Dairy Produce
Butter has been coming forward in heavy supplies, the output from factories throughout being on an increasing scale, but the strong position of the Home…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1913
347 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 18
Farm Produce
There has not been much alteration in values on the produce markets during the week, and business has been quiet. A fairly good harvest of wheat is now…
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As the Government Statist says: "The dairying industry is now a very important factor in the wealth and prosperity of New South Wales." The figures of our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Sugar Crop. Brisbane
Mr. Easterby, general superintendent of the sugar experiment stations, has returned from a visit to the Herbert River and the Mackay sugar districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Breeding. Rhodesian Scheme. London
The London "Evening News" states that the South African Chartered Company has evolved a great scheme for rearing cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy Show. Australian Winners. London
The British winner of the bacon trophy at the Dairy Show scored 87 points out of 100. The Gippsland Co-operative Society (Victoria) was the best Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Season
The arrivals of wool for the current season to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, are 11,049 bales, as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Phosphates and Crops
Experiments in America have proved that land liberally dressed with phosphatic manures produces much heavier crops of grass and carries more stock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Produce. Cows Hard to Milk
There are two methods of treating the hard-milking cow. One is to use teat plugs. These can be purchased from veterinary surgeons. They are merely plugs…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Future Farming
Mr. E. Campbell, president of the annual conference of agricultural and pastoral societies, recently held in Wellington (N.Z.), speaking on the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Produce
Transactions in farm produce during the last week have been devoid of animation. Merchants are complaining of the activity in this branch of the trade…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Wool-growing. Effect of the Tariff. Los Angeles
Mr. F. Hagenbarth, the president of the National Woolgrowers' Association, announces that he intends to retire from wool-growing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Season
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 12,249 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Potash Manures
Kainit is the cheapest form in which potash is offered for agricultural purposes, but it is not suitable for application to all soils nor for all plants, on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Produce
Merchants report a dull week's business, no animation being displayed in any particular line. The small turnover that has taken piece has been confined to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
In [?] try produce lines business had been somewhat dull during the week, owing to the approach of the end of the month. Butter was reduced by 4s per cwt., and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yanco Farm School. Raising the Status. Sydney
Mr. Trefic, the Minister for Agriculcure, has decided to raise the status of the educational establishment at the Yanco Experiment Farm, hitherto known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. What Thew Wheat Is Doing
The success of Thew wheat on the North Coast was referred to in this column recently, when it was stated—on the authority of the manager or Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wool Season
The arrivals of wool at Newcastle for the current season to date, to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Company, and bales, as compared with 10,516 bales for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
Butter has a firmer tendency, owing to a rise in Melbourne, and a healthier feeling on the London market, but no change has taken place in prices locally. Cheese, at the…
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