The Wool Sales. London
There was a very poor catalogue at the wool sales yesterday, in all classes. "There was keen competition. Decent combing merinoes realised full recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
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Wheat Elevators. Premier's Reply to Critics. Sydney
"I see," said Mr. Holman, the State Premier, to-day, "that the intrigue against the carrying out of the wheat elevator scheme has broken out again, this time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministry and Australian Products. Wool Sale to Britain. Record Prices Obtained. Whole Community Benefits
The following statement regarding the handling of the wool clip by the Commonwealth Government is issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes):…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Clip. Sale to Great Britain. Record Prices Obtained. Whole Community Benefits. Melbourne
The following statement regarding the handling of the wool clip by the Commonwealth Government is issued by Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Deal
Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, is justified in describing the sale of the wool clip to Great Britain as one of the most notable transactions which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improving Butter
At the Davis Experiment Farm, California, it was found that butter kept in cold storage during a three-month storage season showed a shrinkage of 6 per…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wheat Pool
The formation of the pool to deal with the Australian wheat harvest of 1915-16 was met with considerable opposition by the farmers who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wheat Market. London
The wheat market is firm. There is a commission for reselling quantities of Australian on passage to Ireland at 84s per quarter of eight bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce, Rearing Calves
The South Australian Dairy Expert, Mr. P. H. Suter, in a recent address, expressed a preference for taking the calf away from its mother after it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our London Letter. London, February 6. Our Man Power.—the Labour Conference.—farmers' Prospects.—allied Naval Council. Our Man Power
While every available German in civil life is now making guns and shells, we in this country are still only making plans— and unsatisfactory plans—for the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
There has been a heavy volume of trade in dairy produce, as customers have been buying in sufficiently large quantities to carry them over the holidays. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Operations in the farm produce section of the markets have disclosed no outstanding feature during the week. There was a fairly good volume of business, such…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers' Prospects
Within the next few weeks the plans which the new National Government has prepared for increasing the food supply of the country will be put into operation. It…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Argentine Wheat. Buenos Ayres
The British Government is bringing pressure to bear upon Argentina to compel that country to lift its embargo upon the export of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market. London
The British Government is acquiring the now English wool clip at rates above those of July, 1914. At the present sales there were 86,900…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →200,000,000-Acre Farm. Canadian Scheme to Weld the Empire
The Montreal Empire Resources Committee proposes to form a 200,000,000-acre State farm in the west of Canada. The scheme staggers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Wool Demand
The notice published from the Textile Alliance suggested the probability of the lifting of the embargo on the export of wool to the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Wheat Market Corners
CHICAGO, Monday.—Leading wheat speculators are promising patriotically not to speculate in wheat during war time, the purpose being that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairying. Selecting Dairy Cows and Handling Them
The most important factor in dairying is selecting the cows. That is the view taken by Mr. L. Green in a pape, read by him before the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Object Lesson. Fertiliser and the Farmer
To the man on the land a show-time event of great importance was the trip from Sydney yesterday to the Sulphide Corporation's works at Cockle Creek…
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