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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Irish Cattle Driving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Twenty-five persons have been arrested near Clonmel, Ireland, for cattle-driving…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 29,408 bales, compared with…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 10

A satisfactory volume of business was passing in farm produce lines during the week. The wheat market is weak, and prices…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 10

There was a fair amount of activity displayed in dairy produce lines during the week. Butter met with a good local demand,…

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Wheat Afloat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Monday—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,780,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 765,000 quarters. The shipments…

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Cattle and Poultry Drop Dead Woy Woy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 5

Great bush fires were raging in the vicinity of Point Clare, Woy Woy, and Gosford yesterday, and some hundreds of miles of scrub wore distroyed. A…

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London January Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Messrs. Gibbs, Bight, and Company have been advised by cablegram that the steamer Port Hunter, which left Newcastle on 5th November, arrived at Dunkirk on 4th instant,…

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Irish Nationalists. Support Cattle Driving. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

The aggressive section of the Irish Nationalist party is dissatisfied at the attitude of Mr. J. E, Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party,…

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Peasant Farming in Hungary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 6

In an interesting article on agricultural life in Hungary, which Baroness Crezy's contributes to the "Windsor Magazine," the popular authoress says—"It is…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 29,785 bales, compared with 27,934…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 9

Good business can be reported in dairy produce lines for the week. The markets generally have not shown much fluctuation…

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State Wheat Harvest. Revised Estimate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 6

The revised estimate of the area under wheat, and the probable yield, of grain and hay for the present season have just been completed, and Mr. J. B. Trivett,…

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The Wheat Harvest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

The Government Statistician's final estimate of the wheat harvest of New South Wales has been made under conditions which ensure its reasonable…

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Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 6

Buyers were given ample scope to operate at the union sales yesterday. Hay, potatoes, onions, and fruit were in very large supply, and melons and pumpkins…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 30,090 bales, compared with 28,294…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

The farm produce market displayed a fair amount of activity during the week. The wheat market has been very firm, millers and export buyers operating very…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

There was a very good turnovers in diary produce lines during the week. Butter supplies have shown a falling off. The market advanced 4s per cwt.,…

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Wheat Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4

Wheat freights are firm (says the Melbourne "Argus") so far as Australian steamer cargoes are concerned, owing to the restricted supply of tonnage in suitable positions and the…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The first series of colonial wool sales opened last evening. There was strong, competition for merinos at fully December's…

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Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 6

Very heavy supplies of fodder and dairy produce were offered at the Farmers' Union sales yesterday morning, hay potatoes, tomatoes, and fruit making the…

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