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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 9

Business in dairy produce had been satisfactory. The most important movement was a reduction in the price of butter. This…

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Wild Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 9

In the early days of the colony, a number of cattle, escaping at different times from the herds on the Hawkesbury, Hunter and other rivers, ran wild in the…

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Cattle Slaughtering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 9

In the forties Mr. William Nicholson had a slaughterhouse in Beach-street, Newcastle, and he was one of the first to take up the trade of butcher in the town. The license…

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Floods in England. Horses and Cattle Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

There is a severe flood in the valley of the Severn, and Gloucester is partly Inundated. Hundreds of heroes and cattle have been…

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Argentina Wheat. Buenos Ayres

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 5

Mr. Broomhall estimates that Argentina's surplus of wheat for export will be at least 3,000,000 tons, Some districts yielded 37½ bushels to the…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 6

All lines of farm and dairy produce were largely represented at the weekly Union sales yesterday, the more conspicuous of the offerings being hay, potatoes, and…

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New Zealand Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

New Zealand butter is arriving at Vanconver, via San Francisco, and is obtaining favour…

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The World's Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 6

In his annual review of the world's wheat market Mr. G. Broomhall, statistician to the Liverpool Grain Trade Association, expresses the conviction that…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs Gibbs, Bright, and Co and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 22,891 bales, compared with…

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Farm and Produce. Conserving Natural Resources

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 11

The New South Wales Government recently received a few copies of the report of the proceedings' of a notable conference which assembled in Washington…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 9

The market for all lines of farm produce has been fairly brisk. Millers have been quietly purchasing their wheat requirements in the country,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 9

There was a fair demand of all lines of dairy produce. The only alteration in prices was in eggs, the usual Christmas demand for…

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German Colonies. Desire for Extension. Supply Their Own Wool. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 5

Herr Lindequist, the German Secretary of State for the Colonies, delivered the colonial statement in the Reichstag yesterday…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 23,056 bales, compared with 18,894…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 9

The market for farm produce lines was fairly quiet, with few buyers operating. Wheat is slightly easier, millers offering 3s 3d on the farms…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 9

Business in dairy produce lines was brisk, but with the exception of eggs there has been no movement in prices. Butter supplies are keeping up well,…

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Farm and Produce. Cow Testing Associations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 11

In one of the earliest articles of the present series the attention of the dairy farmers of the Hunter River district was directed to the enormous waste caused by…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 6

Leonard Charles Dodds was charged at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. M'Keusey, P.M., with having, on or about the month of May,…

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Toronto Farmers' Bank. Suspends Payment. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 5

The Farmers' bank, which has its head offices in Toronoto, and 32 branches in Ontario, has suspended payment. The capital is one million dollars…

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Farmers Favour Free Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 3

Sir,—The farmers of Canada seem unusually enterprising and cute. The cables of 17th inst, state that they demand free trade, and agree to direct taxation to…

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