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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Warwick Farm Races. Sagamore Wins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 3

Warwick Farm races were well attended on Saturday, and the weather, though fine, was warm, Results:—Hurdle Race, a handicap sweepstakes of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 5

Dalgety & Coy., Ltd., held their twelfth wool sale of the season to-day, when, they offered 1000 bales, and sold 1379 bales, including 550 bales sold privately since last…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 10

Good business can be reported in dairy produce lines, and grocers are buying freely. The production of butter is being…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was very satisfactory during the week, the turnover being good. The principal feature of the market was…

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Wool and Wheat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 5

During the present week 1721 bales of wool were received at Sydney. This represents an increase of 469 bales on the quantity received in the same Week of…

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Catholic Education. Laten Pastoral. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 5

Archbishop Francis Bourne, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, has issued a Lenten Pastoral dealing with the question of…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 10

There was a very satisfactory turnover in farm produce during the week, the demand for all lines being good. Flour is easier, and prices are lower for…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 10

Operations in dairy produce lines were very satisfactory during the week. Supplies of first quality of butter were insufficient for requirements, the dry…

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Australian Pastoral Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The report of the Australia Pastoral Company shows a profit of £12,740, which is to be applied to the reduction of the…

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The Wool Trade. a Successful Season. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 5

The success of the wool sales in Sydney, and the increase in produce are borne testimony to by the firms interested Mr. Stavenhagen, of Winchcombe…

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Private Grading of Butter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 5

In the report of Mr. T. A. Coghian, the Agent-General, dated 26th January, 1906, the following remarks are made regarding a certain brand of New South Wales…

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A First-class Poultry Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 16

All the poultry and eggs needed for provedoring the vessels of the Howard Smith Company, Ltd., are obtained from the company's farm at Point Henry,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 10

There has been a fairly, good demand for all dairy produce lines during the week. Reports from butter factory managers…

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Early Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 14

Mr. Swinburne, the Minister for Agriculture, in his New Zealand tour, claims to have discovered points in dairying, which are unknown to Victorian…

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The Wheat Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 5

Wheat suffers from diseases, even as men suffer, but, of course, the diseases are of a special kind, through still requiring a doctor. In Canada there is a…

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Land Tenure. Tenant Farmers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 5

The Land Tenure Bill, introduced by Mr. Agar Robartes, member for Bodmin Division of Cornwall, has been read a second time in the House of…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The second series of colonial wool sales opened last evening. Business was animated, and prices showed an advance of…

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Tenantless Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In the State of New York there are 20,000 tenantless farms for sale, owing to the expansion of business in the towns…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the colonial wool sales last evening competition was animated, and the opening prices were often exceeded…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was inclined to be quiet during the week. Supplies of butter are increasing, and with a report of lower values in London,…

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