Produce. Dairy
Rates for all grades of eggs advanced yesterday, city dairy produce houses quoting case eggs at 1/6 per dozen, an advance of /3, and duck eggs at 1/8 to 1/10 per dozen…
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Sent Orders, But Forgot Seeds Crop Famine in Russia Bungling Methods Ruin Peasants No Tools; No Horses London
The Riga correspondent of "The Times" states that the danger of a disastrous failure of Russia's 1929 grain crop is intensified, in…
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The local wheat market was steady yesterday. Farmers were selling bagged lots quietly at 41 a bushel at country stations. Silo parcels changed hands in the city on…
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For the week ended February 2 the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 267,2[?]0 bags, making a total of 7,157,798 bags for the season, as against 2,012,645 bags…
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The wheat market opened steady yesterday and closed with a firm undertone, due apparently to outside inquiry, more particularly from India. General limits for growers'…
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Further useful showers have fallen on the far north coast, and the lower rivers have also benefited considerably. The south coast has experienced rain storms during the week,…
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GRAFTON, Friday. -- Mosquitoes have made their appearance in the Clarence River district in countless millions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 7
Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 123[?] cents per bushel (down [?] cent); May, 127[?] cents (down [?] cent); July, 128[?] cents (down [?] cent)…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Cattle Day at Wollongong Show Splendid Parade of Illawarras and Ayrshires
WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The Wollongong Show was continued to-day in fine and cool weather. Heavy rain fell early this morning, and prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fine Cattle Display at Coramba Show Society Collects £100 in Rain Insurance
GRAFTON, Friday. -- The Coramba Show Society benefited to the extent of £100 as a result of rain falling on both show days. The insurance was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Country News and Personal Notes Cattle Crushed to Death Frightful Overcrowding in Trucks
RINNAWAY, Friday. -- Cattle cruelly over-crowded, two trampled to death, and four terribly crippled -- this was the shocking plight in a consignment of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →On the Land. the Wool Trade. Firm Opening Market. Values Close Irregular
An improved tone in bidding was experienced at the first three days' Sydney wool sales ot this week. Southern markets, in addition, showed that brighter bidding. At…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Land and the producer Extending the Wheat Belt Westward Lessons of This Year's Hay and Grain Trials at Nyngan
For a number of years the Department of Agriculture has been carrying out tests at the Nyngan Experiment Farm with the idea of arriving at methods whereby the hay and grain producing belt might be extended even further into the west of the…
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Sales of eggs at the advanced rates, which carno into operation on Thursday, were steady. City dairy produce houses reported that the higher prices had discouraged the speculative…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Alleged He Shot Cow Farmer Is Committed
Robert Blackburn, a farmer, was committed for trial by Mr. Gibson, S.M. at the Liverpool Police Court, on a charge of having ma[?]lously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leeton Peach Growers Rejoice Cannery to Process Entire Crop
LEETON, Friday. -- Good news for fruit-growers on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area was brought to-day from Sydney my the local cannery…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Farm Produce Agents' Act Fruitgrowers Want New Clauses
Proposed, amendments of the Farm Produce Agents Act were considered at yesterday's meeting of the N.S.W. Fruitgrowers' Federation. In…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sea and Sheep New Zealand Idyll Beach Road
I WOKE early, arid through the open, blindless window a clear blue sky showed that yesterday's oppressive clouds had vanished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Up to Their Heads Cattle in the Flood Port Macquarie
The drogher Oxley, returned late this afternoon from the Wilson River, bringing all the families there to this port for safety. They have left their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Should Be a Warning" Coroner Commits Airman Somerville for Trial for Manslaughter Windsor Farmer's Tragic Death
"I HOPE this will be a warning to all members of the Air Force never to let low-flying occur again. No doubt those in charge will take the necessary steps to prevent a repetition."…
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