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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

403 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 21

Argentine Harvest. Deficit in Wheat. Buenos Ayres

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 5

The Government estimate, the wheat yield at 3,100,000 tons, and that of maize at 8,300,000 tons. It is hoped that the maize will…

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American Butter Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 11

"Hoard's Dairyman" says:—Since the passage of the Wilson-underwood tariff and the consequent reduction of protective duty on butter, many of our readers have…

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Maitland District. a Dairy Matter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 6

Dairy farmers and milk vendors who are careless in the matter of cleanliness, are in for a bad time from the Departments of Agriculture and Health, as every case…

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Farm and Produce. Australian Orchards

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 11

Fruit-growing has made rapid progress in the Commonwealth during recent years, the area devoted thereto having increased in the past tell years by no less than…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 9

There has been only a fair demand for most lines of produce during the week, and no special features has marked operations, A little excitement pro[?]alled through…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 5

The wool sales were opened yesterday, in the presence of a large number of buyers. A good selection of crossbreds was…

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Profit-sharing Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 15

The disadvantages from the farmer's point of view in profit-sharing are that in good years he has to share the profit with his land[?]ord instead of "collaring"…

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Farm and Produce. Herd Testing. What Is Revealed About Profits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 11

The extent to which herd testing has benefited the dairying industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than in simple statistics. It was in that…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 9

Business in most lines of produce during the week has only been of an intermittent character, and there has not been any marked features in transactions…

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Farm and Produce. Cows at Calving Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 11

To dry off a cow milk her only once a day, staking most of the milk away at first, and then less and less till the amount of milk is so small that it is not…

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Dairy Industry in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 11

During the last decades dairying in Germany, thanks to the constant extension, and improvement of cattle-keeping, has developed to such an extent that the…

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Crop Rotation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 11

The Ohio experiment station has been conducting for 10 years a four year rotation of corn, oats, wheat, and clover. In the fall, after the seed crop of clover…

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Dairy Produce

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

The week has been one of activity, and lines generally have been in good demand. Butter has not experienced any change,…

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Farm Produce

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

There has not been any special feature to predominate the market for farm produce during the week. The Mexican trouble has been…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Dairy Produce Brisk

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

Dairy produce of all descriptions commanded brisk support in the Sussex-street wholesale markets this morning, and merchants had not the slightest…

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Palm Oil Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 12

The possibilities of vegetable butter are being seriously considered by English manufacturers, one of whom states that "on the present estimate of the world's…

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Wool Loading at Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

The seventh of the 1913-1914 series of wool sales started at Brisbane this week, and 46,726 bales of wool were to be offered. As the result of these sales…

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Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Firm Position of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 9

"There has been an increasing firmness in the world's wheat markets during the week, but it is somewhat difficult to indicate the reason for the very active…

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Ferodale Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 6

Messrs. Henry F. Halloran and Company announce to-day that they have for sale Ferodale farms, in the Lower Hunter district. The farms are close to the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 9

A steady volume of trade in dairy produce was reported for the week. Butter shows a firmer tendency, owing to smaller supplies coming forward, and…

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