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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 10

In dairy produce, operations were fairly satisfactory, all lines having received moderately good attention. Cablegrams from London showing that…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 10

In farm produce business was not very brisk, although the end-of-the-week trade indicated that an improvement was taking place…

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The Humourist and the Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 11

This reminds one of yet another story of Major Pond's. It appeared in a book of his called "Eccentricities of Genius," published some three years since. To all…

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Hurricane in Fiji. Banana Crops Destroyed. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

The hurricane which commenced on Wednesday night has increased in violence and the wind has veered back to the southwest. These are bad indications. While the…

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Dairymen Write

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 7

Sir,—As a registered dairyman carrying on a legitimate business in this district. I consider a great injustice has been cone to dairymen, as a body, by the Waratah…

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The Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

Sir,—The recent reports from home regarding our butter product are not reassuring, but that such reports should reach us is not at all surprising of unexpected. A long…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the wool sales last evening competition was active. Merinos had a hardening tendency, and crossbreds were very firm…

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The Dairying Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

Sir,—I do not agree with much that has appeared from the pen of "Well Wisher" regarding the butter trade. In saying that "the cream frequently reaches the…

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The Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

Sir,—I have carefully noted the remarks of your correspondent, Mr. Valsey, but fall to see in them a re[?]utation of the point I endeavoured to demonstrate,…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 5

At the wool sales last evening, there was strong competition, and prices were maintained. Merinos were exceedingly firm, and…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool sales last evening, there was brisk competition and prices were firm. Slightly better prices were obtained for…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 10

In dairy produce, business on the whole has been satisfactory, and prices generally have been steady. Butter supplies continue to come in…

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Farm Drudgery in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 11

Farm drudgery in the United States, says the "American Exporter," has gone into history, thanks to the inventiveness and enterprise displayed in this country…

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The Dairying Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 6

Sir,—Owing to your correspondent, "Well Wisher," having made some rather erratic statements in his last letter on the dairying industry. I crave space in order…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The first series of colonial wool sales closed this evening. Prices were extremely strong for all descriptions…

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Wool Sales

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

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following cable from London, dated the 1st Instant:—"The wool sales closed firm, good greasy merino prices…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Junes, and Devlin, Ltd., Sydney, have received the following cable from London, dated Monday last:—"The first series of wool sales closed firm, with £000…

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A Sydney Letter. the Workmen's Trams.—why Should There by Any Class Distinctions in a Country Where All Are Equal?—a Feather in the "Cap" of Australian Wheat, Flour, and Biscuits.—a Much Travelled Bishop.—a Great Imperial and Australian Question—the Growth of Cotton.—the Federation of Australian Labour. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 3

There are two hundred and forty trams that come into the city every day on which workmen can travel at specially cheap fares. This is an old privilege, the…

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Milk Blended Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Earl on Onslow, President of the Board of Agriculture, to-day informed a deputation that the Government intended to…

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The Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Valsey in his last would cast a doubt upon my veracity respecting the condition of the cream sent in to the factories for churning from the hand separators, but…

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