Beeby and Farmers "Out Neck and Crop" SYDNEY
At the monthly meeting of the Forbes Farmers and Settlers' Association, it was moved and carried: "That in view of the fact that the present in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1918
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New Potatoes Potatoes Salt and pepper. 2 sprigs mint. Little butter. Method
Choose potatoes about the same size. Put salt in a cloth, and rub potatoes hard on salt to remove skin, or scrape or peel thinly to remove skin. Put small saucepan of…
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At the Waratah stock sales yesterday Messrs. Hawkins, Limited, brought under the hammer a draft of bullocks from Kelvinside Estate, Aberdeen, the tops of which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prolific Apple Crop Big American Yield SYDNEY
A wireless message via Honolulu, received by the American Consul-General in Sydney, states that the Agricultural Department has estimated that this year's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Butter Surplus Stock Sold LONDON, Friday Night
Mr. Hughes has been successful in effecting sales of the surplus stock of Australian butter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Local trade in farm produce has been rather quiet. There have been fair inquiries from Queensland, mostly for lucern chaff, but as the terms generally stipulated are prime green…
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There has been a good demand for most lines of dairy produce. Butter is now plentiful, and during the week the price was reduced by 1½d a pound. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weevil Wheat Rejected Wellington
Of 50,000 sacks of Australian wheat landed at Auckland, over 3000 sacks have been rejected by the millers on account of weevils…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Africa's Wool
It is reported from Capetown that an Important conference of wool firms met in Pretoria, to consider the wool question but owing to the epidemic only a fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Wool New Season's Clip Imperial Arrangements CAPETOWN
Reuter's correspondent at Pretoria telegraphs that the congress of woolgrowers, representative of the whole of the Union, convened to consider the best means of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Produce. Orchard Notes
Owing to abnormal seasons experienced lately it is not advisable to forecast the coming season, it would however be unwise to take the exceptionally wet conditions of last…
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A good inquiry has been forthcoming for most dairy produce lines, and prices are much the same as those of last week. Butter is plentiful, and selling well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There has been very little of note to report in operations in farm produce during the past week, and with the exception of advances in chain and maize, prices remain much on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Single-handed Fight Duel in a Crop
Writing to his brother, Mr. P. Taylor, of Euroa (Vic). Pte. Norman Taylor, one of three soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Taylor, describes how…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soaring Prices Fears of Crop Failure SYDNEY
The moth of October has provided records in high prices for various classes of produce, necessary and perishable commodities. The con-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Up Again Melbourne
Mr. Massey Greene, Minister for Price Fixing, announced to-day that the price of butter is again to be advanced to 154s a cwt. The object is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Prices Raised. Melbourne
Mr. Messy Greene, Minister in Charge of Price Fixing, announced to-day that the price of butter had been raised to 154s per cwt for first grade, 144s 8d for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Soldiers and Their Faith.—jack's Day.—the Farmer.—a Word to Labour.—no Room for Disloyalists.—the Polite Frenchman.—no More German Bands.—the Puzzle of Puzzles.—for Servia. Sydney
The authorities have made available an exceedingly interesting return respecting "Soldiers' Churches." It has been calculated to the extent of 323,105 enlistments…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →India's Wheat Export Prohibited LONDON, Thursday Night
Reuter's correspondent, at Simla telegraphs that the British-Indian Government has stopped all wheat purchases for export except for Meso…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Produce. Young Citrus Trees
These who have failed to get all their young citrus trees planted should complete this work as soon as possible (writes the fruit expert of the Agricultural Department),…
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