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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 10

The wool season is now well on, and a good clip is anticipated. The arrivals during the week to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 10

Business in dairy produce during the week has only bean of a fairly satisfactory character. Buying on the whole has been of a "hand-Lo-mouth" character…

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India's Wheat Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Broomhall, in a letter to "The Times," says that the Indian wheat exports for three weeks amounted to 783,000 quarters,…

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Railway Rates on Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 4

The fact laid before the Railway Commissioners by a deputation representing the Maitland, Raymond Terrace, Singleton, Glen Innes, and…

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Railway Freight on Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 3

A deputation of representatives of butter factories in Singleton, Maitland, Raymond Terrace, Glen Innes, and Inverell was introduced to the Railway Commissioners…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 6

John M'Cormack, Percy Garland, and Thomas George Youngney were charged with having, in company, at Allandale, on the 24th May stolen it head of cattle, consisting of…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 10

The wool season is now going we'll ahead, and arrivals from the sheds are beginning to brighten up. The local agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company…

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Wireless Telegraphy in Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 11

Wireless telegraphy is applicable to various agricultural purposes, says a writer in "Electricity." First, it is natural that it would be used by farms or…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 10

In dairy produce lines business during the week was fairly satisfactory. Buying was, however, chiefly on September accounts…

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Training Miners and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 4

The Victorian Government are at present devoting attention to the question of agricultural and mining education in that State, and a…

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Queensland Wheat. First Direct Shipment. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 5

A luncheon to mark the occasion of the despatch of the first grain ship from Brisbane to the United Kingdom took place to-day on board the Government yacht…

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The Butter Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 4

The State Premier, Mr. Carruthers, is at present considering a request from Mr. Bent, the Victorian Premier, regarding the advisability of…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 10

The wool season has been good during the week, the quantity which arrived to the local agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs. Dalgety…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 10

The general depression in the district has affected operations in dairy produce lines, and buying has been considerably restricted…

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Pen=notes and Pencillings. a Great Industrial Experiment. a Glimpse of Colony Farm and Portraits of Its Founders, Messrs. Woodbury, Bulleon, and Kimball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1904 · page 5

The accompanying sketch, although dealing with a foreign scene, conveys, in the information given with it, a lesson of local application. The three young men…

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Cornering Wheat Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 14

In a recent issue of the "Century Magazine," Mr. W. Payne gives an interesting description of the methods employed in effecting a corner in wheat. Dealing with…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 10

The wool season is now making very good progress, and although at first it was thought that this season would be a poor one as far as arrivals at Newcastle were…

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The Butter Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 5

The following cable message has been received by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Moore, from Mr. Lance, the State Commercial Agent in London:—The…

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Wind-driven Generators for Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 6

The special attention called recently to farming by means of electrical power makes prominent the work being accomplished in harnessing the wind for similar…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines has been fairly satisfactory during the week. All lines have been taken up with a little more freedom than last week…

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