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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Victorian Wheat Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 4

It is reported from Melbourne that charterers are at their wits' ends to secure bottoms for the immense quantities of wheat pouring in daily. The pack is felt mostly at Williamstown, where immense stacks…

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Summons Division. Cattle Astray

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 7

On the information of Thomas Lindsay, Merewether inspector of nuisances, Alice Daniel, Jan Jackson, and Bridget Terry were each fined 5s, with 2s 6d costs of Court,…

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Great Distress in New York. Destruction of Orange Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A hundred thousand persons are starving in New York. The orange fruit crops in the southern States have been ruined by…

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Morpeth. Inspection of Dairy Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 8

Mr. [?]. Bowker, M.R.[?].V.S., the vet[?]ary inspector under the Board of Health visited Morpeth yesterday and inspected not only the dairy cattle but a large number…

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Cattle for South Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 5

A new feature in the export of cattle from Australia is marked by the departure of the steamer Ninychow, which sailed hence this morning for Durban and Delagoa Bay via…

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Shearing Sheep by Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

The system of shearing sheep by contract bids fair to be extensively adopted in New South Wales. It has only been recently introduced, and as it seems to have given…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

Brisk business in all dairy produce lines has been experienced by distributing houses and the tone of the market is generally firm. The effort put forth by the exporters of…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

The business reported by distributing houses for the week Just closing has been of fair volume. Butter has proved a bone of contention…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 5

The deputation representing the Farmers' and Settlers' Association which waited on the Premier to-day subsequently asked the Minister for Mines to distribute wheat to…

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The Virtue of Bread and Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 12

Many physicians, according to lecturer on dietetics, are ordering the bread and butter for delicate patients, especially those suffering from dysperpsia, consumption, and…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 6

Heavy orders for all lines of dairy produce have been executed by distributing houses this week, and the prospect for the immediate future is…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The second series of wool sales opened last night. Messrs. Charles Balme and Company, Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Company,…

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Wool and Frozen Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 2

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to dale amount to 56,479 bales, as compared with 48,607 bales for the corresponding period of last season…

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Co-operative Dairying in Holland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 7

What with Dutch factory butter at 5 4s 6d per cwt. and "Cork firsts" at £4 7s, 6d, the extraordinary developments of scientific dairying in Holland…

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The Westralian Cattle Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 8

The steamer Tangier is now employed in running cattle round front Wyndeham to Fremantle, where site landed the other day, 343 head out of a cargo…

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Cattle for Premantle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

The Adelaide Co's steamer Willyama is due here on Wednesday from South Australia's with 1500 tons of concentrates for the Sulphide Corporation and on discharge will load and cattle for West…

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Wool and Frozen Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

The total wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 57,366 bales, as compared with 49,050 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

An excellent turnover has been experienced in all dairy produce lines. Distribution houses report that the last week has been exceptional—orders being on such a…

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Blood for Cattle Food

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 3

The German Government has patented an animal food mixture called "Kraftfutter" (strength food), or "Blutmelassefutter" (blood molasses feed), of which the…

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Wheat Statistics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour a float for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,200,000 quarters or 54,000 quarters…

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