Dairying in New Zealand
Some New Zealand dairymen (says a metropolitan contemporary) are now paying their milkers £2 per week with board and lodging. No man could pay these rates unless he is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1912
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The Orchard. Cover Crops
Though late for some districts, it is not yet too late in many places for orchardists to sow cover crops among the trees, and it is certainly better to do so than to miss the season…
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There were received at Darling Island during the week ended 13th April 168,337 bags of wheat, as against 73,082 bags for the corresponding period of last year. The season's…
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Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd., report:—The shortness of supplies for private sale and the holidays are responsible for a very quiet week locally in the wool trade. The chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. the Wool Sales. London, April 13
At the wool sales yesterday the prices indicated were obtained for the undermentioned clips:—Australian: Boort, highest 11d, average 10¾:i Brickhouse, 9dm 8¾; Burenda,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Needs Ignored
"No funds available" was the stereotyped, unsatisfactory, and evasive reply given by the Minister of Agriculture to Major Nicholson, M.L.A., with regard to the desired…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Bank of Canada. Ex-president Arrested. Toronto, April 14
Dr. Beattle Nesbitt, ex-president of the Farmers' Bank of Canada, which failed in 1911, has been arrested in Chicago, charged with having falsely represented the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cattle Sale
It will be seen by advertisement In this issue that Messrs. H. York and Son will conduct a special cattle sale at the Shire yards on Saturday next,…
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At the wool sales there was good competition in all sorts and prices were firm, German and French buyers were keen for good members…
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The A M L. and F. Co., Ltd report under date 12th April:—With the holidays intervening, little or no business has transpired…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dungog o-op. Butter Factory, Ltd
The following circular has been issued by the Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Limited:—Dear Sir or Madam.—We have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Market. Chicago, April 15
The price of wheat has risen sharply in Chicago in consequence of reports that the illsois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky crops have been extensively damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, Ltd. REPORT
Mr Searl, manager of the above factory, reports as follows to suppliers:— The output for the month of March was 66ton lOcwt. 31b., for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rhodes Grass for Dairying
Rhodes grass is fairly extensively grown in various centres of the Manning district (writes the Wingham correspondent of a city contemporary). At Marlee several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming Inventions
Messrs Griflith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying in New Zealand
Some New Zealand dairymen (says a metropolitan contemporary) are now paying their milkers £2 per week with board and lodging. No man could pay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prize Dairy Cattle
Mr. W. A. Harris, of "Springvale." Gloucester, has made an important addition to his well-known Jersey herd by the purchase of Lady Velysteen. at the Sydney Show, for 75 guineas (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales
At the wool there was a splendid selection of crossbreds. American support was rather better. Prices in the lower grades are hardening. and merino are firm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
FOR week ending April 13, 1912: —Wool.—The position in the Sydney wool market is unchanged. Very little wool is now available outside the out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unsatisfactory Immigrations Dairy Farmers Complain
A young immigrant was before the Lismore Police Court on Monday, charged with stealing. He was sentenced to one month, the sentence being suspend…
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