Climate and Wool Quality
Much has been spoken and written on the influence of climate and feed on merino wool quality. Some mouths ago the writer had a rather striking example of how great this influence is…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Farming & the land, 1928
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Breadstuffs. Slow Movement of Wheat
Buyer's limits for wheat yesterday remained on the basis of 5/5 ex trucks Sydney, for growers' lots, equivalent to 4/9[?] at country stations. Farmers manifested a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wool Sales. Melbourne. Melbourne
Wool sales were continued in Melbourne to-day with offerings of 4865 bales by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., and 4820 bales by the Australian Estates and Mortgage Co., Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Perth Wool Sales. Perth
Twenty-five thousand bales were offered to-day, and had almost a complete clearance under strong competition from a record attendance of buyers. The catal[?]gue ch[?]ly suited Bradford, which took the bulk of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Butter Price Should It Be Fixed? Melbourne
The Council of the Victorian Dairymen's Association will meet members of the executive of the Primary Producers' Union of N.S.W. to-night in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 17
The wool sales opened to strong competition with merinos at par to 5 per cent. advance…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wool Sales. Best of the Season
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,474 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 16
Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 128[?] cents per bushel (down [?] Cent); May, 130[?] cents (unchanged); July, 126[?] cents (unchanged)…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Pastoralist Light in the Wool-room
Natural light, without glare, is a factor which should receive the most careful consideration in the construction of, or additions to, the wool-room of every shearing-shed.—By "Weft."…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Wool Sales. Seventh Series Two Agents Operate
DUST and burr were noticeable in the majority of the clips offered at the [?] continuation of the [?] of wool sales. at the Royal Exchange to—day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Burry Wool Representative Clips To- Day's Sales
Practically every wool growing centre in the State was represented at the Sydney sales to- day, when the total number of bales offered was 11,163…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Voluntary Wheat Pool Lapses Doubtful Prospects for Future
The Voluntary Wheat Pool (Wheat Growers' Pool and Marketing Co.) has decided to close the pool on January 31…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sale of Wheat. Government Certificates. Compensation Claim. Adelaide
In the Civil Court to-day the Chief Justice (Sir George Murray) delivered judgment with respect to an action arising out of the sale of wheat of the 1916/17 season, which…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Hail Breaks All Hare's Legs Storm Damage at Inverell; Sheep Killed
INVERELL, Tuesday.--Parts of the district last night were visited by a terrific hailstorm, which left a trail of destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Produce Markets. Potatoes Are Lower Butter Should Fall Fruit for the Tip
SHIPMENTS aggregating 16,000 bags of Tasmanian potatoes were marge[?] yesterday. Trade was dull. Merchania at the meeting on the wharf, while deciding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Year Rise in Wool Values An Accomplished Fact Country Buying Again
New Year wool market developments have proved another victor for the optimists, prices all round to-day being substantially above December closing rates. To quote the advance as 5 to 10 per cent, is to put the matter on a conservative basis. Prices are undoubtedly at the best point of the season with—and this is encouraging—the tendency still favouring sellers.—By "Warp." IT is interesting to note that recent happenings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →On the Land. English Wool Trade. Expanding Consumption. Outlook Still Good. (From Our Special Correspondent) Bradford, Dec. 15
The trade breathes all the more freely because of the finish of the London sales. The keen demand for wool has, no doubt, been the driving force, of the whole auctions, for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Chinese Farming
A London paper foresees a "new chapter in British agriculture" by the Introduction of the Chinese method of wheat growing. The industrious Chinamen [?] wheat as he treats…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Wedding Day Man's Body in Scrub on Father's Farm '. ROCKHAMPTON
THE body of Charles Powell, who was to have been married yesterday, was found late in the afternoon in dense scrub on his father's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Warwick Farm Saturday, March 31. Liverpool Handicap
A handicap sweepstakes of £7 each, £3 forfeit, or £1 only if declared before 4 p.m., on Monday, March 19, with £500 added. For all horses. The owner of the…
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