Yield of Wool
COROWA.—From returns furnished to the Corowa Stock Inspector by local flock owners it is shown that the average return of wool from 155,479 sheep and 50,607 lambs was:—…
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London Wool Sales
Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., have received a Cable from Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Co., London, dated 3rd inst., reading:--"The London-Colonial wool sales, January series, have closed. Compared with closing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A £50 Butter Test Prize
COFF'S HARBOR, Saturday.--There is great indignation locally at the committee of the Coramba District Agricultural Society not awarding the prize of £50 for the butter-fat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-morrow's Wool Sales
Winclicombe, Carson, Ltd., will offer to-morrow a catalogue of about 5500 bales wool, included in which is a representative selection of New England and southern clips.—Advt…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Prospects of Wool Consumption
No less important than production is consumption. The same authority here considers that the prospects for 1912 appear on the whole favourable. It is true that the dry…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →World's Prospective Wool Production
Messrs. Charles Bairne and Co.'s annual wool circular is to hand from London. Among other parts of interest it deals with the prospective supply of the staple. It says that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 2
At the wool auctions this afternoon fine wools were well competed for. Average and faulty sorts were weak, and there were considerable withdrawals…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rise in Milk and Butter. Effect of the Dry Weather
Dairymen in the suburbs and the South Coast districts are feeling the effect of the continued dry weather keenly. The grass is gradually being dried up, and many of them are now being compelled to hand-feed their cows…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Chinese Republican. Australian Ambitions. Building Up Wool Trade
One of the best known Chinese in the commercial life of this State is Mr. James Chuey, of Junee. Not only is he popular with the leading business people of Sydney and the…
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COOMA.—A meeting of members of the Monaro Race Club has agreed to offer the site of the present racecourse to the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Meetings of Farmers
BOURKE.—At the annual meeting of the Central Australian Pastoral and "Agricultural Association the hon. treasurer's report showed a credit balance of £13 3s 4d on the year's…
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DENILIQUIN.—At the eleventh half-yearly meeting of the Deniliquin Butter Factory the balance-sheet showed a profit of £378, including a balance of £71 brought forward…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Some Attributes of Good Milking
Some four years ago, when the "Herald" and "Mail" farm competitions were held, interesting comparisons were afforded in visiting different farms. On one dairy farm down on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep and Cattle Dog Parade
The first parade of the Cattle and Sheepdog Club of N.S.W. was held on Saturday at Mr. C. Oldham's Paddock, Leichhardt. It was about the worst place that could be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep and Wool Wagga's Sheep and Wool. a Record Clip
Returns furnished by the Wagga (N.S.W.) district stock inspector show that the wool clip this year was, in point of average, the greatest on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pastoral Outlook
The continued dry weather in many par to of the State is occasioning pastoralists and Interested in the stock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Stock Returns. Big Sheep Decreases: Cattle and Horse Increases
The stock returns for last year show that there are 600,200 sheep, 13,760 horses, and 17,540 cattle in the Molong P.P. district. These figures show a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seed Wheat
TAMWORTH.—Mr. R. A. Irwin, of Granville, when in Tamworth district recently in connection with the wheat harvest, was surprised to learn that some farmers held the opinion that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Danish Butter Bill
In view of the difference of opinion which exists in Australia with regard to the compulsory grading of butter, some interest attaches to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Butter. Diminishing Output
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The rapidly diminishing output of butter in Victoria, occasioned by the dry weather prevailing for some time, and by the extreme heat experienced last week, has…
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