Farmers' Losses
According to information which I possess, it is by no means true that farmers, as a whole, have been making large profits out of the war. Many farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1915
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Farmers and Co-operation
Under pressure of war conditions may farmers are being driven to the adoption of co-operation against their will, b[?] I hope the result of their experiences will…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bran, Pollard, and Butter. Fresh Prices Fixed. Sydney
A special "Government Gazette" was insusd to-night, fixing the following maximum prices for bran and pollard:— Wholesale: In the counties of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Wool. London
Mr. D[?]stan Vavasour, of North Canterbury, New Zealand, stated in an interview, that he saw at the Victoria and Albert Dock's Australasian wool worth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. [?]Zzling the People.—a Man's Father's Nationality.—butter Is Better: It Is Down.—dr. Arthur on Dress.—the Harvest, and How to Get It In.—cabinetmaking and the Chinese. Sydney
Can you determine the latitude from observations of the altitude of the pole [?] out of the meridian? Then can you change the intervals of mean solar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Produce
In most lines of farm produce dulness prevails and consumers are purchasing only sufficient for actual requirements Merchants who have gone in largely for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
Operations in dairy produce have been characterised by a fair amount of activity, and values in most lines rule very firm. Butter is coming in more freely, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Treatment of Seed Potatoes
The manner in which seed potatoes are dealt with prior to planting has an important bearing on the ultimate yields. As the time has arrived for setting the early crop…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Sydney Letter. Recruiting and Organisation.—of Interest to Shippers.—mr. Hugh Ward Speaks for Australia.—an Extraordinary Case.—providing for Our Soldiers on Their Return.—the Travelling Railway Buffet.—farm Help. Sydney
Another casualty list, this time the 70th, with 676 new names. An instructive thing would be to publish the figures of each month progressively, killed, wounded,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia's Great Wheat Crop. London
The “Daily Mails” Petrograd correspondent states that the Ministry for agriculture estimates the wheat crop at 571,969,069 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relaxing Wool Embargo London
The Government is considering a further relaxation of the embargo on the export of wool. The Board of Trade held a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crops in Asia-minor. Great Falling Off. Mytilene
Unseasonable rains and locusts have damaged crops in Asia Miner. The acreage sown was only 60 per cent of the average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Milk and Butter Reduced. Other Commodities Also Drop. Sydney
The Necessary Commodities Commission to-day decided to reduce the price of milk and butter. On the question of milk the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scarcity of Farm Workers
There will be a scarcity of farm labour in the summer, and meetings of farmers' unions have been passing resolutions here and there asking the Government to take…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm and Produce. Depth of Planting Potatoes
A difference of opinion exists amongst potato-growers as to the best depth to plant seed. It is largely governed by local practice and procedure, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Produce
The volume of trade in dairy produce has been good, although restricted to a certain extent by shortage of supplies in bacon and cheese…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Produce
Business in the produce section at the trade has been extremely dull, and the market shows an over-accumulation of stocks. Merchants are experiencing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Sydney Letter. the Norton-griffiths Agreement.—the Work of Recruiting.—wanted—a Publicity Bureau.—that American Butter.— Our Splendid War Loan.—the Income Tax Year.—the Barrowman Fruiterer. Sydney
Sir, Wade's motion of censure on the Norton-Griffiths agreement was certainly ill-advised. One would have thought that in his opinion a ray of light had come out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. London
At to-day's wool sales there was a spirited market for all good wools at full opening rates. Fine crossbreds showed a hardening tendency in response to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Poisoning Green Timber
In this country, where large areas of land are available for occupation (writes C. W. Burrows, Assistant Inspector of Agriculture, in the "Agriculture Gazette")…
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