Farm and Produce. Butter Prices
The "North British Agriculturist" of 15th February states that "some extraordinary price movements have lately been witnessed in Australasian butters…
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Farming & the land, 1917
615 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 31
Timber for Butter Boxes
For some years now there have been periodical alarms regarding our available supplies, of the timber known as white pine, which is the only timber we…
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After a long period of inactivity business in farm produce has had a distinct revival, and a really good volume of trade has been reported by wholesale houses…
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A satisfactory volume of business has been passing in all lines of dairy produce. Butter continues to have good sales, but the supply is decreasing. Firms and…
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LONDON, Monday.—In the House of Commons to-day, Captain Bathurst (Secretary for Food Control), replying to Mr. R. L…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wheat Deal with Britain
Mr. Hughes recently explained the nature of his transactions with the British Government, as follows:—Do you know what Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. the Great Business.—sir Gerald Strickland on Sentiment.—looking to the Farmers.—the Savings Bank.—taking Advantage of the Market.—the Upper House.—variable Public Opinion. Sydney
Last week was one of valedicory speeches. The public bodies and citizens have been farewelling Sir Gerlad and Lady Edeline Strickland, and they,…
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Five thousand tons of Australian parcels of wheat on passage sold to-day at 83s, and 2000 tons were sold in Dublin at 84s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial. Farm Produce
Potatoes were advanced £1 a ton yesterday, Tasmanian Redskins being now quoted at £8 10s. In other farm produce lines prices were without material change,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Branxton Dairy Farmers. Milk Supply Reduced
It has been unanimously decided by the dairy farmers of the Branxton district to urge upon their association the necessity of an increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Wheat Crop. Copenhagen
Germany has decided to expropriate cereals before reaping. The military will supervise the threshing, enabling the corn to become…
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CHICAGO, Friday.—The price of wheat has dropped 20 cents, because official action ia forecasted to control prices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Bad V. Good Cows
Are you working for your cows or are they working for you? This question is asked by a contributor to "Hoard's Dairyman," who states that in Minnesota,…
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There has been very little of moment to report in dairy produce during the past week. Butter continues in keen demand, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
A more hopeful tone has been in evidence in the farm produce trade. Merchants generally report that business is of a more solid character than has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London Wheat Market. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The wheat market is firm. A parcel of 10,000 quarters of Australian has been sold for delivery at Hull at 83s per quarter of eight bushels…
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SYDNEY. Monday,—There were only moderate arrivals of maize in Sydney to-day, and no improvement in the market was reported, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Crops. Montreal
The Agricultural Statistical Burean reports that the wheat crop will be normal and other crops, abundant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Markets. Serious Butter Shortage
The outstanding feature of the dairy produce market in Newcastle this week is the increasing scarcity of butter. For some time past Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Wheat Crop
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—In face of a threatened world food shortage the U.S. winter wheat crop shows the lowest conditions for 30 years…
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