Waratah Stock Sales. Large Yarding of Cattle
There was a Rood attendance at the Waratah sale yards today. There was a large yarding of cattle, principally Rood conditioned cows and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
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American Wheat. (Australian Cable Association.) New York
The visible supply of wheat is equivalent to 37,082,000 bushels, including Canadian grain in bond in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Markets. Serious Butter Position
Newcastle wholesale market reports this morning show that bacon is in very heavy supply. Cheese is available in fair quantity, but in developing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poor Winter Crops. Washington
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that the winter wheat crop is discouraging. It is hoped the spring crop will normalise the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of Dairy Cattle
Mr. J. Enright, West Maitland, announces an important cattle sale for Monday next at Campbell's Hill yards. He also holds a horse sale on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Shortage and Shipbuilding. Melbourne
On Monday the overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board on account of the 1915-16 and 1916-17 pools was £3,213,000. The proportions for the various States were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants
The plant breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Produce. Apple-grading Machine
Ah interesting description of the working of an American fruit-grading machine which has just been installed in the Nelson Co-operative Fruit Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Security for Farmers
It is necessary for the State to give the farming industry such security of reasonable profits as will induce farmers to get the best out of their land and enable them…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Business in farm produce has been marked by a fair amount of animation during the past week, and orders hate been coming freely from the north and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
Business during the week in dairy produce has been of the usual volume, but the shrinkage in supplies of butter and cheese is now beginning to be felt…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cocky in the Farmyard
A pet cockatoo had learned to say a great many short sentences. The bird was not only very droll, but, like most of the parrot tribe, was exceedingly mischievous…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wheat Speculation Stopped. New York
The Chicago Board of Trade has ordered the discontinuance of all trading in May wheat, following the Government's suggestion, to prevent the soaring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Farms Sale
Particulars are given in our business columns of the auction sale, to take place on Wednesday, May 23, by Mr. R. A. Elkin, at Raymond Terrace, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Weeds and Hay Fever
That plants have for long been considered as in some manner connected with the cause of hay fever is indicated by the name of the malady,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Gambling
Transactions on the Chicago wheat market are often referred to in cable messages from America. On more than one occasion men commanding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dealing in Wheat. Melbourne
The Wheat Board has agreed to allow dealing in wheat certificates on the Stock Exchange on the ground that it is advisable in the interests of all concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Prices. Chicago
A conference of grain exchanges has decided to continue fixing the maximum prices of wheat, and to issue restrictions dealing with futures until further notice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Butter Market. London
The butter market is steady and quiet, and supplies are small. Australian and New Zealand are unchanged. Danish is dlightly firmer at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Stackers' Strike. DEMAND £1 Per Day
GANMAIN. Saturday.—The wheat, stackers at Ganmain Railway Station have struck work for twenty shilling per day. The Government had fixed…
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