Cotton Shortage Influence of Wheat Famine LONDON, Friday Night
The International Cotton Congress which is sitting at Zurich, discussed the increasing seriousness of the world shortage of cotton. The British…
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Farming & the land, 1920
734 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 37
Dairy Produce
There has been a keen a demand for dairy produce. There is a continued shrinkage in the supplies of butter from Hunter District factories, and even with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There has been a well maintained inquiry for farm produce during the week, and orders have been coming in as frequently as before the rain. Good rains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Produce. a Novel Experiment
Ten dairy farmers at Oxford, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., who had learnt how to produce clean milk, agreed in 1915 to visit ten other farmers in the neighbouring…
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The wool sales closed flat. Out of 92,000 bales catalogued, about 40,000 were withdraw. Compared with May sales, best combing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Southern Strike.—preparing for the Prince.—short Wheat.—influenza.—a Troublesome Public.—the Rain Prospects.—the Loan. Sydney
The great strike in Melbourne is agitating the older city. More especially is this the case since the assention by an interested union official that there will…
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Good rains are reported from all over the West Darling districts. Excellent falls ranging up to two inches have been recorded just over the Queensland…
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The butter position is now so serious that the winter pool committee are considering very seriously the question of rationing the supply. After the…
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The steamer Monaro to-day finished loading 3500 tons of wheat for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Behind the Scenes "Bonds of Empire" Story of the Wool Sales" LONDON, Tuesday Night
Mr. Forster and Lord Derby acted as Britain's bargainers in the wool negotiation. They offered, according to a current story, 45 per cent. above…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunshine and Smiles Prince in Sydney Brilliant Landing at Farm Cove Million People in the Streets Sydney
The Renown entered the Heads at five to nine this morning and the Prince landed at Farm Cove at 11 o'clock. Sydney was astir from an early hour. The morning broke clear and fine, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitre D'hotel Butter
Cream one-fourth cup of butter: add one-half teaspoon of salt, one-eighth teaspoon of pepper, and a few grains of cayenne; add one-half tablespoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Sydney Letter. the Day of Days.—a Great Rise in Meat.—not All Traders Make Profits.—the Farmers' Loan.—our Telephone System.—from Broken Hill.—pickpockets. Sydney
This is written in advance, with the city on the tip-toe of expectation. Its excitement is in keeping. The rain threatened to dampen some of the ardour, but…
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In the House of Commons, replying to a question whether a co-operative wholesale society was endeavouring to purchase New Zealand's output of butter end cheese,…
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In the discussion in committee of the House of Commons on a resolution authorising the payment of expenses in connection with the Agriculture Bill. Sir…
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A telegram from Capetown states that the Minister for Finance, in the course of a statement in the Assembly, on the wheat shortage, said the Union…
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The delegates from the Commonwealth Dairy Pool interviewed the Food Minister, and urged immediate decontrol…
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The system of manuring followed by Mr. Lee, a successful Victorian orchardist, is well worthy of adoption by many another citrus grower. Every three or four years…
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There has been very little slackening in the demand for fodder since the rain. The markets for such lines as maize and lucern hay are easier. Chaff weakened,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Artificial Wool Inferior to Natural LONDON, Sunday Night
Professor Midgley, of Bradford Technical College, exhaustively tested samples of artificial wool from the continent, which had recently drawn…
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