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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 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 24,358 bales, as compared with…

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Farmers' Winter School. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

The short courses provided by the Department of Agriculture, at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, during the students' winter vacation, have now…

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Farm and Produce. Potato Experiments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 11

Mr. George Seymour, potato expert for the Victorian Department of Agriculture, has an interesting article in the current number of the "Africultural Gazette,"…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 9

Business in dairy produce lines was fairly brisk, but there are no special features to report as regards market fluctuations…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 9

The market for farm produce was rather quiet, transactions mostly being for actual requirements. The market for wheat cased a little in…

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Tornado in Alabama. Farmhouses Wrecked. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

A tornado has destroyed the settlement of Gainesville, in Alabama. No lives are reported to have been lost, but the crops were ruined, the…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 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 24,645 bales, compared with 23,231…

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Farm and Produce. Manures and Fertilisers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 11

The Now South Wales Department of Agriculture has issued a very useful publication on manures and fertilisers. The author is Mr. F…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 9

There was a fairly brisk turnover in dairy produce lines, but there are not any special features to report as regards market fluctuations…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 9

The market for farm produces has been fairly brisk, storekeepers burying with more freedom, but quotations are practically without alteration…

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The Milk Test. Case for Dairymen Vendors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 6

The milk vendors of the Maitland district have decided to request the Government to have some alterations made in the matter of the milk test, and at…

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Farmers and Small Holdings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 9

There have been complaints in various quarters of hardships inflicted upon tenant farmers by the best parts of their land being taken from them to provide…

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Farmers and Science. Professor Chilcott's Views

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 11

In the Year Book of the United States Department of Agriculture is an excellent article by Mr. E. C. Chilcott, professor of geology, on "Soil Problems for…

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State Wheat Harvest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

Of the crops grown on the farms of New South Wales wheat easily stands first. The wheat harvest is a very important factor in the prosperity of…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 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 24,694 bales, compared with 23,250…

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Farm and Produce. Drying Off the Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 11

"The Dairy," a well informed American paper, writing of the drying off of cows, says:—"In order to got a good year's work from a dairy cow it is…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 9

The market for farm produce has been fairly brisk, all lines received attention. The wheat market has been very…

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Fresno Grape Crop. Damage by Frost. San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 5

It is estimated that two-thirds of the Malagd sh[?]ping grapes and the seedless raisin grapes in the Fresno district have been killed by frost…

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Tenant Farmers and the Referendum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 7

Sir,—These is one aspect of the referendum which I would like to place before your readers, more especially tenant farmers, and which, so far, I have…

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The Champagne Riots. a Pastoral Letter. Some Rioters Asphyxiated. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 5

The arrests of rioters in the Department of the Aube continue, and troops are pouring in. The rioters have adopted new…

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