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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

579 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 29

Smuggling of Cattle. From Rumania. Bucharest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 5

Smuggling, amounting to 150,000 head of cattle, into Austro-Hungary, during winter, caused a public outcry in Rumania…

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Cattle for Germany. Supplies From Holland. Rotterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 5

Great droves of cattle are constantly going from Holland towards Germany. Two thousand milch cows crossed the frontier yesterday…

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Cattle for Germany. at Enormous Prices. Rotterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 7

Five thousand cattle have been entertained for Germany, and also thousands for Belgium. The Dutch country roads are choked…

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Butter and Bacon Supplies. Position in England. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, has received a report from the Agent-General concerning the butter market in England, and the position outlined…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Payment for Wheat. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 5

Senator GIVENS, the President of the Senata, took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Mr. NEEDHAM (W.A.) drew attention…

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The Farmer's Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 16

The policy of the Government from the beginning was," and still is, that not a single were of land should go out of cultivation, and that food for man and beast…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 9

Business has been brisk in, most lines of dairy produce. Butter is in shorter supply, and a very demand has been experienced. The…

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Farm and Produce. Tainted Milk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 11

Milk which is tainted by foods is in most instances caused by the milk absorbing odours given off from the foods at the time of milking. In many instances…

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Export of Wool. Conference in London. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 5

A conference, convened by the Government has been held to consider the question of the export of wool. All sections of the trade were…

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Farm and Produce. Sheep for Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 11

"It has astonished me," said Mr. W. G. Brown, Wood Expert of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, "in scanning all the suggestions made for war farms,…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 13

After the death of Mr. T. Langdon, its most sturdy and persistent advocate, the subject of the bulk handling of grain languished, and with the failure to secure…

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Patriotism for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 7

The duty of farmers was referred to by Lord Melbourne in an address to the War Agricultural Committee to London last month. "I want," he said, "the farmer…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 9

In all lines of dairy produce a brisk business has been passing during the week. Butter has been in short supply, and the market is very firm in tone…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 9

Merchants report a good volume of business generally in farm produce. Most lines are appreciably firmer, with the exception of potatoes, and the business…

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Wool Export Trade. Federal Embargo. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 5

The Federal embargo on wool from Brisbane was the main topic of conversation in Sydney shipping circles this afternoon. It was stated that 20,000 bales were required…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 7

The fifth of the series of wool sales is limited to 100,000 bales, of which 90,000 have arrived. The sixth sale is fixed for September 5. This is the limit, but if any…

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Wool Embargo. Export to Japan Permitted. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 6

The firms engaged in the wool industry spent considerable time to-day conferring in regard to the embargo placed on wool. Wool sales were to have been held…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 5

There was a large attendance when the sales more opened to-day. The 5615 bales offered comprised an excellent selection, chiefly of Now Zealand…

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The Wool Embargo. Decision of Brisbane Sellers. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 5

A meeting of those interested in the wool business was held this evening to further discuss the embargo on wool and its effect on the series of wool sales which were…

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Forward the Farmers!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 15

The farmers of the United Kingdom could, by a common effort to produce more food, save the country…

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