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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Canadian Dairy Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The fine exhibit of produce shown by Canada at the Dairy Show, at Islington, proved a great attraction. Australia was only…

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Closing the Butter Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 7

There is an increasing impression that it is full time the Federal Butter Commission brought its labours to a conclusion and presented its report to Parliament…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 10

The wool season is now in full swing, and the arrivals to Newcastle up to the present are well in advance of last season. The arrivals to date to the local…

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Science and the Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 16

We have had frequent occasion, says an American paper, to mention the effective work done by the United States Department of Agriculture in behalf of the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines during the week has been fairly satisfactory, although buyers have been operating very carefully…

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Baby Farmer Convicted. a Horrible Disclosure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible case of baby farming and murder has been brought to light at Hamburg. A woman named Elizabeth Wiese was…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 10

The wool season continues active, and arrivals from the country are much improved, as compared with last season. The arrivals to the local agencies of Messrs…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 10

Business in dairy produce has been very quiet during the week. Butter supplies have been increasing, the beneficial effects of the rain being…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 10

Business in farm produce during the week was very quiet. Inquiry was very dull, and bookings small. There has been no alteration in flour,…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs Bright and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., to date amounted to 15,182 bales, compared…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 10

In farm produce lines local trade during the week has been quiet. In the country, however, business is looking up. Orders are coming in freely, and the prospect is…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines has been very quiet during the week, and buyers have been operating in "hand-to-mouth" parcels only…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. held their first wool sale of the season to-day, when they offered a good representative catalogue of 3096 bales, principally composed of merino…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 10

The wool season continues to be brisk, and the arrivals are well ahead of last season. To the local agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Company and Messrs…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 10

Local transactions in farm produce lines have been quiet, but business with the country has been good. There has been nothing of note in regard…

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Warwick Farm Races. Insolence Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 October 1904 · page 7

The race meeting at Warwick Farm on Saturday was well attended, the different events resulting as follows:— Stewards' Mile, a handicap sweepstakes of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 5

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our second sale of the season to-day, when we brought forward a representative catalogue of 3605 bales, of which we sold…

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State Wheat Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 5

The report of the State Agricultural Department for the year ending 30th June last was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly to-night. The report shows…

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THE Dowager's Secret. Chapter Vii. Leaves From Frank Capel's DAIRY—Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 2

"What's that? uttered in the tone her ladyship uttered it, shrilly, sharply, suddenly, emphasised by the fear expressed in her countenance, was…

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The States Wheat Harvest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1904 · page 4

The report on the wheat production in the State last year is more than usually interesting, inasmuch as it contains a record of the output of…

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