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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 18

The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 12,526 bales, compared with 12,543…

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The Butter Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 9

A good deal of interest is being shown in the position of the butter market. This morning Dalgety and Company received a cable message from their…

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Farm and Produce. Strawberry Growing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 11

"Engineer," writing from Weston, asks for Information as to the best way to keep strawberries clean while they are ripening, and adds that his plants are…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 9

About the usual volume of business for this time of the year was passing in dairy produce lines. Butter continues in plantiful supply,…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 9

The market for all lines of farm produce has been more animated than for some time past, and buying for the country has been heavy…

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The Wheat Harvest. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Trivett, the Government Statistician, has submitted the following notes concerning the prospects of the State wheat harvest to the Premier:—…

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Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 9

In any freshly-settled country the stealing of horses, horned cattle, and sheep is always rife; and New South Wales has not provided an exception to the rule. The…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 13,962 bales, compared with…

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Farm and Produce. Plant Food and Disease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 11

There are still many men on the land priding themselves on being what they call practical farmers, who ignore or condemn agricultural science, and therefore…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 9

The market for all lines of farm produce has been of a hand-to-mouth character. Business was conducted on account of actual requirements only…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 9

Business in dairy produce has been active, but the effect of the wharf strike in Sydney is reflected in prices. Cheese, in some instances, is from…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 15,754 bales, compared with 18,445…

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Alleged Butter Frauds. Statements Contradicted. False Descriptions. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 5

Sir John Taverner, the Agent-General for Victoria, has made inquiries relative to the statements by Mr. C. E. D. Meares, the chairman of the Coastal…

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Farm and Produce. Milking Machines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 11

When the cost of labour is a prominent item affecting the expansion and economic success of the dairying industry, the question of the efficacy of…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 9

The market for farm produce was duff, business being principally for hand-to-mouth requirements. The wheat market firmed, owing to the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 9

There has been a fair volume of business passing in dairy products. Butter was reduced 6[?] per cwt, and at the lower figure has been moving off…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

In spite of the qualified denial made by Sir John Taverner, the Victorian Agent-General in London, Mr. C. E. D. Meares, manager of the New South…

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Canadian Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 5

The wheat crop in the Regina district of Canada is suffering from the snowstorms prevailing, and thousands of acres have not been harvested…

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Farmers and Settlers. Deputation to Premier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 4

A deputation from the Farmers and Settlers' Association waited on Mr. M'Gowen, the State Premier, to-day, to lay before him a number of resolutions…

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A Farmers' Party

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 5

For some time there has been talk of measures to be taken for strengthening the agricultural interest in the House of Commons, and that there is a…

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