A Sheep Truck on Fire
The passengers in a mixed train from Bourke to Nyagan had an unpleasant experience on Monday. A truck of sheep, next to the carriages,…
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Stock Fat-tailed Persian Sheep
Mr. B. Harrison, F.L.S., Burringbar, writes:—So far as I am aware the fat-tailed Persian sheep have not yet been introduced here, and as…
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Dalgety and Co., Ltd., tales this week at Homebush, included a/c Tullamore Station, Tullamore, 300 shorn xb ewes to 21/11, ave;. 20/; a/c S. A. Eville, Brewarrina, shorn wethers at 18/1; a/c A. Piper, Cassilis, 200…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Enormous Fire Covers Twenty Miles. Farmers' Large Losses. Cattle Burnt to Death
Particulars received this morning of the big bush fire at Dora DOra, on the Upper Murray, which started over a week ago, show that the outbreak was one of the most serious ever…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat. Business Still Quiet
Since the London market re-opened after the holidays, it has shown a slightly firmer tendency, although the inquiry for Australian cargoes has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Frimley to Load Wheat
The Houldcr Middleton steamer Frimley, which, according to cable advices, has left the River Plate for Sydney, has been chartered to load wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Wool Sales
At the Wellington (N.Z.) wool sales on Wednesday 12,400 bales were offered There was a good attendance of buyers, and bidding was animated,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Further High Prices for Shorn Sheep
At Flemington yesterday Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report bavnng obtained to 25/ for a draft of shorn xb wethers from Capr, J. E. Cariness, Nardoo, Coonamble, the lot, 329, making the splendid average of 22/10;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Handling The Wheat. Trouble at the Railway Station. Farmers Must Stand Together
The trouble with the rural workers has shifted from the harvest fields to the railway station. At a couple of centres the business looks ugly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Easier. London, Friday Morning
The wheat market is weak, and there is an entire absence of buyers. A New South Wales January shipment and a Victorian December shipment are offering at 35s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Britain's Wheat. Dominions Supply Half
LONDON, Thursday.--Foreign countries supplied 55,000,000cwt. of wheat during 1913, as against 50,000,000cwt. supplied by the Dominions…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Butter Business. Interesting and Suggestive Report
One of the most interesting reports on the butter industry made for some time has been issued by Mr. H. W. Osborne, manager of the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Years. for Selling Margarine As Butter
There is a law in England about the matter. Here is a cable dated London, Tuesday:— "A dealer in Nottingham has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hobart Wool Sales. Hobart
At the wool sales to-day about 16,000 bales were offered which is a record for Hobart Competition was general and the sale reflected a better tone…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Horseman. the Wheat-gorging Trouble
A [?] farmer, Mr. William bridge, last week lost three valuable houses owing to their gorging themselves with wheat, and others also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damaged Wheat. Man Committed for Trial
BERRIGAN, Thursday.--James Brown has been committed for trial by the magistrates at Tocumwal on a charge of maliciously damaging 600 bags of wheat, the property of William and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australian Butter in London. Suggestions by an Expert
Mr. H. W. Osborne, chairman of the Western District (Vic.) Co-operative Distributing Company, returned to Melbourne from Great Britain last week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homebush Stock Market Sheep. Weak Opening-firmed Later
Quite a moderate supply was in view for yesterday's sales, and owing to a breakdown of a stock train on the Collarendebri line all the lots of sheep advised were not forward…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool for the U.s.a
The Minister of Agriculture is in receipt of a communication from the office of the Trade and Immigration Commissioner to the United States…
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