London Wool Sales
LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales this evening there was animated competition, and prices had a hardening tendency…
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Farming & the land, 1898
217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11
Decline of the Wool Industries
The " Statist "' takes a very gloomy view of the position of our wool industries, which the writer maintains is very unsatisfactory. By the American…
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Heavy orders from the country and district buyers have characterised the week's operations in dairy produce lines, and there is every evidence of a continuance of the good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle in America
The Canadian paper "Farming gives anything but a favourable report of the cattle industry of the United States. From the States of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Sheep for Dewey. Their Safe Arrival
LONDON, Thursday.—It is reo ported from Manila that a steamer conveying 3000 Australian sheep reached Admiral Dewey on the 9th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cattle Trade
There was only one shipment of cattle last week, it number going forward by the Nithsdale to Fremantle. The French steamer St. Louis comes on here from Sydney to-morrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Where Does the British Farmer Come In?"
This is the question the London "Punch" asks, after giving what it describes as the ingredients of an average. English dinner:—"Two pounds of American beef…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The catalogue offered at yesterday's sale was a small one, comprising chiefly crossbreds. Prices were unchanged. Everything…
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Dr. R. Dick, Medical Officer of Health, visited Wallsend yesterday forenoon for the purpose of completing his official tour of inspection of the dairy promises in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warwick Farm Races. Sydney
The races at Warwick Farm were well attended to-day, and the sport was all that could be desired. Results: Brush Hurdle Race, 65 sovs. Two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Trouble in the Wool Market. Sydney
The trouble which has occurred between the buyers and a section of the wool sellers will probably be amicably settled. It appears that the cause of the disagreement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Record Wheat Crop
The Government crop report, just issued by the American Department of Agriculture, indicates that the harvest returns of 1898, barring exceptionally unfavourable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revolution in the Wheat Supply
It has been estimated that the new Siberian Railway will bring under wheat cultivation a zone of something, like two hundred thousand square…
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The "golden fleece" from the north is gradually coming to hand, one truck of "GRLY" being received by Dalgety and Co. yesterday. Further consignments are expected during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Prizes for Butter. Sydney
The Minister for Agriculture has completed arrangements with respect to a special system of State prizes for butter. It is intended to hold exhibitions in Sydney every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Margarine As Butter. Newcastle Firms Victimised
Considerable satisfaction has been expressed by certain manufacturers of this district that the Public Health authorities have seen fit to take up the question of the sale of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Cattle. Brought from England. For New South Wales
The fact that the dairy herds of Australia do not average a higher milk yield per cow per annum than 250 gallons, and that in Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Morpeth. Farmers' Co-operative Company
The half-yearly meeting of the Hunter River Farmers' Co-operative Company, Ltd., was held at the Morpeth office yesterday, the attendance being very good, in fact far more…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Smart Cattle Thief
A Victorian journal says:—A now method of cattle stealing has been practised of late by a man named Thomas Bunnell, who was arrested on Sunday last. The modus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce
Business in all lines has been brisk, cheese, bacon, and lard receiving special attention. Bacon is firm, and promises to advance very soon, owing to the shortening of supplies and…
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