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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 16

The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs, Gibbs, Bright, and Co, and, Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 27, 458 bales, compared with…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was rather quiet after the holidays, and prices have not yet settled themselves. Butter supplies are very heavy, and…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 10

The farm produce markets yielded a satisfactory turnover during the week. Flour is slightly firmer. Contracts have been entered into for Adelaide flour up to…

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The Wheat Yield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

The harvest in New South Wales has sufficiently advanced to make possible a reasonably accurate estimate of the wheat yield. The progress of…

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Sale of Butter in London. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 5

Mr. Perry, the Minister for Agriculture, has received a cable message from the Agent-General, dated London, January 3rd, in which the price of finest Now…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

The arrivals, of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 27,963 bales, compared with…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

There was a satisfactory turnover in farm produce lines during the week. Milling wheat is very firm, and quotations are higher…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was satisfactory during the work. Supplies of butter continue heavy, with the market at last week's levels , and a…

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Sheep Farming at Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

Sir,—Allow me to draw attention to the inconvenience which is being caused to the ratepayers of Waratah through certain persons being allowed to depasture…

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Our Sydney Letter. O'sullivan Versus Jordan.—mr. Reid, Australia, and the Latter's Defence.—the Wheat Harvest Bad Again.—what the Police Have to Do.—newcastle, and What It Might Be Called Upon For.—the Third Test Match.—again the Capital City. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 5

When all is said and done in re the matter O'Sullivan versus Jordan, the fact remains that the former makes his case as an advocate as surely as does the…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., numbered 28,716 bales, compared with…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was good during this week. Wheat has cased slightly, owing to prices at Mark Lane having receded…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

There was a good demand for all lines of dairy produce during the week. The continued dry weather is having a serious effect on supplies, and prices throughout…

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Wheat Afloat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,130,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,140,000 quarters. The…

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Greta. Mortality Among Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 6

If ever there was a time for lamentation in the Hunter River district it is certainly now. From Saturday, the 11th, to Thursday, 16th instant, Mr. T. Drinan…

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Big Farming Figures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 5

The immense extent of the farming industry in the United States is frequently referred to. No other country is on the same plane in this respect, either as to…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 5

The first series of wool sales for the year opened yesterday. Competition was brisk, but there was a decline, in some cases, to 5 per…

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Handling Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

In spite of the very rapid increase in the wheat-growing industry which has been experienced in the Commonwealth during the last decade, there…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 29,104 bales, compared with 27,271 bales…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 10

Business of a satisfactory character was passing in dairy produce lines during the week. Supplies of all lines are shortening in consequence of the continued dry…

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