Wool Season
The arrivals of wool to date for the current season to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Dalgety and Company total 9105 bales, as compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1912
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 19
Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Position of Wheat
The unsatisfactory weather conditions prevailing over so large an area of the State is affecting the market for new wheat to a very marked degree. Sellers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Farmhouse Dairy
Farmhouse dairies are of two kinds: the place suitable for milk-setting, and the place suitable for cream-raising— not quite one and the same thing, as is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers' Wives at College
The Agricultural College at Cornell University received a State subsidy in 1[?]00 in order to enable it to organise a reading course for farmers' wives. Started…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Prisoners As Farmers. an Example From Canada
A few years ago, as a result of the favourable reports on the experimental use of prisoners in New Zealand on clearing and afforestation works, proposals were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Farmer of the Future
The "Pacific Rural Press" says:—" The future of agriculture in the United States depends very largely upon the brains and energy of its farming population. This…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Produce. Effects of Heat on Soil
An English paper makes reference to the beneficial effects of heat upon soils, an explained by Dr. E. J. Russell in the journal of the Royal Agricultural Society…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Produce
There has been a fair demand for all lines of produce during the week, and a good volume of business has come from the country…
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There has been a brisk trade in most lines of dairy produce during the week, and with a continuance of the dry weather a firmer tendency may be looked for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Milkvendors and Dairymen. Annual Picnic
The eleventh annual gathering of the Newcastle and District Milk Vendors' and Dairymen's Association took place at the Newcastle Showground, yesterday, in the…
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The arrivals of wool for the current season to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Company, and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, total 9830 bales, as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Spurt in Wheat
The tone of this morning's cable message from London was encouraging to wheat buyers, and sellers were able to get 4s 6½d for spot grain. New wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Herd-testing
The herd-testing scheme has been approved by the Minister for Agriculture, and is now being put into operation. Very appropriately, the first herd to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Produce
There has been a steady volume of business in farm produce during the week, with an absence of speculation in any particular line…
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In almost every line of dairy produce business has been exceptionally brisk during the week, and although the prices ruling are high, stocks are cleared very…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Handling of Wheat. Scarcity of Bags. Sydney
The Commission from Victoria, which is inquiring into the handling of wheat, held its last sitting in Sydney to-day. Mr. Thomas Wise, a Riverina, miller,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New South Wales Wool. Huddersfield Exhibition. London
The samples of New South Wales wool on exhibition at Huddersfield are attracting attention. The Mayor of Huddersfield, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer and Soldier. Day with the Bulgarian Army
The Bulgarian soldier is one of the first things that strike you In Sofia. It is not the uniform that makes the Impression, for his whity-brown linen smock,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Season
The arrivals of wool to date for the current season to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs. Dalgely and Company total 10,341 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. The Wheat Market
Messrs. Lindley, Walker and Co. in their weekly circular, say:—"The market for new wheat is somewhat under a cloud, and on that account the business…
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