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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

224 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 12

Travelling Sheep. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 5

Mr. C. B. Stephen made application to Mr. Justice Cohen in Chambers this morning on behalf of Francis John White, of Saumerez, near Armidale, and James Cobb…

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The Butter Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

In their fortnightly circular, under date March 24, Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co. write as follow:—Since our last fortnightly report the following steamers…

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Colonial "Welsh" Mutton. a Farmers' Association Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The English Farmers' Association, Limited, which carries on business at Holborn Circus, London, has been fined £40 for selling…

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London Wool Sales. Great Advance in Prices

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

LONDON, Wednesday.—The third series of colonial wool sales commenced yesterday, when catalogues were submitted comprising 11,323 bales, of…

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State Butter Competitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 5

Mr. Cook Minister for Agriculture, has received from the judges a statement showing the points gained by each competitor in the above on the day the butter was received, and…

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The Increased Price of Wool

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

The recent remarkable rise in the price of wool will make a material difference to the financial position of the pastoralists of Australia. Men who…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

Transactions on a liberal scale have marked the operations in dairy produce lines during the week just closing. Butter remains unaltered in value, through…

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"Labourist" Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 6

In the arid agricultural north some queer political ideas have taken root. How else can we account for the extraordinary figures in the return from the district of…

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The Pasteurising of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture has received a report from the Maypole Dairying Company, of London, upon the value of pasteurioing in butter making. This company…

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Drought and the Victorian Butter Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 8

As an instance of how drought can affect production in Victoria, Mr. D. Wilson, the Government dairy expert, in his annual report to the Acting-Minister of Agriculture,…

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Dairy Troubles. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 5

A deputation from the South Coast waited on Mr. Brunker to-day to urge that practical dairy farmer should be represented on the commission to be…

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Warwick Farm Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 7

There was a fair attendance at the Warwick Farm races on Saturday. The course was trifle heavy, but the racing proved thoroughly enjoyable, Results:…

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Wheat Cargoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,320,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,730,000…

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Wallsend Hospital.—butter and Bounce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 3

Sir.—In these stirring times when the great question of Australian Federation has become the all-absorbing topic of every-day discussion, I doubt if the rather more…

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The Intelligence of Farm Horses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 8

The intelligence evinced by farm- horses at ploughing, and indeed all other work— if only you are master of the language which they understand—always strikes me…

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The China Tea Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 5

FOOCHOW, Wednesday.—The tea market has opened. Arrivals of the new crop amount to 60,000 half-chests. The crop is an average one. Prices for…

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The Butter Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Encharn, and Co., in their London circular, dated April 21, write as follow:—Since our last fortnightly report the steamer Gothic has arrived from…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. the Accused Found "Not Guilty."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 7

Frederick John Bourke and Henry Sidebottom were presented on a charge of stealing one heifer, the property of David Johnson, of Barnsley, near Wallsend. They…

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The Butter Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The inquiries which Mr. Taverner, Victorian Minister for Agriculture made regarding the method of the sale of Victorian…

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Mr. Taverner's Mission. Wheat Shipments to Manchester

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Taverner, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, who is now at Manchester, is negotiating with a Manchester firm with a…

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