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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Dairy Produce

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

Business in dairy produce lines was very good, but quotations show very little alteration. Butter supplies continue in excess of…

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Farm Produce

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

The market for farm produce has been brisk, fair quantities being despatched to the North Coast and the north. The market for wheat has been…

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Heavy Loss of Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

News has been received from Winton to the effect that 5600 Lucknow sheep were travelling to Avon Downs during the hot spell, and, had covered 30 miles…

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Farm and Dairy. Fodder and Crops

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

In the general scheme of experiments on farms carried out by the Department of Agriculture, the planting of various fodder crops is perhaps the most important,…

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The Wool Season

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

The arrivals at wool to data to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 23,714 bales, compared with [?]…

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Sponge Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 15

An industry that is being largely followed through the Southern United States is that of sponge farming. Experience in it has shown that on an…

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Farm Produce

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

The market for farm produce lines was very quiet, business being confined to actual requirements. The recent rains have had a depressing effect on the…

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Dairy Produce

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

The demand for dairy produce lines has been quiet, its is usual towards the end of the month. Butter supplies continue at about last…

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An Aviator's Feat. Rounding Up Cattle. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 5

A French aviator named Simon rounded up cattle while aeroplaning on a ranch in Texas. He headed off animals in a manner…

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The Wool Season

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

The wool season was slack, as is usual at this time of the year. No wool coins to either of the local shippers…

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Farm and Dairy. Prospects on the Hunter

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

The prospects for a fruitful season in the Hunter Valley at the present time are particularly bright, and [?]an only he clouded by very heavy weather. Old…

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The Farmers of Canada

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

At the moment of writing we are without the text of this U.S.A.—Canadian agreement, and until it is to hand it to only hazarding an opinion to criticise the…

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Dairy Produce

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

Business in dairy produce was very fair, end, with the exception of eggs, no alterations took place in prices. Butter supplies show a marked increase,…

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Farm Produce

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

The farm produce market has been very quiet storekeepers only buying for actual requirements. Wheat is caster, and the London…

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The Crowther Estate. Farms Shortly Available. Sydney

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

The Lands Department has issued a circular to the effect that the settlement purchase farms into which the Crowther estate, acquired under the Closer…

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Slaughtering of Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 9

The following letter from Messrs. J. H. Crummer and Edward Last, Js.P., to the Colonial Secretary, is a curious commentary upon the morality of a section…

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Store Cattle Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 4

Messrs. Hawkins, Limited, report having held a successful sale of store cattle at Newcastle yesterday. The late general rains and the magnificent state…

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Murray Wheat Lands. Proposed Railways. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.P., to-day introduced to Mr. A. Griffith, the Minister for Public Works, a deputation which asked for the extension of the railway from…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 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 23,818 bales, compared with…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Railways and Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

The illustration constitutes a map of the main railway system of the United States in conjunction with that of Canada. Just not when these two countries are so…

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