Produce. Dairy
City dairy produce houses reported brisk business yesterday, largely on account of the fact that all houses will be closed today, Anniversary Day. Demand for…
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Farmers' Education
The Department of Agriculture has arranged for the following lectures during the ensuing week, under the auspices of the Agricultural Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Your Garden Preparing the Soil--No Need for Deep Trenching--Sec to the Drainage-- Get Ready for j Sweet Peas--Backyard Potato Patch--How to ensure a good crop
GARDENING writers often advise their readers to trench ground from two to three feet deep, to mix quantities of maaure in the bottom of the trench, etc.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairymen Want Marketing Act Amended Votes for All Dairy Workers
Several amendments to the Marketing Act were suggested at the district conference of the Upper North Coast branch of the Agricultural Bureau,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sheep Interfere and Race Is Spoilt Canberra
A mob of sheep interferred considerably with a race at the Canberra Turf Club's Anniversary meetir at Acton racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TWO-YEAR-OLDS At Eagle Farm Eagle Farm
Alison won the principal event in the Q.T.C. programme, despite her 71b penalty for having won the principal race on the opening day. She was made a 5 to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Practically No Rain Since Winter But Sheep and Cattle Fat
TAHALGA.--This district is suffering from one of the longest dry spells ever experienced, practically no rain having fallen since winter…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Produce. Butter Market
The coastal districts from the Tweed down to the Manning River have received some most beneficial rains, and supplies should increase very rapidly from those quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Clarence River Butter Output
GRAFTON.--During December the Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Co., Ltd., manufactured 113 12 tons butter as compared with 154 12 tons in December,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →London Wool Sales
LONDON, Friday.--At the wool sales 9000 bales were offered, including en unusual proportion of Australian scoured merino, which sold briskly. Victorian combing and lambs…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Albury Sheep Sale. Albury
At a special cheep sale 34,000 were yarded and 27,000 s[?]. Values on the whole were firm, but the attendance of buyers was not up to the average, as many graziers and dealers were engaged in fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Drought Affects Butter Factory. Bellingen
The protracted dry spell has left undoubted mark on the butter output for the Bellinger River for December. As compared with December of the previous year, a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Million of Wheat Dubbo
The Dubbo district wheat harvest including the wheat glut to local mills totals, Only [?] have still to be dispatched. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will Wheat Pay to Grow? Answering With Still More Acres a Farmer's Lead
Many complaints have been made this season regarding the unsatisfactory prices offered, for wheat. With the approach of the sowing season…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →World Wheat Conditions. Washington, Jan. 25
The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a survey of world wheat conditions, which estimates the wheat crop for 1928-29, exclusive of Russia and China, at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Butter Supplies Improving Rain Expected to Increase Production
BENEFICIAL rains having fallen, on the northern rivers from the Tweed to the Manning River, butter supplies are expected to increase rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →CANBERRA T.C. Sheep on Track. Canberra
There was a large attendance at the Canberra Turf Club's Anniversary Day meeting at the Acton Race course on saturday. Although negotiations had been proceeding with the Federal Capital Commission for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wool Sales Northern Clips Brisk Competition
[?] at the wool [?] and [?] several [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 25
Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 126[?] cents per bushel (up 1½ cent); May, 129[?] cents (up 1 cent); July, 131[?] cents (up l[?] cent)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool Sales Some Fine Clips 11,791 Bales
A total of 11,791 bales of wool was disposed of by two agents at to-day's wool sales, held in the Royal Exchange. The Farmers and Graziers'…
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