Farm Produce
The flour market is firmer, and there has taken place an advance of 2s 6d per ton all round. Best brands are now quoted up to £6 10s, and as low as £6 2s 6d and £6…
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Farming & the land, 1901
266 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 14
Dairy Produce
Distributing houses report a satisfactory turnover during the week that ended yesterday. Butter advanced 1d per lb all round. There is good demand for stored…
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Everybody around Inverell knows and respects Mrs. Elizabeth Nevin, wife of the well-known Oakwood farmer of that name (says a country…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—At the Antwerp wool sales to-day there was a good attendance. Merino lambs fell five centimes, and crossbreds ten…
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Messrs. J. N. Brunker and Son report:— large supply forward, and with a good attendance of buyers competition was brisk, and highly satisfactory prices were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Captures at Pretorius's Farm
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Harrismith Volunteers and the Imperial Yeomanry captured at Pretorius's form 100horses, 200 cattle, and 1300…
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In the large wheat raising regions of Manitoba and the North-West of Canada, great loss is annually sustained by the farmers from wet, dirty, or diseased…
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Butter has continued in good demand for fresh lines, and stored is meeting with fair inquiry. New Zealand and Queensland butter is on the local market in large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bolwarra. a Farmhouse Destroyed
Our Maitland correspondent writes: —The residence of Mr. Eli Vickery, Bolwarra-road, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night it about 11 o'clock…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The wool sales to-day opened dull, at a 5 to 10 decline. Balme, Buxton, Jacomb offered 13,042 bales, mainly inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cocoanut Butter
The production of cocoanut butter at the factory in Mannheim, which dates from 1880, has now reached about ten tons per day. This material which is used as a…
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A satisfactory volume of business was transacted during the week by distributing houses. Butter is still in good demand at unaltered prices. There is an…
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At the end of the preceding week the feature of the farm produce market was the sharp advances that brought potatoes up to the high price of £6 per ton. The cause…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The Board of Agriculture has appointed a Departmental Committee to determine what deficiency of normal constituents or…
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Mr. R. Philp, the Queensland Premier, has received, a letter, from the Colonial Secretary of Natal in reference to a personal interview which Mr. Philp had with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle for South Africa. a Large Purchase. Brisbane
Mr. J. Fogarty, who has been appointed by a South African firm to act as their agent for the purchase of 520 head of cattle in Queensland, has arrived in Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Russian Butter
Under date or March 1, 1501, Consul Mahin, of Reichenberg, reports as follows relative to the export of Russian butter:— Russia has in recent years been creating a…
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The flour market remains very firm, and millers do not feel inclined to reduce prices., Fancy brands are quoted at £6 10s, while the ordinary is still purchasable at from £6…
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There are no starting alterations to note in the dairy produce market quotations. Fresh made butter continues in good demand. During the week 2¼ tons of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Prosecution. Colonial Butter in London
LONDON, Saturday.—At the instance of the Butter Association the nagistrate at Marylebone Police Court, London, fined the firm of Messrs. Pearks…
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