American Wheat
An expert on the Chicago, Exchange said this on February 20 :—Wheat has gone up. It will go higher. A genuine shortage in the surplus of wheat in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1922
840 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 42
Gambling in Wheat
A Chicago telegram states that there were wild scenes in the Board of Trade pit when wheat for May delivery made a sensational advance. It opened at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Wool Sales Melbourne
On the resumption of the April series of wool auctions yesterday one firm submitted a representative catalogue of some 4700 bales. From the out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales to-day, 7797 bales were offered, and 7291 were sold at auction. Private sales numbered 2268 bales. Tim Sydney Wool Selling Brokers report:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Freights Reduction Wanted Victorian Exports
The Butter Export Freight Committee of Victoria (Messrs. R. Crowe, chairman; H. W. Osborne, C. C. Lewis. L. Lowsby. C. Gray, and W. J. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Tops London
The Bradford wool tops marked shows a good tone, with a higher tendency for line crossbreds and merinos…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales to-day 7950 bales were offered, and 7082 were sold. Private sales totalled 2460 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Markets Butter and Cheese Up SYDNEY
Butter was 1d 1b dearer yesterday. The wholesale price for choicest grades was 1s 5½d, and the retail rate 1s 8½d a 1b…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Famine Supplies Failing Rapidly Drought Feared Little in Storage
A butter famine during the coming winter is the gloomy prospect for this State. Supplies are now rapidly dwindling, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce Stabilising Markets State Committees Sydney
Dairying interests throughout the Commonwealth were concerned in the conference held in Sydney during the Easter holidays. All the butter factories in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Produce. Rotation of Crops
The earliest farmers knew that planting the same crop in the same land year in and year out exhausted the soil. In his great Didactic Poem the Georgica…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Prices Soaring Wheat and Flour Cheese and Eggs SYDNEY
The wholesale price of flour was to-day advanced by 5s to £13 6s a ton to cover the extra 2d a bushel placed on wheat by the voluntary pool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Produce
The rapid, shrinkage in the output of butter and the stronger tone of the London market have resulted in prices advancing approximately one-penny per 1b…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Owing to the continued dry weather all lines of farm produce were in keen demand during the week. The outstanding feature of operations was in chaff, upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Growing Strawberries Profitable Side Crop
Planting time for strawberries will soon be to hand, and preparation on the ground should be started at once. Of the side-crops grown by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rats in Crops
It in not difficult to poison or trap rats infesting a house where all food can be closed up, but in fields where they are attacking field crops and fruit it is a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drought Effects Higher Prices Butter Supplies Shrink SYDNEY
The continued dry weather has had a serious effect on the output of dairy produce. The metropolis is now feeling the effects in the form of higher…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Banks and Farms I.R.A. RAIDS Week-end Activities LONDON
Raids were made on the post offices in the Castlerea district, in Roscommon, on Saturday, and large sums of money were stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the Sydney Wool Sales to-day 7018 bales were offered at auction and 6541 sold. Private sales totalled 1410. Greasy merine sold to 27½d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Wheat Newcastle as Centre Farmers Will Help
A Sydney company has had a representative in Newcastle and in the northern districts during the last few weeks, inquiring into…
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