Government Wool British Disposals LONDON
In the House of Commons, at question time Mr. Boyd Carpenter said the wool belonging to the Government amounted to approximately 520,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1923
758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 38
Commercial. the Week's Heview. Farm Produce
A good volume of business was transacted in all lines of farm produce during the week. Tasmanian potatoes advanced during…
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Owing to the Easter holidays, business in dairy produce has been exception brisk during the week. The most outstanding feature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Green Manuring
Green manuring effective on both sandy and heavy clay soils, and, indeed, in all soils deficient in humus. On sandy soils its effect is to consolidate, the oil,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Canadian Cattle
Arrangements have been completed for the reception of 20,000 head of store cattle from Canada. They are due to arrive at Birkenhead, Manchestor,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter 100 Years Old
A garment dating from the Bronze Age, discovered by peat-cutters a few feet below the surface of a Swedish fen has come out intact, thanks to the soil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Commerce. Stock Market Firm. Improvement in Wheat. the Butter Set-back. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The Stock Exchange closed for the holidays in a most cheerful mood, for, though, as usual in Easter week, business was not over brisk, prices were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strangled by Whip Farm Fatality Heart Attack Blamed MERRIWA
Clem Pittman was found dead in a shed on his father's a farm, hanging by the neck by a whip. He was putting a tall on the whip,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jumper That Came a Cropper
Echo falling at the 6ft 6in jump in the Vice-Regal High Jump at the Sydney Show on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cotton at Moree Good Crops in Drought MOREE
Mr. A. C. Hughes, of the British Australian Cotton Growing Association, visited Moree in October last on his way from Queensland to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Farmer's Effective Sprinklers SYDNEY
A fire broke out on the premises of Farmer and Company, Pitt and Market streets, to-day, but sprinklers prevented it from spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soaring Butter Another Big Jump SYDNEY
Sussex-street was taken completely by surprise yesterday when the dairy produce advisory board suddenly Increased the price of butter to 9s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meat Costs the Same Homebush Sales 50,000 Sheep Penned SYDNEY
Although upwards of 50,000 sheep were listed for sale at Homebush to-day buying interests were able to absorb the lot without depreciating recent values,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm Labourers' Strike
The Norfolk farm strike Is becoming more bitter. Bands of strikers, armed with sticks, ore patrolling the northern area singing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fiend's Toll Loss of 600 Sheep ADAMINABY
A bush fire at Snow Vale on Good Friday caused the loss of about 600 sheep. On mustering after the fire it was found that 500 had been burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Rainfall Great Value to Crops
Very beneficial rains have fallen this last two days in the Cessnock district, and the farmers of Mount View and Pokolbin looked happy when driving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Butter Market
The "Pacific Dairy Review," U.S. America, pay:—The arrival of 88,000lb of New Zealand butter on the local market during the present season, and reports…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Canadian Store Cattle
The first two consignments of Canadian store cattle have arrived at Galsgow and Manchester in excellent condition,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Wheat Second Payment SYDNEY
Owing to satisfactory realisations an both milling and seed wheat, the Queensland Wheat Board has decided to make available a second advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dairy Farm
The following extracts are from an article describing a well-known Californian dairy farm:—From the windows of trains plying…
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