For Flanders Farmers Seed From New Zealand LONDON
"The Times" correspondent at Lille says that, thanks to the generosity of New Zealand farmers, 7000 parcels of vegetable and cereal seeds are being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1923
758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 38
Trapped in Machine Farmer's Fortitude YOUNG
Alone in a field with one foot badly crushed and jammed fast in a harvester. Edward Taylor, 32, a share former on the Quamby Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forty Boys For N.S.W. Farms LONDON
As the result of the request for 40 boys to go as farm workers to New South Wales on Friday, Mr. Barnes received 210 applications from public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Valuable Sheep
An extremely curious variety of fattailed sheep, native to Afghanistan, is characterised by the immense weight of its tall, caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 11,215 bales were offered, and 10,526 sold. Private sales totalled 1015. Greasy merino sold at 32¾d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Farmers' Trouble
Mr. Burnell, the president of the United Formers or Manitoba, addressing the annual convention, stated that the exodus of the farmers from the soil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales to-day 9600 bales were offered, and 8884 sold. Private sales totalled 1105 bales. The Sydney Wool-selling brokers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Produce. Constitution in Stock
A good constitution is a necessity to all breeds. In part it is provided for it an animal is selected along the lines of perfect conformation. It implies the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Produce
The outstanding feature of operation in dairy produce during the week has been the firming of the butter market. Two advances, one of a half-penny, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Business has been good in most lines of farm produce during the past week. Quotations for wheat, flour, bran, and pollard have undergone no change. Maize…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock Wine Good Grape Crop Thriving Industry
"It will not be a heavy crop, but it will be a good one." This is how Mr. Hector Tulloch, of the Glen Elgin vineyards at Pokolbin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pedigree Cattle
An Irish paper, in discussing the prices of stud cattle in Argentina, may say something of a little value here:— "Owing to the disturbed condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Export of Cattle Embargo May Be Lifted MELBOURNE
It wan recently announced in a cable message received from London that the embargo on the importation of Canadian cattle into England has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beetles on Cotton Destruction of Crop North Coast Experiment MURWILLUMBAH
A few months ago the prospect of introducing cotton on the North Coast was an all-absorbing topic. Farmers were urged to plant cotton, and quite a large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales to-day, 7948 bales were offered and 6906 sold. Private sales totalled 501 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →29 Million Bushes State Wheat Harvest SYDNEY
Though many estimates of the curront wheat harvest have been attempted, few, if any, have been as high as that of the Government Statistician (Mr. H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Harvest. 29,000,000 Bushels Estimated. Average 10.4 Per Acre. Sydney
Mr. H. A. Smith, the Government Statistician, has issued a preliminary forecast of the wheat harvest of the current season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales to-day 9411 bales were offered, and 9686 sold. Private sales totalled 2950 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Can't Be Beaten N.S.W. BUTTER Fallacy of Prices SYDNEY
The report of the dairying position in New South Wales prepared by the Minister for Agriculture, shows that there are 700,000 dairy cows in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Too Dry for Cotton South Coast Crops DAPTO
The season has been adverse to cotton-growing experiments. It was hoped this year to prove the suitability of the South Coast climate to cotton culture. A…
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