Dairy Produce
Most dairy produce lines have been in good demand, and no material alterations have been made in price. Butter presents no fresh feature. A good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1918
488 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 25
Child Labour on Farms
The inquiry by the Interstate Commission into the dairying industry, in connection with the fixing of prices has brought a revival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knitting Wool
In reference to the scaring prices of Victorian manufactured woollen garments and the restricted quantity of knitting wool now being placed on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Empire Wheat Growing
LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Brookes asked what steps were being taken to promote wheat growing within the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool-scouring Strike. Objection to "Loyalist."
A strike of employees occurred on Monday at the works of Mr. Sidney Moore, wool-scourer, Botany. About 40 employees are involved. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bread and Butter. Prices Commission's Report. No Undue Inflation
Senator Russell, the Minister in charge of foodstuffs, has made available reports of the Interstate Commission. The most interesting is that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Pool
The butter pool which the Commonwealth Government proposes to establish should do much more than provide for the wants of Australia. If…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat for the Allies
A message from Capetown states that advices from Buenos Ayres give details of a convention which has concluded in the Argentine with the Allied Governments, by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Produce. Green Manuring Crops
The maintenance of fertility, notwithstanding the loss of plat food that results from constant cropping, is one of the problems that confront every…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There has been no new feature in the farm produce markets to report during, the past week. Business has been fairly brisk in most lines,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce
A steady volume of trade has been passing in nearly all dairy produce lines during the week. Butter continues in ample supply, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price for U.s. Wheat
WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The price of two dollars 20 cents, per bushel has been fixed by President Wilson for the coming season's crop of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America's Wheat
A Washington message reports that President Wilson has issued a proclamation fixing the minimum price of the 1918 wheat at 220 cents (9s 2d per bushel), and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cornering Wool. Hun Agent Corners Himself
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Eugene Schwerdt, a millionaire wool merchant, has been charged with being a German agent. We has been arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cattle
Considering that the Hunter Valley is a great dairying district, and that Newcastle is within a reasonable distance of others important dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sheep and the Wolves
For many years past material has been provided for placid musers upon peace by prophecies of a "parliament of man, the Federation of the world,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Silo Contract. the Missing Papers. Sydney
The report of Mr. W. S, Loveridge, of the Public Service Board, in connection with the missing safeguards from the wheat elevator contract, which was laid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy Produce
The two exhibits in the class devoted to a collection of farm and dairy produce grown in the districts between the Hawkesbury River and 150…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's Wheat
The "Now York Times" urges that before the Government allows steel plates to be exported to Japan, America should stipulate that Japan should transport…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Stacking Trouble. Adelaide
During the past twelve months wheat stacking has been carried on at the Outer Harbour, and at Port Adelaide, under contract by arrangement with the Port…
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