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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

179 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 9

The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The third series of wool sales opened this evening strong and irregular. Prices showed an advance of from 5 to 10…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 4

The Brisbane wool sales were opened to-day, and were highly successful. There was a large attendance of buyers. The quantity sold amounted to 3193 bales, the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 3

A satisfactory week's turnover is reported by distributing houses. The principal feature in the week's operations was a decline in the butter market. Large…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 7

Under, date, 14th instant, Messrs. Goldsborough, Mort, and Co. received the following cable from their London house:—"The fourth series of wool sales have…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 7

Distributing houses report that during the week business generally was active and in all lines prices were well maintained…

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Soldiers As Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The crops have been reaped in many of the districts in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony by the troops, thus…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 7

Distributing houses report that during the week business has been fairly active. On account of the drought, the effects of which continue to be keenly felt,…

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Russia and Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 12

The "British Weekly" thus throws light upon Russia's desire to obtain a footing for her dairy produce in British markets:—Some idea of the way in which the butler…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 May 1902 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message:— "The wool sales continue firm and active with brisk competition, including the…

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Crossbred Wheat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 6

Mr. Kidd, Minister for Agriculture, has received a valuable report from the wheat expert to the United States Government, detailing the work being undertaken to…

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Blended Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A deputation organised by the Home and Foreign Produce Exchange and the Butter Association, accompanied by the…

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Butter and Cheese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1902 · page 7

"I may know nothing about grammar" exclaims the butterman in Byron's comedy "Our Boys," but hang it all (only he didn't say hang it) do let me know some…

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Useful Fungicide for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1902 · page 2

In a paper recently contributed to the Royal Dublin Society, Pro. Johnson, of the Royal College of Science, directs attention to the great injury done by "smut"…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 6

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Newcastle, advise us that their London office cables as follows:—"Wool sales closed firm, and lately reported rates were fully…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 7

A satisfactory week's turnover is reported by distributing houses. In consequence of short supplies and heavy country demand, the price of…

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Wheat Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 5

Recently the second series of wheat autions were held in Brisbane, when some two thousand bales of wheat were offered. The quality was excellent, and very high…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. The market remained firm…

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Frog Farming in Canada

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 7

Frog farming as an industry is assuming largo proportions in many parts of Canada, according to a telegram from Quebec, in a New York paper. Not only…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 7

Distributing houses report that business generally was a little brighter during the past week than it was during the preceeding week…

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Sydney Sheep Show. Opened by the Governor. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 6

The annual exhibition of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association was opened by the State Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, at the Agricultural Ground…

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