Maitland Stock Sales Large Sheep Yarding
The attendance at Campbell's Hill saleyards at West Maitland to-day was only fair, following upon the holiday yesterday. There was a fair supply of cattle, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1918
488 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 25
Wheat Silos Newcastle Again Neglected
Senator Russell (Minister in charge of wheat storage) presented recently a report to the Federal Government detailing progress made in regard, to the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Stir the Milk" Butter Fat Deficient Pure Food Prosecutions
"It is hardly safe to sell milk at all," was the comment of Mr. Butler, S.M., during the hearing of summonses at Newcastle Court this morning, at the instance of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Boxes
Representatives of the timber and butter industries of several States have voiced a protest to the Minister of Customs against the suggested prohibition of the export of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conference Delegates Farmers and Settlers Co-operate
As already announced, Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has been advised that a large number of bodies in the north and north-west will be represented at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DECENTRALISATION Newcastle Wool Storage Politician's Support
Mr. Wearne, M.L.A., for Namoi, spoke trenchantly in the Legislative Assembly recently concerning the action of the Central Wool Committee in persistently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Produce
There has been a good demand for most lines of dairy produce. Supplies of butter are still decreasing, and merchants are continuing to draw on the winter pool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Business has been very good in all lines of farm produce. There has been an exceedingly heavy demand from Queensland, and the north and north-west of this State, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Lessons in Cow Testing
That the dairy farmer should know exactly what each cow in his milking herd is doing in the way of milk and butter production was illustrated in a very forceful way in an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Inspection
A few years ago Mr. J. B. Trivett, the New South Wales Government Statistician, published a bulletin in which he traced the decline of the death…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brandy From Potatoes Comparative Value of Crops
More pounds of potatoes are raised than of any other food crop in existence. The potato, for many years past, has formed one quarter of all the food eaten by European…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortage of Butter Bacon Market Eased
Butter supplies to Newcastle produce houses from local factories still continue to decrease, and although the Government has increased the quantity to be released from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Share Farming Successful Government Scheme
According to a return received by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) the gross profit made by the Government in its share-farming operations in wheat at Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Consigned to Enemy Wool and Sheepskins Big Cargo Condemned LONDON, Thursday night
The London Prize Court has condemned £60.000 worth of wool and sheepskins consigned to Germany from Iceland. The evidence proved that the invoices…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Fruit Crop Worst Experienced LONDON, Thursday night
Lord Crawford, Lord Privy Seal, states that the last British fruit crop was one of the worst ever experienced. After meeting the demands of the army and navy, under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Dairy Industry
There has been a flutter among the dairying people in one part of New Zealand about the prospects of dried milk as an exportable commodity, and if half of the expectation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Produce
A substantial volume of business In most dairy produce lines is reported for the week. Butter continues to have good sales, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Good business is reported in farm produce by most distributing houses, and heavy consignments have been railed to various centres of the State. Inquiries for fodder lines are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. the Golden Fleece
Remarkable records are being established In the wool industry of the Commonwealth, and the most notable are associated with the industry in Now South Wales. The other…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Pool Farmer Giles's Criticism SYDNEY
Mr. Giles, representing the wheat growers of Australia on the Control of Wheat Board, explained the operations of the wheat pool to farmers and settlers'…
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