Original Spanish Sheep
Mr. Roes R. Jones, of Queensland, supplies a somewhat different version of the Introduction of the original Spanish sheep into Australia from the Cape of Good Hope from that…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farming & the land, 1916
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Longwool Sheep. Association Meeting
At a meeting of the council of the Australian Longwool Sheepbreeders' Association, Mr. H. F. Marr in the chair, a very large agents was gone through. Applications for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Zealand Butter. Melbourne
The Minister for Customs, Mr. Tudor, has agreed to allow New Zealand butter to come into Australia free of duty, to be tinned in bond, for export to the East. This would…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Price of Cattle. Mullumbimby
The recent splendid rains have improved the market, and cattle are now bringing record prices. Yesterday, at a clearance sale, a herd of 60 cows averaged £10 each…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Longwool Sheep. Registration of Flocks
At a meeting of the council of the Australian Longwool Sheepbreeders' Association, Mr. H. F. Marr was in the chair. A large agenda was gone through. Applications for the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Demand for Store Cattle. Grafton
Since the recent rain there has been an active demand for store cattle on the Clarence. Buyers are in strong evidence, and some big prices are being realised. In fact, cattle of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Wheat Loads. Jerilderie
Some very heavy loads of wheat have arrived in Mathoura this season. A month ago L. Crump brought in 203 bags with 18 bullocks, the gross weight being 18 tons 17cwt,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Gift of Wool. Adelaide
At the Adelaide wool sales to-day, the chairman announced that Mr. Sidney Kidman[?] had decided to give 10 bales of Boorara (Queensland) wool and five bales Salisbury…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide
The final wool sale of the current series was conducted to-day, when 6000 bales were offered. Splendid results were recorded, and, except in the case of scoureds, scarcely anything was passed in. All classes of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide
At the wool sales to-day the combined offerings of brokers totalled about (500 bales the bulk of which was disposed of at satisfac tory prices. Competition was keen for good…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Wheat Scheme. Probability of Continuance
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- If at the end of the season, the wheat agreement should have proved a success, there is a probability, it is stated, of its being continued for at least…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wool Trade. Embargo on Crossbred
Auctions were resumed under exceedingly favourable conditions in the Sydney market this week, and, notwithstanding the fact that permits are not now being issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Werribee Sails To-day. Big Wool Cargo
The Huddart Parker steamer Werribee, which is under charter to the Union S. S. Company, leaves Sydney this morning for Newcastle, en route…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dams Drying Up Wool-treating at Botany
At a meeting of the Mascot Labor League the secretary, Mr. Dempster, said that the water at the dams at Botany was drying up rapidly, and he did not think that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Friday Evening
There was a good collection [?] combing [?] to-day's but the crowbred's were poor. All the some there was animated competition for everything, [?] rates being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Why Germany's Invasion of Russia Failed: Cossacks Removing Stock From Farmhouses
One of the greatest disappointments experienced by the Germans in the world-wide War they provoked was the failure of their campaign against Russia. They made the most elaborate preparations to capture the armies of our gallant Ally, but signally failed. As they advanced, the Russians retreated. To add to their disappointment, they found villages deserted and the countryside stripped of all crops and supplies. The Cossacks, on the aproach of the enemy,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →London Market Cables. Dairy Produce. London, Feb. 3
Butter is quiet, Danish is unaltered. A little Australian is offering, choicest 142/ to 146/ per cwt; unsalted, 156/ to 158/; New Zealand, 146/ to 150/; unsalted, 162/…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Produce. Dairy. Eggs Still Dear
The high prices of eggs in Sussex-street yesterday morning was no check upon the demand, and as supplies were only light the position of the market…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Soldiers As Poultry Farmers
The Returned Soldiers' Amelioiation Committee recently received an offer from Mrs. Joseph Rudd of Leumeah, to start a returned wounded soldler as a poultry farmer with a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →French's Forest. Praise for the Farms
"All experts do not condemn Dr. Arthur's scheme of settling injured soldiers or their widows on farms at French's Forest," said Mr. George Fitzpatrick yesterday. "One of…
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