Dairy Produce
There was a good turnover in dairy produce lines during the week, and prices have been well maintained throughout. Better supplies are more than sufficient…
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Farming & the land, 1906
239 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 12
The Largest Farm in America
The largest farm in American and probably in the world, is situated in the south-western part of Louisana, and cads 100 miles north and west. It was…
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LONDON, Saturday.—At the wool sales to-day animated competition prevailed for all merinos and fine crossbreds. The prices realised were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Immigrants
While the arrival of new settlers from England possessed of agricultural experience and means is to be welcomed, it is questionable whether…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle and Sydney. Prices of Wheat
In giving evidence before the Public Works Committee, which is inquiring into the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Mudgee to Cobberah, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Botany Wool Scouring. Threatened by Drought. Sydney
The wool-scouring and fellmongery industry at Botany is being seriously affected by the drought. The water in the Botany reserve is falling, Several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tariff Commission. Views of Farmers. Melbourne
At to-day's sitting of the Tariff Commission C. D. Lennon, agricultural implement maker, of Spottiswood, continuing his evidence, read a letter from [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Season
The arrivals of wool to date to the local agencies of Messrs, Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs, Dalgety and Co., Ltd., numbered 21,709 bales, compared…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Local Government Board, of which Mr. John Burns is president, declines to sanction the scheme of the Lambeth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Produce
Business in farm produce lines was very good during the week. There has been a slump in maize, which is now offering at 4s per bushel…
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Business in dairy produce was brisk during the week all lines receiving good inquiry. Butter has been in good demand for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers for Queensland
Mr. Frank E. Pulsford, agent for the Queensland Government, passed through Newcastle last night with a party of 25 men who are going to Queensland in search…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scrambling for Farmers
The migration of Australian farmers from one State of the Commonwealth to the other is not taking place on any large scale, nor can any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Season
No wool was received at Newcastle during the week, the season being now about closed. Since the opening of the season there have been received to the…
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Speaking of wool imports reminds me that the prices of woollen goods have been steadily rising for some time and that there is every prospect of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Produce
There has been a good demand for all lines of farm produce. On account of the dry state of the Upper Hunter district a considerable quantity of fodder is being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Produce
There was a good demand for all lines of dairy produce during the week. Butter declined to the extent of a halfpenny per pound, in sympathy with low…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Sydney Letter. Mr. Cook's Little Mistake.—a Suggestion for a State Guide Map.—farmers and Pupils to Farming.—the "Crime" of Being Insane.—next May Will Be a Great New South Wales Jubilee.—a Statue to Sir Joseph Banks. Sydney
A considerable art in platform oratory is in knowing how to get out of a difficulty by turning the laugh on the other fellow. Some orators are particularly happy in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Produce
There was a satisfactory demand for all lines of dairy produce during the week. The butter market, in sympathy with London, still rules at late rates, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Produce
Trade in farm produce has been brisk, all lines being in good demand. The dry weather is responsible for a big demand from the north-west for fodder. In some…
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