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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

403 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 21

Our Sydney Letter. Labour Day.—that Kitchener Cable Message.—insulting a Soldier.—a Notable Man Dies.—the Newest, a State Farm.—the Drought in the South.—again the Busy Burglar. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 4

Labour Day has come and gone. The war did not interfere with the procession or sports. The Australian, like his British forefathers, can manage to…

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Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 9

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

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Farm and Produce. Dairying Industry. European Outlook

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 11

Mr. G. Sutherland Thomson, formerly dairy expert in Queensland and South Australia, has, during the past five or six years, travelled extensively in the…

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Grazing Crops for Pigs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 11

A correspondent from the North Coast taked the Department of Agriculture the [?]clative value of artichokes and sweet potatoes for feeding pigs; in other words,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 9

There has been a fairly good volume of business in the dairy produce market. A firmer feeling is noticeable in butter, but no alteration In price has been made…

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American Wheat Crop None for Germany. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 5

The Government crop report forecasts 982,000,000 bushels of wheat, or 128,000,000 bushels above the previous maximum crop…

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Government As a Wheat Grower. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 6

The contention that if the Government proceeded with its rumoured plan of entering into the wheat-growing business as a State enterprise its competition would…

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Matters in Sydney. the Wheat Position. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 October 1914 · page 5

The Patriotic Funds are steadily climbing up, and will shortly reach the £300,000 mark. The Lord Mayor's now amounts to £139,127 14s 2d, the War Food to…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable message from their London office:—"Theo wool sales closed very firm, compared with opening…

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The Wheat Position. Price of New Grain. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 5

An important statement regarding the protection which the Necessary Commodities Commission will accord to wheat dealers in connection with transactions in…

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Prices of Wheat and Flour. Revised by Commission. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 5

The second report of the Necessary Commodities Commission was presented to the Governor to-day. The Commission makes some important alterations in…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 9

The arrivals of wool at Newcastle for the current season to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company and Dalgety and Company are 13,014…

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Export of Wool. British Prohibition. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 5

The consternation which was reported in the cable messages this morning to be prevailing in Bradford because of the British Government's prohibition of the…

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Farm and Produce. Seed Selection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 11

Interesting experiments devised to throw light on the value of seed selection are being made by the Department of Agriculture at the Rutherglen,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 9

There has been a steady volume of business in most lines of dairy produce during the seek. In the butter market the firm tendency…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 9

Values in the produce section have been fairly well maintained. There has not been a great volume of business, only actual requirements being asked for…

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Matters in Sydney. the Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 6

The Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund has, reached £147,915 16s 10d. The wool sales were resumed to-day, and much interest was taken in them in…

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The Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 4

The war has affected the wool trade of Australia in two ways. In the first place it has been affected by the general financial position and the…

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Royal Dairy Show. Australian Prize Winners. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 4

At the Royal Dairy Show no South Australian or Queensland butters arrived for exhibition, but there were 18 Victorian and four New South Wales…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 9

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

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