. Farmers Lose Heavily. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 9
The dry spell is having a terrible effect, on the South Coast, especially in establishing a record for bush fires. Off and on for about a week the mountain range in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Shave Public Scandal". Continued Shortage of Trucks. Failure of the Department. Great Loss to Farmers
The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6
"The situation in regard to the scarcity of trucks throughout the State amounts to a grave scandal, and a disgrace to the whole community," remarked a well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Estimating Hay Crops
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 4
"When one is calculating the dimensions of a stack, or contemplating selling,hay in the stook (says Professor Perkins, of Roseworthy College), it is a great advantage to have a fairly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and the Income Tax
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 8
TEMORA, Wednesday.--The Ariah Park Farmers and Settlers' Association, at a special meeting, passed the following resolution:-- "That a letter be written to the general…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep and Wool Wool or Mutton Sheep. What the Export Trade Wants
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6
The greatest improver of sheep that perhaps the world ever saw was Bakewell. He found, after many years of practical experience, that sheep…
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The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 13
Only 1611 were listed, from 60 consignors. This number is over 600 smaller than on the previous Monday. All the cattle came from within this…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Butter Market
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9
Dalgety and Co.'s Landon office cables that holders are firm, but that the inquiry is [?] There is more demand for salted than unsalted. Quotations are:—Danish, 136/ per cwt: New Zealand, 132/ per cwt;…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sheep's Teeth
The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 10
It happens very often that the sheep-farmer, both in a large and small way, is more or less puzzled as to the age of a sheep after the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Butter Committee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4
Our London correspondent writes:—"I asked Mr. King, London representative of the Coastal Farmers' Society, to tell me what has happened lately regarding the 'co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Butter Market
Evening News · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5
Messrs. Daigety and Company are in receipt from their London office of a cable stating that holders are firm, but that the inquiry is limited. There is more demand in London for salted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fat Cattle Fraud
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8
An Ingenious fraud has been discovered at Naples in connection with the supply of cattle for the army in the field at Tripoll…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep: Firmer Market
The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 13
The supply, in view of Friday next being Anniversary Day (a holiday), was very light, only 11,908 being pen-, ned, as against 17,743 last Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fluke in Sheep
The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 10
Fluke are pale, slatey-brown parasites found in the bile ducts of the liver in sheep and other animals. The sheep is the most generally affected…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep and Wool The Sydney Trade Strong Demand for Best Waves Sheep Prices Keep Up proposal for Compulsory Dipping
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 14
The sales in Sydney have continued to be very good, and growers have every reason to be well pleased with the situation. The demand bus been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairying Marketing of Butter. Consignment v. Forward Selling
The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 10
"Factory Manager" writes:—I have read with a good deal of interest the remarks let fall by Mr. C. E. D. Meares, at Grafton, the other day,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Sales
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received a cable from their London office, advising that prices, compared with prices ruling at the close of the last [?], are about p[?]r to 5 per…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle Depasturing on Roads
The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9
The question of giving permission to persons to graze stock upon roads was discussed by Patrick Plains Council, and it was agreed to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Wheat Loans
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5
Last week two waggon loads of last Reason's wheat, containing each about 150 bags, wcro delivered at Clark's floor mills, Forbes, N.S.W., from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homebush Yards. Pastoral Committee on Deck
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 13
A meeting of the Pastoral Committee was held in Sydney on Tuesday. There were present: Messrs. T. Henley, M. L. A. (chairman). T. I. Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →London Wool Sales
The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 12
The latest cables report that the market at the London wool sales has been distinctly keen, prices keeping well maintained. American operators…
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