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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 19

Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 9

The transaction in all produce lines have been rather on the dull side during the week, only actual requirements being asked for…

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Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date for the current season, to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Company and Dalgety and Company, total 1295 bales, as…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Market Dull

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 9

The prominent feature of the wheat market throughout the week has been its dulness, Both buyers and sellers are hesitating, and there is a good deal of…

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Farm and Produce. Clover in the Corn Belt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 11

In the maize lands of Ohio, considerable trouble is found in getting clover to grow, owing to continuous cropping with maize having exhausted the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 9

Sales in all lines of dairy produce have been good during the week. Butter has had an especially good inquiry, and although the production has…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 9

Business in all lines of produce has been only of a hand-to-mouth character during the weal, purchasers buying only in sufficient quanitites for actual…

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Letters to the Editor. a Microbe Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 7

Sir.—"Neuchatel paving," in your columns last week, directed public attention to the "[?]robe farm" in the vicinity of Cook's Hill Public School. His act[?]…

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Wheat Charters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 4

Wheat shippers have already began to operate in connection with the new season's harvest, and from all accounts are prepared to pay high rates for suitable…

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Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date for the current season to the agencies of Messrs, Gibbs Bright, and Company, and Dalgety and Company, total 2868 bales,…

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Butter Factory Burned. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 6

A butter factory at Oakey was burnt down yesterday morning. The factory was one the railway ground, leased to a company by the Commissioner, and…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. The Wheat Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 9

The position as regards wheat has been one of some uncertainty. The hilstering westerly winds caused some speculative inquiry, The more favourable weather…

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Farm and Produce. Indian Cane for Fodder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 11

"Although the introduction of Indian cane to the coastal districts of this State only dates back a few years, its value as a fodder is gradually growing in…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 9

Business during the week has been active in all lines, eggs in particular meeting with a brisk inquiry. Butter has had good sale. The…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 9

Business in farm produce has not been of an extensive character during the week, and there has been an absence of the speculative element…

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Wheat Tonnage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 4

The problem of tonnage for moving the new wheat crop has developed into such a serious situation at the present that it is more than probable there will not be…

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Prices of Wool. a Rise Predicted. Boston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 5

The "Commercial Bulletin" asserts that the basic prices of wool are certain to rise in the near future. Heavier buying is anticipated…

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Objection to Negroes. Three Farmers Shot. Muskogee (Oklahoma)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 5

Because they imported negroes to work in a cotton plantation, three farmers were short, two fatally. The people of the Briartown district…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 5

The wool sales opened strong yesterday, prices at from par to an advance equal to 7½ per cent…

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Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 9

The arrivals of wool for the present season, to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Company, and Dalgety and Company, total 3927 bales, as compared…

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More Wheat Fixtures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 4

Notwithstanding the firmness of freights at present, and the general opinion that they will go still higher, some are the opinion that charterers…

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