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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 18

Farm Produce

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

There was a volume of business passing in farm produce. The wheat market has been dull, and supplies are not over heavy locally…

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Farm and Produce. Spraying Potatoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 11

As it is decidedly unsafe to endeavour to grow potatoes successfully on account of Irish blight, without recourse to spraying, experiments in that direction…

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London News. London, November 3. Recent Exhibitions.—the Labour Unrest.—ready-made Farms.—taxi-cab Strike.—seeing by Wire.—america and the Ulster Scot. Recent Exhibitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 7

The Festival of Empire has closed after a very successful season, and the White City has finished for the year. Two or three other exhibitions have opened, or…

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Ready-made Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 7

The Duke of Sutherland, who has been on a visit to the Western Province of Canada, where he has acquired large estates, before leaving for England gave…

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Commercial. Sheep Skins and Hides. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report:—Sheep skins: We submitted an attractive catalogue on Friday. It included a large number of woolled skins. All descriptions…

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Lord Carrington and Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 9

If the Cabinet changes had been delayed a few weeks longer Earl Carrington would have completed six years as President of the Board of Agriculture. A…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, totalled 18,956 baled, compared with…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 9

The London wheat market has Improved about 6s a quarter of eight bushels during the weak, and this has firmed Sydney quotations. For J.A.Q. grain 8s 7½d to…

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Lady Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 13

Of all the ladies who have taken up farming, and, they are not a few, there are none who have been so persistent and successful as the Ladies Estella and…

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Farm and Produce. Soil Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 11

The current week's bulletin issued by the State Department of Agriculture contains some interesting information on soil problems as they affect the farmer…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 9

Trade in dairy produce lines was brisk, the Christmas demand being still active in the district. Owing to the hot weather, the quality…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 9

The market for all lines of farm produce has been fairly brisk. Trade with the northern rivers was good. The market for wheat has been brisk…

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Fodder for Dairy Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 11

Indian cane is being largely used, with good results, in the North Coast districts, as a fodder for dairy cattle. It should not, however, be fed…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 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 19,163 bales, compared with 23,053…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Position of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 9

Wheat remains at levels established a few days ago, but there is considerable uncertainty in the tone of the London market, and it looks as though…

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Electricity on a Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 10

How little we use electricity in Victoria is brought home to us by the extent to which electrical power is availed of in America as a regular and…

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Farm and Produce. Farming on the Clarence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 11

In this week's bulletin issued by the State Department of Agriculture much interesting information is given concerning farming on the Clarence River. The deep…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 9

The market generally for farm produce has been fairly brisk. There has boon a very good inquiry for wheat, and prices show an advance on…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 9

Business in dairy, produce lines has been brick all round. Good, prime butter has been selling well, but there is a considerable…

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Wheat Freight Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 4

Freights have hardened, and are now at a higher level than for a good number of years past. The steamer Nether-park, 2804 tons net, has been fixed for…

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