A Cattle Steamer
The steamer Urmston Grange, now completing her loading of frozen meat at Sydney, will take 16,000 careases of mutton from Sydney and go round the Horn to the River…
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Farming & the land, 1896
367 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 19
Wheat Shipments
The barque Carleton, in command of Captain Lowe arrived at San Francisco from Newcastle on July 1st, after a passage of 62 days. The Carleton is under charter to load wheat at 'Frisco for Brisbane. The…
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The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 374 bales as against 582 bales for a corresponding season last year. All the sheds in the northern district are now…
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General activity has characterised the dairy produce market during the past week, buyers operating with freedom in all lines. Butter: This line has received marked attention, all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. the Alleged Butter Adulteration
Evidence was given to-day before the Perishable Products Committee by exporters of batter to Perth, whose produce had been declared to be adulterated. They swore that…
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THE conference of the Farmers' and Selectors' Association was continued to-day. The resolution submitted at yesterday's session approving of the principle of the Lands for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmers' Conference. Wagga
THE Farmers' Conference was continued to-day. Amongst resolutions carried were the following:—"That this conference reaffirm the motion carried at the Cootamundra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Co-operative Delegates in Newcastle. Negotiations for a Supply of Butter. An Inspection of Local Factories
ON the arrival of the mail train from Sydney yesterday afternoon a large crowd of influential citizens assembled at the Newcastle station for the purpose of welcoming Messrs…
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Operations in all dairy produce lines during the past week have been marked by confidence, buyers ordering good lines. Most lines have hardened in value, and yet…
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By the steamer Fifeshire, which left for Sydney yesterday, Messrs. Dalgety and Co. dispatched 501 bales of greasy wool, which is the first shipment of the season. Shearing is now in full swing in the…
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ALDERMAN MORONEY writes to us as follows : —"I shall be obliged if you will publish the following letter from Mr. W. A. Benn, manager of the Aberdeen Freezing Works,…
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The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 1139 bales, as against 1967 bales for a corresponding period last year. The wool arrivals for transhipment to…
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AN American contemporary (Coleman's Rural) is responsible for the following: —Of late the people have been taught to believs that bacteria and…
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Last week again witnessed an active market in all lines of dairy produce, the district and country buyers continuing to operate freely and with confidence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Finance Association. Annual Meeting. Sydney
THE annual meeting of the Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, was held to-day. Mr. Russell Barton, chairman, presided. In moving the adoption of the report and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Do Farmers Fail?
The Commissioner of Labour Statistics of Iowa has been endeavouring to ascertain what are the chief causes of failure among farmers, and has accumulated a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Breed of Dairy Cattle
The committee of the Kiama Agricultural Society have passed a resolution that the Government be approached for the purpose of inducing the State to import, breed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steel Wool
In an age of phonographs, X rays, and the other hundred and one instances of things accomplished which a few years ago were regarded as amongst the impossibilities, we…
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The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 1984 bales, as against 3886 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The steamer Celtic Chief is now on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Cattle Slaughtered for Export
Last year the total number of cattle and sheep slaughtered at the various meat works for export was 1,173,117 sheep and 335,659 cattle…
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