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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

427 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22

London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 5

At the wool sales 128,000 bales were sold for home consumption 7000 for the Continent, and 15,000 for the United Sates. A total of 50,000 bales has been…

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Amusements. "Fun on a Farm."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 8

The musical American travesty "Fun on a Farm," presented by Paul Stanhope's Musical Burlesque Company, continues to attract large audiences at the Victoria…

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Wheat Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 4

Mr. Hughes, the Commonwealth Attorney-General complains with much reason that statements are being made about the freights on the coming wheat…

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State Wheat Crop. the Government's Offer. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 4

The State Cabinet to-day considered matters associated with the coming harvest, particularly with regard to the offer of the Government to buy all wheat…

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Farm and Produce. Record Butter Producers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 11

Particulars were given in this column last week of the first cow in Australia to produce a thousand pounds of commercial butter In a year. The claim is…

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Splendid Cabbage Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 11

There are at present on view in the window of the establishment of Mr. F. W. Krempin, Hunter-street, Newcastle, several head of cabbages which were cut…

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Dairy Produce

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

Business in most lines of dairy produces has been of brisk nature. Butter has had steady sales, and the supply is just about equal to the demand…

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Farm Produce

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

The market for farm produce has been rather quiet during the week and no transaction of any appreciable importance have been reported…

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Danish Butter Trust. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 5

A scheme has been drafted to establish a butter trust to control export under Government supervisions. The trust's main object is to secure…

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Our Wheat Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 13

The Statist Department has always been the Cinderella of departments in our Public Service, abused, and neglected, and ill-supplied with men and money…

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Export of Wool Tops. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 5

The War Office announces that crossbred tops and English tops may be exported under because to Allies and [?]trals…

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Farm and Produce. Dieback in Citrus Trees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 11

How for have investigations been carried into the disease "dicback" as affecting citrus trees? The question was sent from the Middle…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 9

Business in dairy produce continues brisk. Butter is selling well, and supplies continue fairly good…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 9

Reports from merchants are to the effect that business has been of a much better character during the week than has been the case for several Weeks past…

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Our Wheat Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 6

There are other reasons for the decision, one of them an extremely gratifying one. That is that the returns of the acreage under wheat this year show an…

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Advance in Wheat. Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 5

A sharp advance has taken place in the price of wheat. This is due to reports that the British and French intended to leave the Dardanelles and operate…

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Notes on News. London, August 30. No Bounties for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 6

It is natural that farmers should be disappointed at the decision of the Government not to give bountles to farmers by way of encouraging them to grow more…

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London Dairy Show. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 8

Queensland is the only Australian State to make a display at the annual Dairy Show, with a comprehensive collection of produce…

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Russia's Stock of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 11

The United States, as the largest wheat-growing country in the world, is watching the Dardanolles with more interest than any other nation not actually engaged in…

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Farm and Produce. a New Wine Discovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 11

The American Department of Agriculture announces that there has been discovered at Washington a method for concentrating grape juice, which premises to…

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