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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 19

Good Wheat-loading Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

The Norwegian four-masted barque Audun, which was formerly known as the British vessel Armadale, completed loading her wheat cargo at Port Wakefield…

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A Farmer's Troubles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 3

Samuel Reginald Fallick, farmer, of Morisse, sued Robert Conley, of Cooranbong, farmer and plasterer, for that the defendant had different times…

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Irish Farmers in Trouble. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 5

Fourteen farmers of Roscommon, in Ireland, have been committed for trial on a charge of rioting. The accused were also charged with…

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Wheat in France. Serious Shortage. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Paris says that the present stock of wheat is forty-four million Kilogrammes (about 367,000 bushels), instead of the…

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The Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 15

There was never a time when men and women were more dependent upon and subservient to leadership than they are in the twentieth century…

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Farm and Produce. Why Fruits Decay

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

It has been shown that the different kinds of moulds cause the most common forms of decay in fruits, while in transit and storage, have not the power…

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Farm Produce

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

The market for all lines of farm produce has been particularly firm, large orders coming from the country and stocks in all stores are pretty welt doe…

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Dairy Produce

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

Business in dairy produce lines was active. There have been no particular features about the butter market. Late rates are…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Not So Brisk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 9

The wheat market is inactive, and has quite lost the spurt recorded at the middle of the week. To-day several selllers came forward with various-sized…

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Farm and Produce. Maize Land

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 11

"Time plays a most important part in the improvement of soil intended for maize, and since the improvement is greatest when the land is worked, the…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 9

All lines of farm produce have been in heavy demand, and stocks are greatly depleted. Merchants generally are waiting for incoming shipments…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 9

Considering the high prices ruling business in dairy produce has been brisk. Although butter has not altered in price, there has been a good demand for…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Patriotic Gathering.—"one Fleet We Greet."—encouraging Over American Farmers.—some Astounding Figures.—the Y.W.C.A and Their £20,000.—"B.p." at the Town Hall on Mafeking Night.—mr. Hunt and Drought Forecasts. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 4

Empire Day is near at hand. Being near our thoughts are largely on things relating to the Empire. The first Empire Day dinner last evening was a notable…

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Australian Butter in London. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 5

Mr. Tudor, the Minister for Customs, to-day issued figure, showing a marked approach of the price of Australian butter in London to that of Danish. The…

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Cattle Tick Commission. Queensland Joins In. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 5

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock has agreed to join with the New South Wales department in sending a commission to America to…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Dull

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 9

The chance of the rain passing from the coast to the Interier of the State has produced a dullness in the wheat market and to-day buyers held aloof. For…

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Farm and Produce. Treatment for Lampas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 11

The barbarous old method of burning as a cure for lampas is very rarely practised now; but the enlargement of the gums requires treatment, and the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 9

Sales of choicest qualities of batter have boon well maintained, but accords are hard to place at big rednotions. The preduetion is still falling off, but it is…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 9

All preduce lines have been in good demand, a fair quantity going to the country. Better business, however, would have been done if trucks had been…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Those Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 4

Somehow or other the squabble over the American farmers in Australia reminds one of the joke of Will Owen, the cartoonist— "I seen im first," Said the…

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