Fooling the Farmers
SPEAKING at Byron Bay (N.S.WJ) last week, the Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page) said that the primary producers owed a great deal to the Bruce-Page…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farming & the land, 1928
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Produce. Dairy
Trade continued quiet among city dairy produce houses yesterday, Demand for eggs has improved only slightly since last week's price reductions, while Monday's fall…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Southern Tobacco Crops in Distress Damaging Dry Spell at Tumut
The area planted to tobacco this season in the Tumut district is fully equal to that of last year. The crops generally are in a healthy condition, but…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Butter Duties
Mr. J. P. Abbott writes:- Sir,—It is strange how gentlemen of the city like Mr. Andrew Free[?] resent the smallest grant of protection to the primary industries, the backhome…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sheep Prices Rise
When it became known at the Homebush sales to- day that beneficial rain had fallen in the southwestern and north- western districts,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Trade Brighter
European trade cables advise a slightly more active market. Sales of parcels afloat have been made at 51 and 513 per quarter. A steamer has been chartered for loading at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Albury Sheep Sales. Albury
The associated stock agents report that 20,000 fat and store sheep were penned at Albury market to-day. For fat sheep competition was not as keen as that of last market, and prices showell a decline…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat and Flour Shipments
Wheat and flour shipments reported during the week ended January 13 from the Commonwealth amounted to 1,138,647 bushels, as against 1,489,101…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Pool Closes Wagga
As a result of lack of [?] form the [?] here the [?] The post [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yellow Vine. Poisons Eighty Cattle. Moree
Out of 1700 cattle sold at the Moree saleyards on Tuesday, 80 were found dead the next morning. After the sale the cattle were driven into a paddock where it is surmised…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Homebush Sales Big Sheep Yarding Keen Competition
There was another large trucking of stock at Homebush to- day. In the sheep enclosure nearly 49,000 were in the pens and despite this great number…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne
Wool sales were continued to-day, with 7778 bales catalogued by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, comprising a good selection. All the good features noticeable earlier in the week…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Alleged Stolen Wool Dubbo
At the Dubbo Police Court to day Arthur Hordern [?] railway employee Willam Ball, railway employee and Roland P. Walls. skin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales. a Further Improvement
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,162 bales and the sales, including private transactions,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Round Cape Horn Wheat-laden Barque
A PICTURESQUE departure yesterday was that of the four-masted barque. C. B. Pedersen, which cleared the Heads About mid-day in tow of the tug St…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Zealand Butter Exports Auckland (N.z.)
The Niagars took 27,740 boxes of butter to Vancouver and other ports…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →C. B. Pedersen Sails. New Season's Wheat
The Swedish four-masted training barque C. B. Pederson, laden with 36,941 bags, or 2945 tons, of wheat for the United Kingdom or Continent,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 17
Chicago wheat options are quoted:—Maren, 129½ cents per bushel (up [?] cent); May, 130[?] cents (up [?] cent); July, 126[?] cents (up [?] cent)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yellow Vine Is Blamed Heavy Mortality in Moree Cattle
MOREE. -- Out of 1700 head of cattle sold at auction on Tuesday at Moree between 70 and 80 died, last night. At the completion of the sale the cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Sales. Attractive Clips Come-back Varieties
A NUMBER of attractive comeback clips was included in the 11,243 bales submitted for auction at the seventh series of wool sales at the Royal Exchange to-day…
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