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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 19

Farm Produce

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

The demand for all lines of farm produce was fairly brisk. The wheat market, if anything, is slightly easier, as London reports a…

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Dairy Produce

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

A satisfactory volume of business was passing in dairy produce lines. Butter has been selling well at late rates. The market, which was inclined…

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Farm and Produce. Pumpkins As Stock Feed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 11

Pumpkins have a good feeding value for pigs. Some experiments at an American agricultural station showed that a hog weighing 200lb, when daily…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

The demand for farm produce has been fairly brisk, notwithstanding the good falls of rain experienced in some parts of the State…

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Export of Butter. Use of Preservatives. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 5

The principal importers have inspected the experimental shipment of butter made by Victoria with and without preservatives…

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Science and Invention. Butter While You Wait

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 13

An enterprising American butterman has recently added to his list of electrically driven appliances a 1½-horsepower motor for driving a churn. His…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. No Business in Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 9

The wheat market is lifeless, and considering how recently the harvest was garnered, the bulk of business done is astonishingly small. The truth is that…

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Farm and Produce. Fermentation in Wine Making

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 11

It is, perhaps, almost a platitude to observe that the man who schools himself in all the most advanced knowledge applicable to his calling, and puts his…

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Wanted, Good Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 3

"The one object of the Agricultural College is to effect an improvement in agriculture." This is a sentence from a report issued by the Board of…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 9

The market for farm produce lines was fairly quiet, on account of the good rains on the coast and in some country parts. The wheat market is easier, there being…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 9

There wan a good volume of business passing in dairy produce. The increased supplies combined with a cessation of export have caused the…

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Epistle the Third—the Girl in the Train to Her Dearest Friend. Cuddlehampton Farm, Near Little Tutbury, October 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 7

My Dearest Sallie,—Though I am staying at a farmhouse in the heart of the country, I have news to tell you! On Wednesday I had a letter…

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The Wool Season

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

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 19,002 bales, compared with 23,838…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Very Quiet

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

The wheat market throughout the week has been very quiet, in sympathy with the tone of cable messages from London. There has been very little demand for…

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Farm and Produce. Progressive Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 11

While the improving of the milk and butter yielding capacity of dairy cattle has been a foremost question In other dairying countries for some years past,…

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Notes on News. London, February 4. State Aid for Farmers

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

The most important part of the report of the Departmental Committee which has been inquiring into the position of the tenant-farmers in England and Wales…

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Farm Produce

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

Business in farm produce lines was fairly brisk, there being a good demand from the north and from northern rivers. The wheat market is much firmer, and…

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Dairy Produce

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

There was a heavy volume of business passing in dairy produce lines. Butter supplies continue to increase, and although a fall of 4s per cwt. took…

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Farm and Produce. the Problems of Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 11

An English agriculturist, writing on the problems of modern forming, says:—"There is now a vast field open for research work in manurial and feeding…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 9

A satisfactory volume of business was passing in dairy produce. Butter declined 4s per cwt, and at the reduced rate there have been good sales…

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