The "Mummy-wheat" Stories
Scarcely a season comes and goes, remarks "English Mechanic," but some paper prints an account of the raising of wheat from seed found in the Pyramids;…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1903
276 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 14
Dairy Produce
In dairy produce business during the week was brisk, the requisites for the Christmas season being the chief lines moving…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne
Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., offered at their wool sales to-day, 4400 bales, comprising a very good selection of wools, specially representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canadian Crop Prospects
So far as the North-West Territories are concerned, there can be no possible doubt that the crop returns will show a considerable increase over last year, whether in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Season
The arrivals of wool from the country continue to keep ahead of last, season's figures. The number of bales that have come to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Produce
Business in dairy produce was brisk, the orders being chiefly for Christmas requirements. The supplies of butter are keeping up,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Produce
In farm produce business during the week was quiet, the only orders being for the immediate Christmas requirements. Generally speaking all orders have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New South Wales' Wheat Yield Sydney
The Government Statistician's estimate of the wheat harvest is 28,570,000 bushels. This is 12,570,000 bushels in excess of the record harvest of 1901. The estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State and the Farmers
A somewhat ungenerous attempt is being made to minimise the action of the State Government and Parliament in coming to the assistance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Co-operation in Farming. Progress in Various Parts of the World
Some of the most successful farmers' co-operative experiments in the United States have been along the line of buying and selling. The efforts of the Grange…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bacteria and Butter
It must first be realised (says a writer in "Longman's Blagzine") that the bacterial population of a moderate-sized pat of butter may be reckoned by millions; that a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat for Maccaroni
LONDON, Friday.—M C. C. Lance, the Commercial Agent for New South Wales, has investigated in France and Italy the growth and use of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Season
Owing to the rain which fell during the early part of the week the arrivals of wool from the country were rather small. Since the commencement of the season…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Produce
The farm produce market shared in the dullness, and there is nothing of particular interest to record in regard to the week's operations. Prices have remained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Produce
In dairy produce, as is usual at Christmas time, there was a good deal of activity during the week. Stocks, however, on the whole, have been sufficient to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat and Wool. Sydney
The number of bales of wool received at Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle for, the week ended Saturday last was 9465 bales, as against 7451 for the…
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