A Wheat Worth Watching
A record yield lias been obtained at the Cowra Experimental Farm, from a wheat in the experimental plots there. "Bena" is its name, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1924
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Breadstuffs. Wheat Unchanged Locally
The wheat market showed but little alteration yesterday. Farmers were still selling fairly freely to city millers at prices ranging from 4/8 to 4.8½ on trucks, Sydney. There…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Grain Crops and Pastures the Year's Wheat Official Estimate Fewer Growers
The official estimate of this season's wheat crop in New South Wales is 33,327,000-bush., from 2,800,100-acres. This represents 4,733,000-bush. more…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CATTLE [?] A Dealer Committed Bathurst Sensation
At the Bathurst (N.S.W.) police court on Monday, a well-known stock dealer, named Arthur Henry Casey, was charged with having stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat on 6½In. Rain
Considering the low rainfall, very satisfactory yields were obtained from wheat experiment plots conducted this season by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Estimated Wheat Harvest, 1923-24
The Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) has issued a preliminary estimate of the Wheat Harvest of the current season, based upon returns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Cattle. Reducing Delays'at the Border
Queensland eattle intended for slaughter at Homebush are subjected to considerable delay at the berder owing to the rigid precautions taken against the introduction of the tick…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle from Queensland Tick Regulations. Modification Coming
For some time it has been evident that the restrictions imposed upon cattle coming from Queensland to Homebush…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales Sheep and Lambs
The listing for yesterday was 34,525 grown sheep and lambs, from 232 consignors. The largest lot sent in was one of 600. The supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monday's Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs
The penning of grown sheep and lambs on Monday totalled close of 18,200 head. It was a mixed offering, and included all descriptions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Series. Melbourne
The Melbourne auctions for the present week came to a close to-day, with an offering of 4844 bales, in which no new features were presented. Bidding continued on lines which ruled during the week with a good…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Handling Silo Management Pool Viewpoint
In reply to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. Field, of the Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee, writes:-- In your issue of Friday, the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Zealand Embargo. Wheat and Flour
The N.Z. Minister for Agriculture has announced that the Government has agreed to continue for at least a year from 29th February next the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hull Wool Sales. London, January 11
There was a large attendance at the Hull wool sales, and competition was of the keenest character. Fine erosshreds showed in advance…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wheat Trial Plots Satisfactory Yields New Varieties
Wheat experiment plots were conducted on the property of Mr. V. D. Cox, Burrundulla, near Dubbo (N.S.W.), this season, in co-operation with the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Review of the Markets the Live-stock Markets Increased Prices for Cattle and Sheep at Homebush Yesterday (Thursday) Keen Competition Between Butchers and Re-stockers
Tho buyers at the Homebush (Sydney) sales yesterday (Thursday) were offered a moderate yarding of sheep, in which all grades were represented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sussex-Street Butter Prices Reduced Heavy Supplies of Eggs
The reduction in the price of butter, which was agreed upon last week, took effect on Monday and the wholesale price of butter in Sydney is now 186/8…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Record. American Purchase. the Enhanced Dollarvalue
Yesterday, American operators established a fresh season's record for the Sydney market for merino wool, paying up to 41d for a five bale parcel of choice…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Unsuitable Dips Spoiling the Wool Manufacturers Complain
Bradford wool scourers and manufacturers, and especially dyers, have at times complained bitterly of the serious trouble they have had in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat As a Pig Food Better than Corn
As the result of experiments at the Missouri (U.S.A.) College of Agriculture, Professor A. L. Weaver states that pigs fed upon wheat made more…
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