Thursday's Fat Stock Sales. SHEEP
The number penned yesterday (Thursday) at Homebush Yards was close on 48,000, from 287 consignors. There was only one (2000) running into four figures, the…
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State Wheat Office Returns
The following returns were issued on the 29th ult. by the State Wheat Office: Quotations. Owing to the depleted socks of inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Pool in Credit
The Australian Wheat Pool, which on June 30 last was in debit £18,446,000, is now in credit £382,000. New South Wales is in credit £62,000. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Control. Farmers' Pool. Mr. Hughes Objects to Compulsion. Melbourne
As an outcome of the conference of wheat-growers from all the wheat-producing States of Australia, a deputation waited on the Prime Minister this morning to put before him their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Pool. Farmers Want Complete Control. Compulsion Advocated. Mr. Hughes' Opposition
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The scheme evolved by the Inter-State Conference of Farmers organisations, which, has been meeting in Melbourne, for a compulsory co-operative wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Factories. Employees Want Strike Ballot
The butter and bacon section of the Meat Preserving and Cold Storage Employees Union has decided to request the Department of Labour and Industry to conduct a strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HOMEBUSH. Monday's Fat Stock Sales. SHEEP
Two hundred and twenty owners advised consignments representing a supply of 42,691 sheep, but only about 37,500 were forward, or about 5000 short of the drawing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Valuable Stud Cattle. London, Feb. 4
World's records were broken at the Perth sales for Aberdeen Angus cattle. The sum of 1300 guineas was obtained, for the champion heifer, and 2600 guineas for a bull. High…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep-breeding the Karakul Breed Not Worth Introducing Here a Poor Variety of Sheep
Recently it was suggested that Australia might advantageously , import sheep of the Karakul breed from Asia. The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmanian Wheat. The Government's Guarantee
The Premier of Tasmania stated on Saturday that the Government would pay Tasmania farmers 7/8 [?] for all wheat locally produced. This…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Industry. the Botany Works. Wool Committee Blamed. Mr. Hughes' Opposition
MELBOURNE,Thursday.--The disastrous effect upon the fellmongering and wool top making industry at Botany owing to the dispute between the Central Wool Committee and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Generally Weaker
There was a penning yesterday at Homebush stock sales of a little under 40,000 Bheep. This was again 8000 less than drawn for. The consignments came from 234 owners, and most…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep for South Africa. Purchases in Australia
A report from Pretoria (South Africa) states that the government has agreed to allow the principal wool and sheep export, now proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Increased Wool. a German Professor's Claim
A message from Berlin states that Professor Zuntz claims to have considerably increased the growth of his hair by taking horn substance, made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →European Wool Sales. London, Jan. 30
A two days' sale of Australian and New Zealand wool was opened in Liverpool. Best qualities realised full recent London rates. Lower sorts were irregular…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Market Mirror. Wool. the Pool
Monday saw the resumption of appraisements in Sydney. It will conclude on Feb. 10, with a limit of 35,000 bales, 5000 of which will be fellmongens' skin wool. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Winter Fodder Field Peas Suggested for the Coastal Districts. Wheat and Oats Shortage
With the prospective shortage of seed wheat and oats, many farmers in the coastal districts of New South Wales may be unable to procure suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Wheat Price—7/8 a Bushel
It has been decided by the Federal Government to increase the local price of wheat. The following official statement on the matter was made on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stud Sheep for Japan. Purchases in New South Wales
Two representatives of the Japanese, government, Messrs. Susaki visited Eurilla stud Corriendale sheep farm, near Rylstone (N.S.W.), recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South African Wool Market. Capetown, January 29
A message from Port Elizabeth states that a grave situation has arisen in the wool trade through the complicated currency question, as affecting Japanese buyers. It is…
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