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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 21

Farm and Produce. Neglected Resources

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 11

To a very large extent Australia is a land of neglected and wasted natural rasources. She has been living on her capital, so to speak, and that which was…

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Miners and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 11

Sir,—Mr. Niland again charges me with giving incorrect figures to, as he terns it, bolster up an attack on the farming community, and justify the twopenny rate. I…

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Dairy Conference. Election of Officers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 4

The conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association was concluded to-day. Mr. G. F. East presided…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 9

There was a fairly satisfactory volume of business passing in dairy produce lines. With the exception of eggs, prices have been well maintained…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 9

Business in farm produce lines was good. The wheat market is in about the same position as last week. There was a…

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Water-logging Butter. Charge Against Factories. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. Tudor, the Minister for Customs, received a letter from a large operator in butter, who furnishes an extract from a communication received from a large…

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Miners and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1910 · page 3

Sir,—In your issue of the 2nd instant Councillor Ayerst says: "From the first Mr, Niland's endeavour was to have, the roads in the A (agricultural) Riding…

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Training Farms. for Boy Immigrants. Experts Favourable. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1910 · page 5

Sir, John Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria and the Canadian immigration experts are favourable to the "Standard's" Empire scheme of King…

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Heat Wave in Russia. Crops Withered Up. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 5

There has been a prolonged heat wave in South Russia, and the crops and meadows are withered up…

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Where Wheat Is Big

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 5

Wrote an American grain expert in April, 1901—"The distinction of being the world's granary belongs to us, and we are likely to hold to it for all time."…

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German Prize Cattle. Shut Out From Argentina. British Intrigue Alleged. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 5

A number of German prize cattle which had been forwarded to Buenos Ayres for exhibition were not allowed to land on account of tuberculosis,…

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The Sheep Show. Official Opening. Speech by the Governor. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 4

The annual show of the Sheepbreeders' Association of New South Wales was officially opened at noon to-day at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground, by Lord…

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Farm and Produce. Varieties of Lucern

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 11

Some few months ago it was reported that the New South Wales Department of Agriculture had obtained from the United States Bureau of Agriculture the seed of…

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Miners and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 11

Sir,—Councillor Ayerst complains of my accusing him of giving incorrect figures to bolster up what I call an attack on the farming community. In May last,…

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A Dairying District. Around Tarro

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

Only eleven miles from Newcastle Tarro is in the strict sense of the term a rural district; and the visitor to the little village, which is the central point…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 9

Business in dairy produce lines was a little bit quiet. Butter supplies have fallen off, and an advance of 4s per owt. has taken place…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 9

There was a fair amount of business passing in farm produce lines. The wheat market shows further signs of firming, two cargoes having been sold…

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Warwick Farm Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 10

A big entry has been received for to-day's Warwick Farm meeting, and the club's patrons are promised some interesting sport. The programme will be…

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Australia's Sheep Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 4

The speeches made at the official opening of the Sheepbreeders' Association of New South Wales served to emphasise the part which the sheep…

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Drought in Canada. Ploughing Up Wheat Fields. Manitoba Crops Excellent. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 5

The ''Daily Mail" reports that the drought in Canada is getting more serious every day. In Southern Manitoba, Alberta, and…

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