Farm Produce
Business in the produce section has been of a very quiet character during the week. The wheat market is firm, and farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1914
403 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 21
Farm and Produce. Lucerne As a Fertiliser
Some interesting evidence with regard to the fertillsing influences of the soil of lucerne owing to the capacity of that plant for absorbing free nitrogen…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sheep Ranch in Canada. New Zealand Venture. Edmonton
Mr. James E. Buckley, a wealthy New Zealand live stock raiser, has purchased 10,000 acres near Edmon[?], in Alberta, Canada, and intends…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Wheat Industry
The revised figures of last wheat harvest place New South Wales at the head of the wheat-growing States of the Commonwealth. For a…
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"The firmness in the international markets has been well maintained," Messrs. Lindley, Walker, and Company report, 'although prices have not shown much…
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Only a moderate amount of business has transpired in farm produce during the week. The falling off in the demand has been due mainly to the bounteous…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
In dairy produce lines the volume of business that has passed during the week has not been as extensive as usual, owing to the wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Maize Ensilage and Lucern
"Several years ag," Mr. A. L. Halcber, the well-known American experimentalist Informed the dairying convention at Nebraska, "we endeavoured to determine the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on the Elfrieda. Wheat Cargo Burning. London
The wheat on board the ship Elfrieda, which left Sydney on January 18th, is on fire at Bristol. The fire is between the main and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Produce
The outlook in country districts for the winter is most promising. There is no hand-feeding going on in any country parts, and consequently business in…
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Dairy produce lines have been in good request during the week. Butter is firmly held, and it is not improbable that a rise will take place in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Canadian Dairying
An unexpected aspect of Canada's, dairying resources is presented in the last annual report by the Canadian Dairy Commission, which calls attention to the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Produce. Budding Seed Potatoes
The subjoined paper upon a subject of considerable interest to potato growers is by Mr. Russell Kidd, of Invermay, Tasmania. Mr. Kidd says the old style of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farming Judge
Lord Justice Vaughan-Williams, whoso retirement is said to be imminent, has found recreation in farming from his work as a judge. At his country retreat in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farm and Produce. Requirements of Cattle
Professor Johnson says that much cows should have at least a tablespoonful of fine ground bone every week. In his Agricultural Chemistry he says that a cow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Produce
In farm produce lines business has been fairly brisk during the week. Maize advanced in price, and an increase also took place in oats in consequence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
Butter at increased rates has hind good sales, and the demand continues brisk. A further increase is expected, owing to shrinkage of supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Disappointed Farmer. Bathurst
A well-known Yetholme farmer returned to Bathurst from Mirrool disappointed with the settlement. Disposing of some of his land at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Butter Getting Scarce
Supplies of superfine butter continue to diminish, and it is now considered practically certain that the beginning of the week will see another rise of 45 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Points for Dairymen
How to increase the butter fat yield of a cow is a question that frequently comes up for consideration, and it may be said that so far the experiments have not been…
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