Local Wool Arrivals
During the wool season there arrived at the local sheds for dumping and shipment 65,722 bales of wool. That for the corresponding period of last season amounted to…
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Farming & the land, 1893
377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 19
Farm and Garden
MAY.—Corresponds to November in Great Britain. KITCHEN GARDEN.—Prepare the ground for the early spring crops by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sheep Farming in Italy
A LENGTHY report on the sheep industry in Italy was recently prepared by Consul-General Bourn, of Rome. In many of the Italian provinces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat and Flour
LONDON, Wednesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the Continent is 1,312,000 quarters, against 1,348,000 quarters last week and…
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The steamer Bucephalus, which sails to-day, takes away besides other cargoes some 30 cases of local butter for Calcutta, also five cases of cheese…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Wheat
LONDON, Friday.—The cargo of New Zealand wheat ex the ship Dorothea has realised 27s 9d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Inspection
MR. FRANK M. MELHUISH, Acting-Veterinary Inspector to the Board of Health, is making a periodic inspection of the dairies in Newcastle and district. The milk vendors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drought in Britain. Eleven Weeks' Without Rain. Destruction of Crops
LONDON, Monday.—The, exceptional drought still continues, this being the eleventh week in which no rain has fallen. The agricultural industry is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) The Dairying Industry
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. D. Wilson, the Victorian dairy expert who is visiting England in connection with the export of Victorian dairy produce,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market
LONDON, Wednesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,683,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,476,000 quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Landslip in Norway. Forty Farms Engulfed. Loss of One Hundred Lives
LONDON, Saturday.—Intelligence from Norway reports that a serious landslip has occurred in Norway, the scene being a village named Vaerdalen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crops in Russia. a Hopeful Prospect
LONDON, Monday.—Favourable reports have been received from Russia as to the state of the crops. There is every appearance of a good harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat
LONDON, Wednesday.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is about 3,960,000 quarters, and, for the Continent about 1,530,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
On Thursday the fortnightly wool sales were held at Sydney, all the catalogues owing to the holiday on Queen's Birthday being offered on one day. The catalogues comprised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Antwerp Wool Sales
LONDON, May 2.—The next series of wool sales at Antwerp will take place from the 5th June to the 10th June; 13,000 bales of River Plate wool and 2100 bales of Australian will be catalogued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in America. Farms Washed Away. Ten Thousand Persons Rendered Homeless
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Heavy floods are reported from the cotton states of America. Enormous damage has been done to houses. Farms have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Cattle Markets
The annual report of the London Central and Cattle Markets Committee gives some interesting figures, which show the enormous supplies of provisions annually consumed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Market
Under date 31st ult., the following report is to hand:—The consignment of Australian wheat received in the ship William Tillie, which left Port Augusta, S.A., on January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Instructions for June
KITCHEN GARDEN.—Transplant as in last month, with strawberreries, artichokes, onions, &c. Sow peas, broad beans, salad, cabbage, broccoti,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian Wheat
LONDON, Tuesday.—The price of Australian wheat has fallen 6d…
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