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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 16

Dairy Produce

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

The demand for dairy produce lines was fairly good during the week. Butter supplies are very heavy, and as export buyers are not operating, a big…

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London News. the King's Visit to the Premier.—the Navy and the Nation.—prince of Wales to Visit Canada.—death of Lord Linlithgow.—duty on Wheat.—women's Vote Bill Shelved.—a New Automatic Gun. London, March 6th. the King's Visit to the Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 7

The King with his accustomed thoughtfulness and sympathy on Wednesday created a new precedent by visiting his suffering Premier's sick room, at 10…

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Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 6

Very heavy supplies of all descriptions of produce were in evidence at the Farmers' Union sales yesterday. Buyers were well represented, and all lines…

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Conference of Dairymen. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 5

The third annual conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales was held at the Hotel…

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The Wool Season

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

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, totalled 30,808 bales, compared with 29,626…

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The Low Price of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

It is the small things of life that come home most forcibly to the average English housewife, who cares a great deal more about the current price of…

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Butter Market. Good Demand. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

There is a good demand for butter. All the butter brought by the R.M.S. Mooltan, which sailed from Sydney on February 26th, has been…

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A Golden Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 16

We have, of course, all heard of the man who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs, but the modern edition of that fable really tells of the man down…

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Dairy Produce

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

As is usual at Easter time there was a brisk demand for all dairy produce lines during the week. Butter supplies are coming in freely,…

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Farm Produce

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

The farm produce market was well supplied during the week, and fair business was done. The flour market remains at last week's…

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The Experimental Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

Mr. Perry, the Minister for Agriculture, expresses a desire to make the experimental farms and agricultural colleges as useful educationally…

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London News. Lord Cromer on Irrigation.—british Trade in Canada.—great Britain and the Congo—the Low Price of Butter.—attempt to Reduce Navy Estimates.—whisky Disclosures. London, March 13. Lord Cromer on Irrigation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

Lord Cromer, presiding at a meeting of the Royal Society of Arts on Tuesday, spoke of Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff and his subordinates in the great work of…

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Cattle Slaughtering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

Shire and municipal councils are charged with the administration of the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, 1902. As is indicated in…

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American Farmers Emigrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—During the past seven months 39,000 farmers, each possessing from £300 to £1000, emigrated from the United States to…

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The Wool Season

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

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, totalled 31,004 bales, compared with 30,222…

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Farm Produce

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

There was a satisfactory turnover in all farm produce lines during the week. The wheat market showed a further downward tendency in London, but this…

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Dairy Produce

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

There has been a good demand for all dairy produce lines during the week, and last week's prices generally have been maintained…

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Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 6

All description of produce were well represented at the Farmers' Union sales yesterday. Buyers, including representatives from the metropolis, were in good…

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Discharging Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 4

Formerly when a ship was ordered to a Bristol Channel port to discharge, the owner was considered to be in luck, and it was quite a common thing to pay from £25 to…

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Wheat and Flour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The wheat markets are firm owing to the reduced. Argentine shipments and the increased Continental demand. Cargoes are…

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