Dairying
PARKES.—The Parkes Dairy Company has erected a chilling room for the treatment of rabbits, and will commence operations immediately…
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An Irrigation Farm. Money in Melons. (By Our Special Reporter.)
"Yes," said the owner of an irrigation farm at Yanco, "watermeions are a sound proposition here, if you don't mind carting them mound the town. To the trust officer they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Produce. Dairy. Prices Steady
There was a good, steady demand yesterday for most lines of dairy produce, and prices generally were maintained at last week's closing levels…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers' Protest. Mudgee
The Mudgee Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided: "That this association protests against the action of the Government in seizing the wheat, and offers its emphatic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Experiments
MOLONG, Saturday.--The following are the results of crops sown by the Department of Agriculture on May 2 on the farmers' experiment plots on Mr. A. J. Pritchard's…
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CAPETOWN, Monday.--A movement la a foot to induce ex-Belgian farm laborers to emigrate to Cape Colony. A representative has been sent to Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Quiet
Wheat is quiet at 60s 9d, excluding war risk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Beans Worth Culture
Several of the leading restaurants in Sydney make a feature of putting butter beams (a cheap and nutritious vegetable) to the bill of fare. Extra choice samples are to hand this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chicago Wheat Market
LONDON, Tuesday.--Unfavorable weather in the Argentine and reduced estimates of the Argentine's exportable surplus have led to renewed excitement in the Chicago wheat market…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Strange Wheat Stories
Some farmers are concerned about the statutory basts for wheat. One states that the utmost he could officially obtain at country, railway station was 4s 9d a bushel, on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market
Unfavourable weather in the Argentine and reduced estimates of the Argentine's exportable wheat surplus caused renewed excitement in the Chicago wheat pit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wheat Seizure
WAGGA.—At a meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Dobbs contended that if they did not wake up and strongly combat the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Arriving Freely
Large quantities of wool, now that the weekly series of sales are being held in Sydney, are arriving from country districts for the auctions. Much of this wool, if not all of it,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belgian Wool Fund
A letter, signed "Bertha E. Phelps,' Fenton, Mungindi, acknowledges the following gifts towards the Belgian Wool Fund:—Mr. Chas. Richards, Windowie, Gilmore, one bale wool;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kiama Show. Great Cattle Display
KIAMA, Tuesday.--The annual show of the Kiama Agricultural Society was opened to-day by the Minister for Agriculture, who [?]logistically commenced upon the splendid exhibition, making special reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales. Melbourne
Some 7500 bales were submitted at to-day's wool sales, when a good selection [?] brought forward. A large proportion of the offerings was drawn from the Western,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agricultural and Pastoral the State of the Country. Bathurst
Landowners in the Bathurst district complain of the prevalence of rabbits and consider their suppression almost impossible. Portions of the district are swarming with the pest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Grab. Before Interstate Commission
The hearing of the application made by the Commonwealth Government before the Interstate Commission, for an order prohibiting the State of New South Wales from preventing the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Market Cables. Wheat. London, Jan. 25
The wheat market is quiet and occasionally easier. THE WOOL SALES. The wool sales to-day were animated, with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool Sales. Spirited Competition. London, Wednesday Morning
At the wool sales yesterday 11,000 bales were offered. There was spirited competition. Home buyers operated freely. American…
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