Mosquito Island. Disappearing Dairy Centre a Pioneer's Story
Since the year 1866 Newcastle householders have been supplied with milk from Mosquite island. From this source alone for years the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1917
615 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 31
Dairy Produce
There has been the usual volume of business in dairy produce, and the only new feature has been a substantial advance in the price of eggs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Since last week conditions in farm produce business have shown no improvement, and merchants still complain of lack of trade Heavy rains have fallen in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Wheat Stacks. Extensive Damage at Lockhart
LOCKHART. Tuesday.—A Ore which broke out in two of James Bell and Company's stacks at Lockhart at nine o'clock last night destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wheat. London
Wheat is very quiet. An Australian parcel of 160 tons, expected at Liverpool this month, has been sold at 82s per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Transit. London
The Council of the Wool Control Committee has appointed Messrs. Austin and Wilson, of Hull and Barnsloy Railway, superintendents of wool transit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Pastoral Company. London
The Australian Pastoral Company has declared a profit of £76,368, of which £13,000 will be carried to the reserve fund, and £5000 against possible losses of stock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farms for Soldiers. Terms of Settlement. Sydney
Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, and chairman of the Irrigation Commission, considers that one of the most important matters dealt with by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miscellaneous. Women Farmers
LONDON, Thursday.—The Land Council has appealed for 50,000 additional women, stating that the responsibility for the food supply of the…
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Mr. Ashford, the State Minister for Lands, was able to announce the other day that good progress was being made in the scheme for the settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Year's Wheat Crop. Federal Arrangement. Melbourne
A meeting of the Wheat Board was held this afternoon, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister being present. At the conclusion, Mr. Hughes stated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Difficulty Continues London
Bradford is still cautious and uncertain regarding wool, and the turnover is small. Prices are unchanged. The wool conference has not cleared up the situation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Produce. Valuable Crop of Onions
The experiment of cultivating onions on a big scale Is being tried in South Lincolnshire, and has created great attention, says an English exchange. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War Loan. Gresford Farmers' Response
A generous response was yesterday made by the farmers of Gresford and district to the appeal for subscriptions to the war loan. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Concerns
This is the farmers hour. The men on the land are making bushels of money out of the war, and are applauding themselves as the only really useful people…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairy Produce
Business has been brisk in all lines of dairy produce during the week, and the markets are generally firm in tone. Some of the brands of butter coming…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There has been no improvement in farm produce trade since last week, and merchants report business principally of a hand-to-mouth character. Supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Wheat
The guarantee which has been given to the wheat growers of the Commonwealth in regard to the price for next season's harvest is one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Pool. States Take the Responsibility. Sydney
Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, stated to-day, in reply to comments on the wheat pool for this year, that the Commonwealth did not, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flies in the Dairy. Maitland Milkman Fined
Inspector Reay, an officer of the Board of Health, proceeded against Walter Hollingsworth at the Went Maitland Police Court before Mr. C…
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