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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 19

Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 9

The dairy produce market has been decidedly buoyant during the week, and in all lines a good demand has been experienced…

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Warwick Farm Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 3

The race meeting held at Warwick Farm on Saturday was well attended. The different event resulted as under:—Hurdle, Race, a handicap of 75, says…

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Farm and Produce. Spraying Apple-trees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 11

In the August issue of the New South Wales "Agricultural Gazette" Mr. J. Hughes, of Penrose, gives some practical advice concerning the spraying of apple…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 9

The market for produce has ,hoes uneventful during the week, and orders have boon mostly for hand-to-mouth requirements…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 9

Business in dairy produce has been good in most lines during the week. Butter being quoted at lower rates in Queensland than those ruling here,…

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America's Wool Tariff. Presidential Vetc. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 5

President Taft has vetoed the wool tariff, as he holds that it will injure the industry and throw thousands idle…

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Rain in England. the Crops Suffer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 5

Owing to the rain, the English corn harvest is expected to be poor. The hay crops have also suffered severely, and the out grass is lying…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 3

Patrick Mark Nesbit was charged upon two indictments of stealing and receiving one cow, the property of Robert Biggs Talbot. Mr. R. Cowan,…

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Notes on News. London, July 7. Farming and Science

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 9

Farmers of the old style were contemptuous of scientific methods. They raised crops in the game way as their fathers and grandfathers had done, and…

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American Wool Tariff. Taft's Veto Not Heeded. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

Despite President Taft's veto, the Democrats in the House of Representatives have succeeded in passing the Wool Tariff Bill again…

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America's Crops. Record-breaking Year. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. Wilson, the United States Secretary for Agriculture, in his official , report predicts that there will be record breaking crops this year…

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American Wool Duties. Veto Overridden. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

The House of Representatives, by 174 votes to 80, favoured the motion overriding President Taft's veto of the La Follette Wool Duties Bill…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Dearer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 9

Private cable message report the sale or an Australian cargo of wheat in London it an advance of 1½d a quarter of eight bushels. Sydney opened with…

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Farm and Produce. Change of Seed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 11

It may interest many farmers to obtain information as to how long a crop can be grown successfully on any one farm without a change of seed from…

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Notes on News. London, July 10. Farming and Science

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 13

Farmers of the old style were contemptuous of scientific methods. They raised crops in the same way as their fathers and grandfathers had done, and they…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 9

The market for all lines of produce during the week has been rather on the dull side, and the only activity manifested has been in potatoes and onions. Wheat was…

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American Tariff. the Wool Bill. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 5

The Senate has upheld President Taft's vetoes of the Wool Bill and the Metal Bill. Senator La Follette asserted in the…

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Grading Butter for Export. Regulations Ultra Vires. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 4

The High Court (Mr. Justice Barton Mr. Justice O'Connor, and Mr. Justice Isaacs) unanimously decided to-day that the Commonwealth has no power to…

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Storms in England. Many Crops Ru[?]ned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 5

Violent thunderstorms and cloud[?]arts in various paris of England [?] severely afected the harvest. At Daventry, in Northamptonshire,…

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Trade with California. Wool and Meat. San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

Mr. P. E. Quinn, Acting Commissioner for There for New South Wales, who is investigating conditions throughout California, has urged the…

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