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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 22

The Price of Butter. Application for Increase. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

An application was made by about 5s dairy farmers from the Tweed and Richmond River districts, to the necessary. Commodities Commission to-day, for an…

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Export of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 7

Our Food Commission has lately sat to investigate the price of butter which by the way, is 1s 7d per lb retail practically all over New Zealand, and it has…

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Farm and Produce. Poultry Feeding Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 11

The questions on the feeding of poultry are numerous in these days, when the economical use of foodstuffs is of so much importance…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 9

The feature of the early produce market just now is the pronounced shortage of butter. Merchants state that they are unable to obtain sufficient supplies to all…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 9

The position of the produce trade at the present time is rather a trying one for merchants in view of the Government proclamations. It is only with the…

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Our Sydney Letter. Empire Day.—cabinet Government.—more News.—residences for the Wounded.—the Wheat Shortage.—men Born in Enemy Countries.—the Centenary of Sir Henry Parkes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 4

Empire Day has now been celebrated for some years. But—Empire Day, 1915, will mean a good deal more than all the former anniversaries put together. For…

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Wheat Acquisition. Royal Commission Report. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 2

Mr. Holman, the State Premier, made available yesterday the report of Mr. Justice Ferguson respecting the allegations of corruption in connection with the…

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Indian Wheat Scheme. Official Action. Simla

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 5

The following are the details of the Indian Government's wheat export scheme : Wheat for export on the Government's account is being purchased by firms…

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Breeding Plants. Noted Stud Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 8

"To Burbank" is by this time practically a legitimate active verb in the "United States language," in the same category with "fletcherise" and "kodak." So…

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Butter and Sugar. Serious Shortage at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 4

It is safe to say that in no part of New South Wales is the shortage of butter and sugar felt more acutely than in the Newcastle district. With regard to butter, at…

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Commodities Commission. Butter and Cream. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 4

Mr. Justice Edmunds, the president of the Necessary Commodities Commission to-day informed representatievs of the wholesale butter trade in connection…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Casualty Lists.—spreading Reports or Treason?—how to Sew on a Button.—not Our Daily Bread, But Our Daily Butter.—respecting Charges Against Ministers.—an Item in the Peerage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 4

Touching our casualties Day by day the list has been added to and scanned with sympathetic interest. Casualties are sharply divisible under two headings…

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Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

A wag of tender years once faced his teacher in grammar class and calmly asserted, when asked, that butter was an adjective subject to comparison thus—…

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Indian Wheat. to Be Commandeered. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 5

The "Pall Mall Gazette" states that the Government is commandeering the surplus of India's wheat crop. No export by private merchants will be…

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Wheat, Flour, and Offal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 11

In an interesting statement in the current "Agricultural Gazette," the Government Statistician indicates the extent to which the cost of producing flour is…

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Necessary Commodities. Increased Prices for Butter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 4

The increased prices for butter are [?] come into operation to-morrow morning. Details of the increases were made available by the Attorney-General to-night…

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Farm and Produce. the Feeding of Pigs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 11

"The method of leading which I think is the best is to erect pig-proof fences enclosing about four or five acres each, plant with maize in the spring, and turn…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 9

Firmness is the prevailing feature of the market for dairy produce. The shortage of butter is being felt more and more keenly and it is expected that the…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 9

Although there has been a good inquiry for most lines of produce the volume of trade has been restricted by the shortage of supplies in fo[?]er…

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Price of Butter. Mr. Hall on the Shortage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 4

At a special meeting of the Executive Council held on Saturday authority was given for the issue of a proclamation fixing the price of butter at the rates…

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