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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 21

Farm Produce

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

Business in farm produce lines was fairly brisk, good orders being received from the Sydney line and the North Coast railway works…

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Dairy Produce

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

There was a good demand for all dairy produce lines, and prices generally are without change. Supplies of butter continue heavy, and…

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Farm and Produce. Irish Potato Blight

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

Two or three months ago a tremendous amount of discussion and a great show of official action was excited by the appearance of Irish potato blight in…

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Irish Bog Slide. Houses and Crops Covered. Flight of Residents. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 5

Incessant rains caused a big bog slide near Castlerea in Ireland. The huge mass closed down upon the houses and blocked the roads,…

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Airship Flights. Farman's Successes. a World's Record. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 5

M. Henri Farman, with a machine combining the biplan and monoplane, made an ascent at Chalons, in France…

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London Wool Sales. the Second Series. Merinoes Advance Slightly. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 5

The second series of Australasian wool sales of the current year was opened yesterday. The market was brisk, and merinoes…

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Dairy Produce

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

There was a fair demand for all lines of dairy produce. The most important feature of the markets was the advance in the price…

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Farm and Produce

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

This week's instalment of the articles of special interest to farmers will be found on page 11. Our contributor deals with the question of the grading of…

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Farm and Produce. Grading of Produce

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

Some prominent buyers in the Redfern produce market have been protesting once more against the bud grading of a great deal of the produce sen[?] into Sydney from…

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Victorian Butter. Complaints of Short Weight. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 5

Importers are complaining of shore weight in certain brands of Victorian butter. It is declared that some of the boxes…

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Commercial News. Metals and Mining Scrip. Wool Sales Prevented. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 5

Bar silver was yesterday quoted at 1s 11 11-16d per ounce. The wool sales were postponed last night in consequent of fogs…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agency of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 22,965 bales, compared with…

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Australia's Wool Industry Exports Two Million Bales. Value, Over £25,000,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 14

Australia has long been playing an important part in the wool trade of the world. Eoach season buyers come from all the great manufacturing centres in…

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Farm and Produce. Something About Prunes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 11

There is a very common belief among fruit growers that a dried plum will make a prune. No bigger mistake could be made. It is true that the prune of…

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Oriental Wax-farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 3

"One of the less known industries of China is wax farming," says the Detroit "News." "A certain tiny insecet is cultivated with great skill by…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 9

The principal item of interest in dairy produce lines was the advance in the price of butter. This was brought about by a strong interstate demand and a…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 9

There was a good volume of business passing in farm produce lines. The wheat market improved considerably, and shippers operated with a fair…

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Commercial News. Metals and Mining Scrip. Wool and Wheat. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 5

Bar silver was yesterday quoted at 1s [?] 15-16d per ounces standard. The closing price of lead yesterday was £13 1s 3d per ton, a reduction of 1s 3d…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 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 22,965 bales, compared with 31,443…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 9

There was a brisk demand for al dairy produce lines, and the market is firm throughout. Butter has been selling well at the…

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