Produce. Dairy
Business was fairly brisk among city dalry houses yesterday despite the fact that this period of the year is generally a dull one Hams In particular are meeting with a good…
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Crops at Dubbo. Marked Variations in Yield
Unusually wide differences in the yields of both wheat and oats have been noted this season in the Dubbo district. These have been due to the vagaries of the weather, the…
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Better Export Lambs. THE quality of the present season's Australian lambs arriving in the United Kingdom, during October was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Mixed Yarding
The cattle supply comprised all descriptions; good and prime beef were not over-plentiful, but there was a fair number of useful trade sorts. Cows were well in evidence, but good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canada's Plan to Save Wheat-farmers
THE expected announcement of the Canadian Government's plan to assist the wheatgrowers of the Dominion through the prevailing difficult times was made at Regina, Saskatchewan, last week, by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. B. Bennett. The scheme provides for the creation of a private corporation, in which the banks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nasal Discharge in Sheep
Burgooney writes: What is the best treatment for sheep that have excess mucus discharge from the nostrils? This mucus hardens on the outside of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Industry — Sheep to Ship Oversea Position London Sales Reviewed Continental Trade Prospects
AN exhaustive survey of Continental wool trade canditions and of the opening days of the final series of London wool sales is supplied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yields Far Exceed Estimates Temora District Wheat Crops
The wheat harvest in the Temora district is expected to extend well into the present month, owing to the delays caused by 10 to 12 rainy days…
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ARRANGEMENTS are stated to be well in hand for the holding of the Empire Wool Conference suggested at the last annual conference of the…
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WELLINGTON, Thursday. -- A large and representative meeting of farmers and townsmen held here, discussed the serious position of the farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On the Land Wheat Position. Farmers Urged to Resume Trading
The Wheat Commissioner (Mr. E. Harris) stated yesterday that he had received innumerable requests from farmers asking for advice and assistance during the present crisis. In…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Stocks in Elevators
Wheat stocks in New South Wales Government grain elevators on January 8 aggregated 17,450,000 bushels, comprising 13,601,000 bushels in country silos, and 3,849,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Australian Wheat Offering Freely
THURSDAY.—Late cables from overseas refer to a dull market, with Australian wheat offering freely, and considerable competition to make sales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Workers' Struggle in Queensland Pastoral Workers' Industrial Union Successful Conference Held Branch Formed in Queensland
The first annual conference of the Pastoral Workers' Industrial Union of Australia was held under circumstances of great significance to all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales. Satisfactory Clearances
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,792 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flemington Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Lower
There was a penning of heavy sheep at the Flemington stock sales of 49,491 sheep and lambs. The quality was a good average one, and all classes were forward, including a fairly large supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wheat and Cereal-grower Ripe Crops Damaged by Unfavorable Harvest Weather Recurring Rain and Wind-Storms Battered Standing Wheat in Many Districts, Causing Losses from Lodging, Bleaching and Reduced Bushel Weight
The month of December was marked by unfavorable harvest weather almost generally throughout the wheat districts of the State, and reports furnished to the Department of Agriculture by district agricultural instructors at the end of the month indicated that damage to the ripe grain was considerable. In a number of important districts an unusually large proportion of the grain will not be up to f.a.q. standard, it is stated. Lodging, shelling, bleaching, and reduction in the bushel weight are chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Money Interim Instruction To Traders
THE chaotic [?] position in N.S.W. is receiving the afternoon of the Acting Minister for Markets Mr. Forde who telegraphed to the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fallow Treatment Of "Dirty" Wheat Land
TN the course of an address to farmers attending the recent field day at Wagga Experiment Farm, the experimentalist, Mr. K. G. Carn, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Sheep. Reduced Railway Freights Urged. BRISBANE
Representatives of the Royal National Association who waited on the Premier (Mr. Moore) and asked for a reduction in railway freights on sheep, stated that there were…
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