Dorrigo's Dairying Output
DORRIGO, Thursday.--During the six months ended November 30, 1931, the Dorrigo Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 266 tons of…
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Brisbane Stock Sales Sheep Slightly Dearer; Cattle Unchanged
About 443 head of cattle were yarded at the abattoir yards at Cannon Hill, Brisbane, on Monday. The previous week's rates were fully maintained, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Market Melbne. Price Advance
The local butter market is unaltered at 133s 2d per cwt. (including 2s 6d per cwt. for boxes). On the North Coast production is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Shade Quieter
The local wheat position was a little quieter yesterday. A fairly large quantity of bulk wheat was offering in the city at 3/2½ for millers' parcels, but the trade would not…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Beef Cattle World and Meat Markets
Quotations for beef at Homebush on Thursday, were unaltered. Yearling beef was worth 28/- to 30/-, prime light-weight, 24/- to 26/-,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TUBERCULOSIS Points for Owners of Pigs and Cattle
The significance of tuberculosis in the pig has yet to be fully appreciated by farmers engaged in the industry and the following precautionary measures are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Future of Dairying Costs will Have to be Reduced by Getting More Butter from Each Cow Better Herds and Feeding Methods
The future progress in dairying will depend more on a reduction of costs by means of increasing the yield of the cow, rather than upon an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 4
Chicago wheat options to-day closed:— March, 56¾ cents per bushel (down [?] cent): May, 59 cents (down ¾ cent); July, 59¾ cents (down [?] cents); September, 60[?] cents (down…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wool Averages Best Since the New Year
Wool values in Sydney this week reached their highest point since the reopening of sales for the new year. Average prices during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Puffs Bushman's Gift to the Girls
A BUSHMAN writes from South Australia: -- I have made a number of powder-puffs, for presents, from wool, and each one has delighted the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wheat Dockages Growers Ask that Arbitrator be Appointed
Complaints that silo officials had refused to accept as fair average quality wheat grain that was of good milling quality were made at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Cargoes Aust. Quoted Firmer London, February 5
In the wheat cargoes market a steady tone rules. Following lighter Australian shipments to Europe, sellers are asking an ocasional 3d a quarter advance for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Show To be Held Again in Sydney This Year
The sheep show, which was suspended last year, owing to the difficulties surrounding the sheep-breeding industry, is to be revived. Past…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Crop as Much Land as Possible!" Prospects Pleasing Director of Agriculture Advises Farmers to Take Advantages of the Position Factors That Will Benefit the Growers
"Crop as much land as possible," is the advice given to the primary producers of New South Wales by the Director…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Super for Wheat Essential to Success in Normal Seasons
In the north-western wheat-growing districts of New South Wales, superphosphate is not used very extensively for wheat, although recent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter Output N.S.W. Yield Increases 25 Per Cent, in One Year
Butter production has increased by 25 per cent. in New South Wales this season, and there is evidence to indicate that this increase will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land the Wool Trade. Demand Strong. Buoyant Prices
A further upward trend was noticeable in prices for most classes of wool at this week's Sydney auctions, but the most marked development was in the stronger inquiry experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Marketing of Butter Equalisation System to Displace the Failing Paterson Scheme Producers to Discuss Preference or Quota
The conference of representatives of the co-operative butter and cheese factories in Sydney last week-end endorsed the equalisation system for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers' Troubles Evidence Before Milk Board
Giving evidence, last week, at the Milk Board inquiry into the conditions of the milk trade, Charles William Phillips, of St. Marys, said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Notes & News
THE first of the season's tobacco is now being picked in the Wagga district, where, owing to the intense heat, the crops are maturing earlier than…
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