Dairy Farm Competition
The Milk Board announces having set aside 25 guineas as prize money for a dairy farm competition. The objects are to encourage the production of a high…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1936
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"Spectacular Gamble" Canadian Wheat Control Special Investigation Ottawa, February 13
Canada's wheat control venture, under the late Bennett Government, described in the House of Commons as the world's most spectacular gamble, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Freights Growers Demand Cut No Conference Decision Sydney
In an attempt to find means to lower substantially wool shipping freights, representatives of the woolbrokers, wool growers, woolbuyers, and the Overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool for Abroad Difficulties of Finance Need for Action Sydney
"Any further delay in remedial measures to enable our old and large wool clients, who have remained on the gold standard, to increase their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sent to U.S.A. Big Increase This Year Records Expected Sydney
Wool shipments to America have shown a marked increase over the past six weeks. The total shipments between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Referred to Railway Commissioner Butter Freight Rates
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce to-day received from the Minister for Transport a letter stating that he would refer the complaint of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Less Butter Made North Coast Factories GRAFTON
Grafton Cooperative Dairy Company manufactured 1450½ tons of butter for the year ending December 31, a decrease of 205 tons compared with 1934, the decline being due to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Wool Sales Wellington (N.z.)
At the third Wellington wool sales there was strong competition from all sections. About 30,000 bales were offered. Of these 26,600 were sold at auction. The market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool for America Record Shipments Expected SYDNEY
Shippers of wool are keenly interested in the continued increase of purchases by American wool-buying representatives during the Australian selling season. Over…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scourge Returns Duststorms in America Farmers Fear Crop Losses (Australian Associated Press.) AMARILLO (Texas), February 14
The first duststorm of 1936 has just blown itself out, and more, it is feared, is to come. The details of the return of this phenomenon to the five State area in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Markets Good Supply of Oranges Flour and Wheat
Despite the weather, values were practically unchanged in the Newcastle markets to-day. There was fair demand for most commodities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trading in Wheat Canadian Board's Sales Inquiry to Be Held Ottawa, February 15
Wheat exporters at Winnipeg are alleged to have rushed to the 'phones yesterday to secure orders from Liverpool to take advantage of the Wheat Board's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Wool for 33¼d Top Sydney Price This Season Sydney
Topping the previous best price by 2d. a New South Wales record level for merino fleece was established at to-day's wool sales, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening To-day British Industries Fair Australian Wool Exhibit (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 15
The sections of the British Industries Fair at the White City and Olympia, London, and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, will open on Monday. The King will pay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Early Wallsend Brooks Family's Land Transfer of Low Farm
Known officially as Low Farm, one of the original grants of land from which Wallsend as it is to-day began, and an area upon portion of which convicts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter for Export SYDNEY
During the week ended February 15 Commonwealth butter graders at Newcastle examined for export [?] boxes of salted and 1080 boxes unsalted butter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquiry Ordered Cattle Stealing Conviction GRAFTON
In July last, Charles Fitzroy Bayley, a well-known grazier in the Glen Innes district, was convicted before Mr. C. G. Carboyd, Police Magistrate, of cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Firm Market at Wool Sales Yorkshire Bids 27d SYDNEY
The wool market to-day was firm at yesterday's rates, Good clearances were made under keen general competition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Record 33¼d Paid by Bradford Keen Bidding at Wool Sales Sydney
Amid an outburst of cheering, a Bradford operator at the wool sales to-day paid 33¼d for five bales of wool, which came from the Walcha district. The price…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Eastern Sales Australian Wheat SYDNEY
Quiet, but steady, is how the position of the world's wheat markets are described by the Lindley Walker Wheat Company Ltd., in its weekly report…
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