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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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The Bill in Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

Drought above the ground in Australia is unescapable; on the ground it can be minimised by a great scheme of water conservation. What is the cost of neglecting…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 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 22,166 bales, compared with 30,486…

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Farm and Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 6

This week's instalment of the series of articles of special interest to farmers will be found on page 11. The writer has something to say on the suppression of…

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Farm and Produce. Suppression of Fruit Pests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 11

The law for the suppression of fruit peats is being vigorously administered in the Bathurst district. The great opponent of such legislation is the man who…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 9

There was a very satisfactory volume of business passing in dairy produce lines. The principal feature of the markets…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 9

Business in farm produce lines was fairly good. The wheat market firmed considerably, and big speculations took place in…

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The Dreadnought Farms. Youths From England. Sixty of the Better Class. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

The Rev. R. L. Gwynne says that [?] is now ready to send youths to the [?]readnought training farms. At present he has 60 youths of the…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Farmers and Taxation. Deputation to Tarro Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 6

A deputation, representing the farmers of Miller's Forest, Raymond Terrace, Hexham, Tarro, and Mosquito, Dempsey and Ash Island, waited upon the Tarro…

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The Wool Trade. Abolition of Allowance. Rejected by Buyers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 5

An important meeting of wool buyers has unanimously rejected the suggestion of the Colonial Wool Importers' Committee to abolish the draft…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 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 22,477 bales, compared with…

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Farm and Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 6

The cost of the distribution of produce is one of the subjects dealt with this week by the writer of articles of special interest to farmers. There is also a…

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Farm and Produce. Cost of Distribution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 11

There are certain recurrent topics which are ventilated in the correspondence of newspapers. One of these is the price which the grower obtains for his…

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Farm Produce

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

The markets for farm produce lines were fairly well maintained. Wheat has been selling at about the same rates as last week. Most of the…

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Imperial Politics. Attitude of Labour. Nationalist Pastoral. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

Mr. G. A. Roberts, M.P., the Labour party Whip, says the party will assist the Government if it abolishes both the financial and the legislative veto…

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Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 6

There were ample supplies of all lines of farm and dairy produce forward at the weekly union sales yesterday. The feature of the supply was the number of melons…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies [?] Messrs [?]bbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 22,547 bales, compared with…

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Farm and Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 6

The writer of the series of articles of special interest to producers has something to say this week on the preparation of ground in which it is intended to…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 9

The farm produce market was fairly quiet, storekeepers only buying for bars necessities, and there has been absolutely no speculation in any line…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 9

Business in dairy; produce lines was very satisfactory. Butter supplies show an increase, and values have fallen by 3s per cwt…

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Farm and Produce. Planting Fruit Trees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 11

The preparation of the ground selected for the fruit garden or orchard does not as a rule receive nearly as much attention as it should. In the first place, it…

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