Dairy Produce
Business in dairy produce has been rather slack since the Christmas. There has been a big falling off in the demand for hams, and prices have been reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1914
403 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 21
Farm Produce
In farm produce business has been only of a hand-to-mouth character, and the holiday feeling is still apparent. Wheat is still dull of sale. Cables…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Bacteria in the Soil
The European scientists continue to devote attention to the influence of bacteria in the soil, with the object of discovering the causes of greater or less activity and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Danish Eel Farm
One of the latest additions to unusual industries is the eel-farm that an entertaining citizen of Copenhagen has established on the coast of Denmark. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tariff Reform. Unionist Boycott. Farmers' Tariff Union. London
The "Westminster Gazette" is publishing correspondence alleging that the Unionist newspapers are boycotting the tariff reform propaganda…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulk Handling of Wheat. Interview with Mr. Trefle. Sydney
Mr. Trefic, the Minister for Lands and Agriculture, was interviewed this afternoon, and asked what the Government proposed to do in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Export Trade. a Critical Report. Melbourne
As a result of his observations and investigations whilst in England and Ireland, Mr. H. W. Osborne, manager of the Western District Co-operative Distributing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Unaltered
There was no alteration in the wheat market in Sydney to-day, and buyers are not disposed to operate heavily while the position in India is so unsettled. A small…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Tamworth to Gunnedah
Mr. A. O. Browne, of Martinsville, was recently in the Tamworth and Gunnedah districts, and during a brief conversation with a representative of the "Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Produce
More activity has been displayed in the market for dairy produce during the past week than has been manifested since the holidays commenced. Beyond a reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Produce
Fairly good business is reported in the farm produce section for the week, a good inquiry having been experienced from the country and mining districts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Large Land Purchases. for Raising Cattle. Perth
For some time past Britain and American firms have been competing keenly to get control of the cattle country. The British Union Cool Storage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Growth of Wheat. Departmental Conference. Sydney
The fifth annual conference of officers of the Agricultural Department was held this morning, for the purpose of revising the list of varieties of wheat and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. Market Opens Steady. London
The first London wool sales of the year commenced yesterday, when there was a good attendance of buyers. The market opened steady, prices being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Free Wool. Protest by Woolgrowers. Salt Lake City
The National Woolgrowers' Association has criticised the placing of wool on the free list. Mr. Frank Hagenbarth, the president,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increasing Butter-fat Yields
Regarding the possibility of increasing the fat percentage of the milk through the use of selected animals for breeding, the recent investigations show:—(1) The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Butter Trade. Mr. Meares' Views. London
Mr. Meares the chairman of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, will return by the R.M.S. Osterley. He has studied the possibilities of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Nation of Farmers
It is profoundly true that we are a nation of shopkeepers, but it is also true that we are a nation of farmers, and I hope the time is far distant when Great…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Produce
IN most lines of dairy produce a good volume of business has transpired. Exporting has been in operation in cheese, with the result than prices locally…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Functions of Fertilisers
Every framer who reads an agricultural paper knows that the essential ingredients which it is necessary to restore to the soil as plant food to make good the…
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