Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
At the wool sales to-day 7105 bales were offered at auction, and 6323 sold Private sales totalled 2635 bales. The Sydney wool-selling brokers…
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Farming & the land, 1923
758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 38
Etna Erupts. Thousands Homeless Farms and Fields Ruined (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Mount Etna has been in most violent eruption since Sunday. Thousands of tons of lava have been emitted from the main crater, and five new craters have…
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At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 7597 bales wore offered at auction, and 6706 sold, Private salon totalled 4643 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…
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The wool sales in Sydney for the season 1922-23 were brought to a close to-day, when 7227 bales were offered at auction. Of these 5791 were sold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Farmers
Mr. S. Gompers, president of the American Labour Federation, addressing the Wheat Conference in Chicago, declared that a union organised after the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Business in farm produce, during the week was brisk, and practically all lines had a good inquiry. A keen demand was made for prime…
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Business in dairy produce during the week was fairly brisk, the outstanding feature being it further reduction of approximately threepence per dozen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Produce. Grading Up
A striking illustration of the value of grading up a dairy herd by the use of purebred Jersey bulls was cited by Mr. J. S. M'Fadzean, of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Composition of Dairy Feeds
Every farm should know the meaning of terms commonly used in discussing the subject of feeding. This is essential for the proper understanding of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Outlook
The Liverpool "Corn Trade News," a leading authority on the wheat position, contains the following in its issue of 15th May:—"The United States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Antwerp Wool Sales
At the Antwerp wool sales 1376 bales of Australian wool was offered, but only 431 were sold. Merinoes and fine crossbreds wore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rhodesian Wheat Duties
A Capetown message reports that the Rhodesian Legislative Council, by 11 votes to 7, has decided to reimpose the duties of half-a-crown per 100lbs on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cold Kills Sheep Brisbane
A Charleville report states that when Drover Brown, in charge of 18,000 sheep, was about three miles from Augathella, in the vicinity of the Paroo River, 51…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Guarantee
The Federal Government's announcement of a wheat guarantee cannot have much influence on the coming harvest. It is too late to sow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
At the wool sales there was a good section of super greasy merinoes, chiefly continental. There was at strong continental competition, and prices were fully firm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →African Wool Factory
It is reported from Capetown that an up-to-dale wool factory has been opened at Harrismith by the Minister for Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Hints for Seed-sowers
Soaking the seeds of such things as sweet and other peas, beans, beet, etc., hastens germination considerably, but may be overdone, and then it may be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Tractor on the Farm
In order to demonstrate the greater efficiency of the farm tractor and its ability to work continuously, a 24-hours' seeding and cultivating test was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Produce
Business in dairy produce during the week was of a fair volume, the most outstanding feature being the reduction of from fivepence to sixpence per dozen in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There was a good inquiry during the week for all lines of farm produce. Supplies of prime green wheaten chaff are still slow in coming forward. Further…
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