A Farm Worked by Electricity
On a farm of 350 acres in the State of New York there is a complete electric plant, which produces the current for lighting and heating as well as supplying the…
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Farming & the land, 1899
224 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 12
Wool
The latest cable advices from London state that the market is very excited, and prices were exceedingly firm at opening rates, the advances on the last series of sales being well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Produce
An Indication of the firm tone generally is evidenced in the fact that prices are unaltered since last report. Though many lines are in heavy supply, either local consumption or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Royal Dairy
Probably the most ideal dairy in existence is that of the Princess of Wales, in which not only she but her various daughters have learned to make the most perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →London Wool Sales
LONDON, Friday.—At the colonial wool sales this evening there was spirited competition, and prices are hardening. At the wool sales yesterday the following…
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LONDON, Monday.—At the colonial wool sales this evening prices hardened in all classes. Crossbreds realised 5 per cent. above the price obtained at the opening of…
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The steamer Knight of St. George, which has made two trips in the intercolonial trade under charter to the Adelaide S.S. Company, left. Fremantle on Monday for Port Pirie. After loading a quantity of o[?]e…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. a Further Rise
LONDON, Tuesday.—The boom in prices in attributed to the prospective scarcity of fine wool and the flourishing state of trade in England, Americans are buying medium…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
Kenneth M'Donald, allas M'Lean, was charged that he did, at Malson Dieu, the 22nd July, steal 14 oxen, the property of Arthur David Browne and another. He…
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The total arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 8489 bales, as compared with 13,500 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The Melbourne transhipments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Situation in Johannesburg. the Boers Expelling All the British Residents. Trucked Like Cattle to the Frontier
LONDON, Thursday.—Latest news from the Transvaal states that the Boer authorities are expelling all the Britishers remaining in Johannesburg. They are being…
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The White Star steamer Medic, which is due here to-day, will ship about 5000 bales from Messrs. Dalgety and Co., and the barque Silvererag follows on the berth to load for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Thermopylæ's Wool
LONDON, Friday.—The hundred hoe a wool have been saved from the Aberdeen liner Thermopylae…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warwick Farm Races. Sydney
For the Warwick Farm races to be run to-morrow, Surprise has been struck out of the Hurdle Race, I.C. has left the Farm Stakes, and Moonstruck has been withdrawn from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warwick Farm Races. Surprise Wins the Handicap
There was an excellent attendance to witness the racing at Warwick Farm on Saturday. The weather was beautifully fine, and the racing proved thoroughly enjoyable…
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In this direction the feature of the week was the arrival of the White Star liner Medle to load wool for London. The vessel arrived here on Saturday last, and notwithstanding her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diseases of Cattle Eradicated
For the past eight or nine years the British farmer has grumbled a good deal at the regulations to which he has had to submit in the course of the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat 60 Years Old
A curiosity in wheat has just been brought to light at Wisbech, where Mr. Holmes, of North Brink, has had in his possession a sealed jar containing wheat that is 60 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales. Splendid Prices. Melbourne
Dalgety and Co., Limited, held their opening Wool sales to-day before a very large attendance of buyers, and submitted an excellent catalogue of 4100 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disloyal Farmers at Vryburg
LONDON, Tuesday.—Many disloyal Boer people are attending a religious festival at Vryburg. The wires from there to Kimberley have been cut…
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