Bathurst Farmers' Union
At a meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Union, held last night, Mr. Jacob Knight, president, and Mr. Croaker were appointed delegates to attend the…
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Farming & the land, 1885
169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9
LONDON, Saturday. The Hop Crop
The accounts concerning the hop crop are very unfavourable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. Wool
The tendency of the market shortly after the opening of the current series was towards greater ease. For merino staple, especially when at all faulty, the biddings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company
WE have received the copy of an interesting little work issued by the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company of Newcastle, which, as may be imagined,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. Wool
News from the far north and the north-east districts speak of a good clip of wool, better in quality and weight than that of last year. The lambing ranges from 85…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ostrich Farming
Mr. Malcolm's Ostrich Farming Company shows a debit balance of over £8000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The First Wool of the Season
The first clip of wool for the season has arrived at Narrabri station, and the first from Jerilderie has arrived at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Farmers' Conference
A conference of farmers' delegates is to be held in Sydney on the 19th inst., to consider the auction sales difficulty, and agitate for a permanent market for farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipment of Cattle for Sydney
ON Tuesday last the New Zealand Stud and Pedigree Stock Company (limited) shipped by the s.s. Tarawera for Sydney 20 head of pure bred cattle, consisting of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Process for Separating the Grease From Wool Fibre
A PATENT has been granted in Germany to Mr. E. Patry for a method of separating the grease from wool fibre by means of vapours of toluene. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Farmers' Union
The conference of the Farmers' Union, now sitting, has decided to agitate for a central market for the sale of all produce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baby Farming
An inquest was held at Ryde on the body of an infant, which had died at the baby farm of Mrs. Baker, Head Lane, Cove River, which, from the evidence,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Baby Farm. Strange Disclosures
THE fact was unearthed on Tuesday that the New South Wales Government have been indirectly running a baby farm. Perhaps none will be more startled at this…
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THIS hideous excresence upon modern civilisation appears to-have raised its ghastly head in this fair land as well as in the mother-country. For years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Union
A conference of delegates from various Farmers' Unions was, held yesterday. The members who were present deliberated nearly all day, and discussed a variety of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hop Crop
The hop crop in England will reach an average yield. The surplus, however, from the Continent and America will probably depress the prices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illegal Certificate by a Baby Farmer
Mrs. M. A. Baker, Lane Cove River, of baby farming notoriety, was charged at Ryde to-day with giving a false certificate of the death of an illegitimate child…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hop Crop
The hop crop accounts are very unfavourable. The coming crop is expected to be very short and inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market
Adelaide wheat (off-coast cargoes), 34s 1½d per 496lbs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"STILL-BORNERS." (Sydney Dairy Telegraph.)
THE law relating to the disposal of "still-bo[?]ners," as they appear to be technically named, allows a very dangerous degree of latitude to those who follow a humane and…
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