Good Crops Inspector's Demonstration DAPTO
To impress upon farmers his view that in the production of successful [?]ghum crops, early preparation of the soil is the main factor. Mr. R…
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Farming & the land, 1927
667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 34
Sydney Wool Sales Eighth Series Commenced. Sydney
The eighth series of the wool sales commenced to-day. Altogether five sale days will be held, the total offering being 56,584 bales…
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At the wool sales to-day a selection below the average quality, consisting of 12,067 bales, was offered. The number of bales sold at auction was 10,540…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Pools Winnipeg
Mr. Wilson, of the Gippsland Co-operative Society, has arrived here, following an inspection of the Saskatchewan and Alberta wheat pools. He is en route to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce Marking of Export Eggs
Opposition to a clause in the British Merchandise Marks Act (1926) respecting eggs, was expressed by a meeting of representative exporters and egg producers…
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The Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland, is conducting a vigorous campaign with the object of assisting the pig farmer and placing the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dairy Produce
The floods were also responsible for a certain amount of disorganisation in dairy produce business during the week, but fortunately the transit of perishable…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce
Business in farm produce during the week was disorganised by the floods. There were no alterations in the prices of wheat, flour, bran, or pollard…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Silence in Britain Australian Racing News Mr. Cropper's Regret London
"In view of the close association of English and Australian horse racing, it is regrettable that British newspapers do not publish more results…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vestey's Cattle Another Pleuro Outbreak DARWIN
There has been a further outbreak of pleuro pneumonia among Vestey's cattle travelling to Queensland. A mob is now affected at Anthony's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
The wool offered at the Sydney sales to-day was generally below average quality, consisting as it did of late shorn lots. Of the 13,699 bales offered at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fur Hunt Cattle Yard Reached Coats and Hats
Domestic furriers have reached the cattle-yard in their search for pelts, and now cowskin is creating a furore abroad. "Daisy" is yielding her glossy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Those Bees" Farmer Artist Charged Firing at 'Plane London, Tuesday Night
"I became half mad when those bees came over the house. I did not want to shoot anyone, and I fired behind the 'planes. I wanted to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 12,997 bales were offered at auction, and 11.251 sold. Private sales totalled 1410. The selection was below average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales End of the Season. Sydney
With the exception of a few clearing-up wool sales in June, the sales for the 1926-27 season were brought to a close to-day. The selection was below the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Save a City Dramatic Flood Fight in U.S.A. State Troops Called Out Armed Farmers Threaten Bloodshed
Rifle shots humming over the official steamer during an inspection of the levees south of New Orleans, which will be cut in an effort to save the city from the onrush of the Mississippi flood waters, warned officials that the patrolling farmers whose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Better Farming Train Visit to Maitland
Maitland farmers welcome the proposed visit of the Better Farming Trains, which will be at West Maitland on May 17 and 18…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce
There was an improved tone in business in the farm produce section. The prices of wheat, flour, bran, and pollard are unchanged. Tasmanian Brownell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Produce
Brisk business was transacted in all classes of dairy produce. With the advent of cooler weather and the resultant falling off in production,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Produce Care of Horses' Feet
Plough horses, working continually on soft ground, require attention periodically, or their hoofs grow out of propotion, and spread or crack. On farms…
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