Safety Questioned New Artificial Wool Fabric Easily Ignited London
An important question has arisen owing to the comparative inilammability of artificial wool. Tests show that by wearing artificial…
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Farming & the land, 1926
787 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 40
BROADCASTING To-day's Programmes Farmer's Service
6.35: Talk to the children. 7.0: A talk on swimming, 7.15: News service. 7.40: From the Lyceum Hall, the Methodist Home Mission demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Show Dairy Farmers' Day Milking Tests
The public interest in Maitland show continued keen to-day, which was given up to sport. Splendid ring events were witnessed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Awards
The results of the Maitland Show milking competitions were announced today. The prize-winners were:— Butter-fat competition, for cow yielding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Management
At a recent meeting of a branch of the South Australian Farmers Bureau, Mr. H. Webb, in a paper dealing with farm management, said the farm should be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm and Produce Registration of Orchards
It is incumbent upon the owners or occupiers of orchards, vineyards, and nurseries of not less than one-quarter acre in area to register under the Plant…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dairy Produce
The volume of trade in dairy produce was only fair, and with the exception of an advance of a penny a dozen in new-laid eggs, quotations underwent no…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce
A good volume of business was transacted during the week in farm produce, and most lines were firm. There was no change reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Crops Suffer Bad Season on Hunter
Owing to the continual dry weather, a scarcity of vegetables exists all over the Hunter and Williams Rivers districts at present, and what vegetables…
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Raymond Thomas Schmidt, 18, a carter, was fined , £3, in default a month's imprisonment, by Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at the Newcastle Polices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Disease New Danish Treatment LONDON
A Copenhagen message says that in fighting foot and mouth disease a Jutland veterinary surgeon, M. Westring, has been experimenting with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board's Warning Cattle and Catchment
All the stock on the Chichester resumed area have been removed. The caretaker reports, however, that since they were removed, three or four head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
The eighteenth series of wool sales was commenced to-day, when a good selection, totalling 11,015 head, was offered at auction. Of these 10,311 were sold, and 1600…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales London
The London wool sales were opened to-day. Values compared with the closing rates of the last sales were mostly unchanged. Slips were rather easier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
At the local wool sales to-day 11,031 bales were offered at auction, and 10,577 sold. Private sales totalled 619 bales. The selection was of good quality…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Politics the Farmers' Party Address by Dr. Page Melbourne
Dr. Page, the Federal Treasurer, speaking at the annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union at Ballarat, said he had recently read his policy speech in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Wheat Crop
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that the wheat on farms on March 1, was about 99,279,000 bushels, or 14.8 per cent. of the 1925 crop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales
The wool sales opened yesterday. There was a large attendance of all sections of the trade. The surprising feature was the support given to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 9080 bales were offered, and 8178 sold. Private sales totalled 980. The selection was a good one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Artificial Wool Efforts to Start Industry LONDON
"The Sun" representative has been informed that the company which is being formed to manufacture artificial tweeds from home-grown material is…
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