London Wool Market London, Tuesday Evening
There was a better demand at the wool sales for merinos and crossbreds. Forty per cent, of the offerings were sold, prices being unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1921
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Australian Wheat. Price Reduced. London, January 17
The selling price of Australian wheat has been reduced to 102s 6d a quarter, c.i.f…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Sales. Reserves Lowered. London, January 17
At the wool sales, the reserves on merinos were unchanged, and there were heavy withdrawals, especially of fine combings. The reserves on crossbreds were lowered slightly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Peruvian Wool. Praised by Experts. Superior to Australian, London, Jan. 17
Leeds University experts, reporting on samples of wool collected in Peru, declare that it is superior to Australian, Cape, or Argentine wools. They prophecy that if the scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the Land. Control of Cattle Tick. Success in United States. Methods Not Widely Applicable Here
At the Science Congress in Melbourne, which has closed after a successful series of sittings, Dr. Gilruth gave an address on the methods employed in the United States in the control…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Grape Crop
The appearance of downey mildew is an unfortunate thing for vignerons, who were looking forward to a highly profitable vintage. In the Albury districts some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Man on the Land Farm Notes
DESPITE the rain and wind and rust and official pessimism, we are going to have a record wheat harvest. Fifty-five million bushels is the latest, figure on the tapis for New South Wales. It is decidedly cheering even to…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Farm Produce. Maize and Onions Lower
About 4000 bags of maize were on the market yesterday and in order to effect sales merchants lowered the price another 6d to 7/6 per bushel. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advances to Farmers. Conditions of Repayment
Quite a number of inquiries are still being received by the Rural Industries Board regarding the method to be adopted In connection with the deduction of amounts owing from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers' Sheep Dip. a Co-operative Success
Co-operatively-owned sheep dips are fairly common in Victoria (writes the organising inspector of the New South Wales Agricultural Bureau), but one started in South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Guarantee
Mr. A. Baldwin (Gulgong) writes: "I notice frequent mention by correspondents in your journal referring to an expected deduction of rail freight from the 7s 6d per bushel wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat From Manchuria
The Commercial Commissioner in the East (Mr. J. B. Suttor) reported by cable on November 27 last year that the Chinese Government. proposed to prohibit the export of all ceresls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Steamers Complete Loading
Although two sailing vessels have left Sydney with shipments of this season's wheat for Europe, the first steamer to do so is the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. Wool. Opening Auctions
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Definite arrangements have been made for the opening Sydney wool auctions of the New Year, which…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Winter Butter. Safeguarding Consumers. Pooling or Reserve
The question of how a winter reserve of .butter is to be provided to safeguard consumers through the period of short production is now engaging attention. There is no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney's Meat Heavy Yarding Sheep Again Reduced
With a big supply of sheep [?] at Homebush to-day, buyers attened in large numbers, but press were [?] weaker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Loading. Activity at Darling Island
Though not by any means working at full capacity yet, the loading berths at Darling Island have been well occupied during the last few days, and there are prospects of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Close of Butter Pool. the Winter Storage Question
The contract for sale of butter to the British Government ceases on March 31 next, and the operations of all pool committees then automatically close. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Winter Butter. Production or Storage
With the closing of the operations of the butter pools on March 31, on the termination of the Imperial butter contract, the solving of the problem of the winter storage of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Carry-over Wool. Australian Scheme Accepted
The scheme outlined some time ago by the Commonwealth Government for the future handling of stocks of wool now held by the British Government has been…
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