A Curious Wheat Crop
The penalties of sowing a variety out of its season were illustrated in samples from a,crop, of wheat which reached the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farming & the land, 1927
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Wheat Markets
Private cables indicate a weaker tone in the London wheat markets, and, although sellers are now ottering Australian steam cargoes at 539 per quarter, buyers continue to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle. Market Still Firmer
Only a light supply of cattle—2786 head- was available. The general quality of the yarding did not compare favorably with that of recent yardings, young and light inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cattle. a Firm Market
Despite a heavy supply, cattle, values showed very little alteration. There was a general improvement in quality of the 3,600 head yarded; good to prime bullocks were more plentiful than…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Increased Butter Production. Casino
Just how rapidly the Casino district recovers from a dry period is instanced by the buttor returns issued by the Casino Dairy Company. The drought broke on December 14,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lismore Cattle Markets. Lismore
The municipal council has accepted the [?] der of J. J. Moss and Son at £448[?] for the erection of new cattle markets. The use of the existing yards on the bank of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crops and Pastures Wheat Sales Compulsory Pooling Preparation for Ballot
Preparations for taking a ballot of wheat-growers upon the constitution of the compulsory pool for next season are well in hand. Ballot papers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Beeadstuffs. Wheat Position Quiet
It was reported yesterday that in some districts farmers are beginning to sell their wheat more freely. Millers appear to be quite satisfied with the quantity of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flocks and Herds Sheep on the Farm Improved Fertility Returns From Poor Land
In view of the satisfactory returns front wool und mutton, and the probability of the continued stability of those two branches of the farming…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cheaper Butter Drop of 1d POUND
Householders will pay 1d less for their butter on Monday. After a meeting of the [?] committee this afternoon, it [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Wool Sales
WELLINGTON (N.Z.),Thursday. -- Wellington wool sales opened to-night with a full bench. Buyers competed keenly, all sections appearing anxious to purchase. Bradford and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep and Lambs. a Strong Market
There were about 13,440 sheep and lambs forward at Homebush on Monday. The general quality was fair. The market opened firm, and continued so…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Poultry Steady Vic. Potatoes Delivered Butter Surplus
A steady market ruled for poultry. Supplies were ample. The shortage of potatoes was temporarily relieved by the receipt of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moisture in Butter. Nowra Show Society's Innovation
NOWRA.—The Nowra show has something out of the ordinary in its butter class competition this year. It includes a stipulation requiring butter to contain between 15.5…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steady Prices for Good Poultry Cheaper Butter?
THERE was a good supply of poultry at the auction sales yesterday, and prices generally were steady. Hens again formed a big proportion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Raising in Western Australia Remarkable Advance
One of the most remarkable developments of recent years in Western Australia (says a writer in the kalgoorlie "Minor"), is the rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hobart Wool Sales Hobart
At Hobart wool sales 18,000 bales were disposed of by auction. The attendance was large, representing all the principal manufacturing countries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales Wednesdays, January 12th
The sales were continued on Wednesday, when the quantity catalogued totalled l0,531 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, aniounted to 10,955 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat World Market Recovers Slightly
Wheat values were down to 4/7½ to 4/8 per bushel at the end of last week, but they recovered to 4/8½ over the week-end. This limit equals 5/3½…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Surplus Sheep Sell Now or Hold? Position Reviewed
Sheep-owners would be well advised, a meat industry authority suggests, to increase their consignments of sheep to Homebush, so as to rid the surplus…
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