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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Canada's Wheat Crop. Conflicting Reports. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 5

There is much diversity in the reports received concerning the Canadian wheat crop. "The Times" states that rains have…

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Farm and Produce. the Potato Blight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 11

In the current number of "The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales," Mr. W. J. Allen, one of the experts of the Department of Agriculture, reports…

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Miners and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 7

Sir,—Referring to Mr. Niland's statement that the Tarro Shire engineer, Mr. Ferry, had told him and Councillor H. W. Towns that the road, leading to my place…

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Farm Produce

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

Business in farm produce lines was only fair, not much of a speculative nature being transacted. Buyers are only securing their ordinary requirements…

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American Fruit Crop. Loss of £7,000,000

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

If Australian orchardists have a surplus of any kinds of fruit that bear exportation, they should be able to find a market for it in the United States this…

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American Wheat. Estimate of Yield. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 5

Mr. Heinzer, the statistician to the New York Produce Exchange, on the basis of the Government crop report, estimates the yield of winter wheat in…

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Canadian Crop Shortage. Railway Shortening Hands. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 5

The Northern Pacific Railway Company is dismissing 3500 hands, in consequence of the shortage of the crops in parts of Canada…

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Miners and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 3

Sir,—My attention having been drawn to a letter in Saturday's issue, in which Councillor Ayerst gives an account of a meeting at the Tarro Shire Office, said to…

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Floods in Europe. Serious in France. Swiss Crops Ruined. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 5

The floods in France are becoming serious. The public gardens at Chalons have been submerged…

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London Wool Sales. Market Brisk. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1910 · page 5

The fourth series of Australasian Wool sales opened last evening remarkably brisk. Prices for merinos and greasy…

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Farmers and Politics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1910 · page 4

The New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association has grown into an organisation of considerable influence and importance, and the annual…

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Farmers and Politics. the New Party. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1910 · page 5

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference sat again to-day, and among the questions dealt with was that of a political platform for the new country party…

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Farmers and Settlers. the Annual Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 5

The annual conference of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association was continued at the Royal Exchange to-day…

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Farm and Produce. Selecting Maize for Seed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 11

The following advice on the selection of seed maize from Professor. A. S. Hitchcock, U.S.A., Department of Agriculture, is deserving of special attention by all…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 11

In farm produce lines, sales have been well maintained, as a good business has been transacted with the country. The wheat market is distinctly firmer…

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Drought in Canada. Loss of Crops. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1910 · page 5

Continued drought in Western Canada has reduced the wheat yield in Southern Manitoba to eight bushels per acre…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 4

The annual conference of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association was continued to-day. Mr. H. Stoddart (Manilla) moved, and…

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Farmers and Taxation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 6

Major Nicholson presided over a well-attended meeting of farmers at the school of arts on Saturday evening, the object of the meeting being to consider what…

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Dry Farming. Wheatgrowers' Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 4

The conference of wheat-growers called by Mr. Perry, the State Minister for Agriculture, to discuss methods of wheat-growing in districts with a low rainfall…

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Handling of Wheat. Elevators Advocated. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 5

A deputation consisting of Messrs. John Perry, W. W. Killen, L. M'Lachian, L. M'Guiness, F. H. Lovelock, and H. Yates, representing the Farmers and Settlers'…

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