London Wool Sales. London
The list for the sixth series of London wool sales closes on Monday. The seventh series has been fixed for October 24th. The limit will be arranged later…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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London Wool Sales. London
The sixth series of wool sales will open on September 6th. The arrivals total 189,000 bales: forwarded, 98,000; and there will be available for the opening 103,500…
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The War Office has appointed a Central Advisory Committee for England and Wales on matters arising out of the purchase and distribution of English wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Market. London
The wheat market was firm to-day, and lots were dearer. Steamor parcels in passage to London were sold at 68s 6d; for Liverpool, 69s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Butter Market. London
The butter market is quiet, high prices checking the demand. Danish is 200s to 204s per cwt. New Zealand has been temporarily cleared, the choicest is nominally 184s to 186s:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Wheat Damaged New York
The Department of Agriculture states that wheat will probably reach two dollars a bushel, owing to a severe black rust epidemic on the north-western…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Produce. Co-operation on Farms
Although the approaching wheat harvest will not be so large as the previous one, labour will be as scarce, if not scarcer. Acting on advice proffered in this…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairy Produce
During the past week there has been a marked shortage of butter, particularly of choicest grade. Supplies are, however, beginning to show an improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Danish Butter. Copenhagen
The question of exporting butter to England will be reopened, in the hope that England will postpone releasing the raw materials for the manufacture of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Weather and Crops. Spring Prospects
More rain fell in the Maitland agricultural district during the month of May, 1913, than has been recorded since the beginning at the present year at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Collapse. London
Wheat parcels collapsed 4s at the close of to-day's market on renewed talk of the prospects of the Dardanelles being opened, combined with increased shipments…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labour on the Farms
It is one of the problems of the situation that at this time, when the necessity for maintaining, and, if possible, increasing the home production of foodstuffs is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murrumbidgee Irrigation. Farms for Returned Soldiers. Sydney
The Irrigation Commission has been giving attention to the question of providing irrigation farms for returned soldiers, and has set aside a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market. London
Messrs. Bathgate and Company have issued a report on the effect on the wheat market of Rumania's entry into the war. The report says it is almost a certainty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Cheese for Britain
Recent negotiations have resulted in the sale of a large quantity of Australian cheese to the Imperial Government at 8d per pound, and the same price is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm Produce
Business during the week has been fairly brisk, in all lines of farm produce. The declaration of war cabled through during the week by Roumania has had the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
Supplies of butter have not been equal to the demand, and grocers have had to be content with only a portion of their requirements. It is expected, however, that within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wool Trade. London
At the Wool Trade Conference with the War Trade Department yesterday, it was stated that the committee was considering the question of granting licenses to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Market London
Wheat was quiet to-day, and, in occasional instances, dearer. The nominal value of Australian parcels in passage was 69s 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Sales London
A good selection was offered of greasy crossbreds at to-day's sales. There was keen bidding, and yesterday's advance was fully maintained, and prices were…
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