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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

403 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 21

The Wheat Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 4

Private cables state that Liverpool wheat options declined a penny per central on Saturday morning for both October and December. The inference all round is of…

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Germany's Food. Import of Cattle. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 5

The Copenhagen correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" states that the export of live cattle to Germany, through Jutland, is so great that the route is…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

Sydney opened with business in spot wheat at 4s 4d a bushel, another rise of a half-penny. Nearly all the old wheat in New South Wales is now held in the…

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Dairy Produce Easier. Plentiful Supplies. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 5

Dairy produce is easier all round. Plentiful supplies are arriving from Denmark, including 54,000 casks of butter, during the past ten days…

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Holland's Wheat Supply. Bread Famine Feared. Hague

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 5

It is officially announced that a bread famine is feared. Wheat stocks in hand are sufficient for only two or three weeks. The Governmetn has seized all the…

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Affairs in Britain. Wheat Steamers Arrive. Although Consigned to Hamburg. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 5

King George hat sent a message to M. Polneare, the Prosident of France, on the occasion of his birthday. His Majesty expressed his firm conviction that…

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American Affairs. Business and Wool Growing the Panama Exhibition. San Francisco, July 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 13

At the time this is written, Congress is still in session, under notification—or what amounts to as much-from president Wilson not to adjourn until…

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Farm and Produce. Study of Plant Roots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 11

The study of the growth and development of the roots of plants is of practical interest, and offiers a profitable field for investigation on lines which up to the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 9

There has been only a moderate amount of business passing in [?]lry produce [?]to Increasing supplies the butter market is weaker and a reduction is…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 9

The demand tor farm produce has been small during the week, and merchants state that after the first excitement caused by the war news trade quitenced…

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Huge Wheat Crop. Harvesting Operations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 6

The solidarity of humanity is ouch that an expected 900,000,000 bushel wheat crop in the United Staten this year will have economic and political effects on remote…

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Holland Seizes Wheat. Ottawa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 5

The Canadian. Trade Commissioner In Rotterdam telegraphs that the Dutch Government has seized the wheat in all warehouses and ships…

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Lord Kitchener, Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 9

Lord Kitchener made his first public appearance yesterday since his return to England on leave, when he preside) at the session of the International. Congress…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 4

In the Sydney wheat markets, this morning there was an eager rush by some Victorian and local speculators who were said to be largely oversold…

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American Wheat Jumps. Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 5

Wheat prices jumped 3 cents on Lord Kitchener's announcement that Britain is preparing for a three years' war, if necessary…

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Matters in Sydney. Sale of Donated Wheat the Patriotic Funds. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 5

Mr. Albert Capel, of Derra Derra, responded to the appeal to farmers to make gifts of produce for sale in aid of the war funds by forwarding one truck of…

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Profits on Wheat-growing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 11

The Saskatchewan Commission on Grain Markets, Canada, whose report has been issued, states that the cost of producing a bushel of wheat, and putting it in a…

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Jute Goods and Wool. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 9

There was no movement in the quotations for jute fabrics this morning. Holders of branbags, woolpacks, and cornsacks were again demanding high rates,…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Position Easter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 9

The holders of old season's wheat who, a few days ago, declared that they would not deal under 4s 9d, displayed more inclination to-day to sell, in consequence…

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Farm and Produce. Testing a Dairy Herd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 11

Valuable testimony on the subject of herd-testing is given by Mr. J. T. Young, of Bangalow, the owner of the herd that won first prize in the Tweed River…

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