Farmer's Suicide. Brisbane
August Goriong, a farmer at Hampden, and of Mackay, an old resident of the district, committed suicide at his home on Friday night. He had been in ill-health for some time, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Shortage of Trucks. a Farmer's Experience
"The continued shortage of trucks on our railways reported by you from the southwest is a disgrace. ''As one Who has spent 20 years forming and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Soil Awakening in the North-west. Improved Farming Methods
The commencement already of ploughing operating in a great many of the wheat-growing centres of the north-west indicates that farmers at last realising the advantages of a good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep and Wool New Zealand Shearers
Some shearers are apparently not honoring the award which was recently passed. Recently at Baneepath station, N.Z., eight who had signed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improved Cattle Waggons
At a meeting of the N.S.W. Stockowners' Association last week a letter was received from the Chief Commissioner for Railways stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →300 Sheep Poisoned
Mr. John Ryan, grazier, of Chetwynd, Victoria, recently placed 600 sheep on scrub land to graze, and the following day he found 300 of them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compulsory Sheep Dipping
The Jerilderie P.P. Board some time ago was asked by the Wunnamurra Shire Council (Jerilderie) to ascertain tho opinion of the P.P. Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Some 9000 bales were submitted at to-day's wool sales. Although fine superior wools were concluded, the selection of useful topmaking wools was a fair one, and the bulk of these were drawn from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Wool Sales
Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report having received from their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Company, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export Trade. Butter, and Meat
The exports of butter and meat from Sydney for the week ended January 27, according to the Customs-house returns, were:— Butter (boxes): United Kingdom and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamers to Load Wheat
The Norwegian steamer Jethou, which was recently chartered by Messrs. Jas. Bell and Company to load wheat at Sydney for the United…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wheat and Flour Shipments
Wheat and flour shipments from Sydney for the week ended January 27, according to the Customs-house returns, were:— Wheat (bushels).—United Kingdom and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cattle--good Quality Yarding. Market Lower
The quality of the cattle offering to-day was the [?] for a long time past. Prime and good handy-weight trade beef formed about two-thirds of the supply. Then were also occasional yards of [?]d to prime heavyweight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Damaged by Beetles
The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture recently received from Mr. J. B. Sultor, Commercial Commissioner in the East, a sample of woollen tops,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Entries for the Royal
The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society states that entries for the wheat competitions for the next Royal Show are coming in slowly. Last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London Butter Market SPECULATION V. GAMBLING
The London Correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald" writes:— Is not the word "speculator" in the butter business very much misapplied,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Firm Opening—weak Closing
A moderate supply of sheep was forward for yesterday's sales; out of 21,032 sheep (including lambs) listed from 68 consigners, 19,804 head were penned, as compared with 11,908 head…
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