Produce. Dairy. Weaker Tendency in Egg Market
The egg market had a decidedly weaker tendency yesterday. Supplies of river eggs were heavy, and quotations were at 1/2 to 1/3 a dozen. For railway and South Coast lots 1/3…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1917
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On the Land. Farm and Station. Forest Fires
In the correspondence relating to forest fires which I have read in the "Sydney Morning Herald" the writers refer in general terms to the disastrous effects bush fires have upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Doctor and His Money "A Good Thing" at Warwick Farm
"Don't you think the doctor was a fool to give me the money?" was the reply that Frank Bennett gave Detective Thornton when he was tola that there was a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral
Aerial torpedoes for the trench mortars in the first line. A monster of modern war-- A rear view of a French Observation Balloon or "Sausage." A French Army "laison" dog leaving with a message tied to his collar. A trench in the Combles region…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Sheep-fly Pest. Does Health of Sheep Count?
The pastoral committee for investigation of the blow-fly post has received a letter from Mr. S. L. Reid, Carossa, Moree, and the president, Mr. James Kidd, has asked us to publish…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Notes. Farmers Want 4S a Bushel for Wheat
At a meeting of the Coradgery Agricultural Bureau, which has a roll of 54 members, all wheatgrowers, the following resolution was unanimously carried:-- "That the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Produce. London Notes. Butter
LONDON, December 28.--for the first time for many long weeks Tooley Street la well supplied with butter, and the dealers have a good selection to submit to their customers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Soil Farmers and Wheat. Threat to Sow Less Acreage
INVERELL, Tuesday.--At a well-attended meeting of farmers at Delungra, presided over by Cr. W. Tonkin,president of the B[?] burn Shire, the wheat position way discuasad…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Produce. Wheat and Flour
The fixed legal maximum prices for wheat, flour, mill offal, and bread remained unchanged yesterday. WHEAT IN DEMAND…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral State of the Country. Armidale
The Armidale stock inspector reports that there is abundance of grass and the water supply is, excessive. The condition of stock is that stores to fats are losing condition through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Lumper Killed. Young
A young man named Boyd, employed in wheat-lumping at Bribaree siding, was passing between two trucks on the line this morning when the trucks came together and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Experiment Wheat Plots. Adverse Weather Conditions
Reports have been received by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture of the results, of farmers' experiment plots in Riverina and the south-west. The results showed the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Varieties of Wheat. Changes in Recommendations
Following the remarks on the varieties of wheat recommended by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture and published in last, week's is sue of the "Town and Country Journal,'' the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Wheat Figures. New York, Tuesday Night
Chicago wheat future are quoted—May. 120½ cents to 176½ cents: July. 161½ cents to 160 cents, per bushel. The visible supply of American wheat and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export Trade. Wool Exports From the State
Wool exported oversea from New South Wales for the seven months July, 1915, [?]to January, 1916, and July, 1916, to January, 1917, respectively, according to the Customs…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Oversea Market Cables. Wool. London, Feb. 19
At Bradford crossbreds are steady. There is very little private business, while the Government is filling requirements. Merinos possess a firmer tone…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Treatment of Servians Rounded Up Like Cattle. Paris, Feb. 20
According to the "Temps" reliable narratives from Servia state that 40,000 people have been torn from their homes and sent to Hungary. Troops raided towns and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Farming. Cause of Inferior Quality Cream
In the plainest language and with a deal of force, the N.S.W. Dairy Expert in the N.S.W. "Agricultural Gazette" tells dairy farmers that three-quarters of the inerior cream…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wheat Pool. "In a State of Muddle." Auditor's Report and Auditor's Reply
Mr. A. E. Barton, F.C.P.A., who was appointed by the Farmers and Settlers' Association as auditor to the wheat pool, has submitted an interim report, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Produce. Dairy. Case Eggs Weaker
Egg dealers in Sussex-street yesterday morning decided to endeavour to maintain the present prices for new-laids for a day on so. Supplies yesterday were not heavy, but the demand…
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