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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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London Butter Market. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 5

Owing to the stoppage of shipments of Scandinavian and Dutch butter and margarine, the prices of colonial butter have been raised about 8s per cwt, but…

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Wheat Stackers' Trouble. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

The trouble which occurred with casual wheat stackers at Port Adelaide recently, is stated that it is likely to be settled at any moment. It is understood that…

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Waratah Stock Sales. High Rates for Sheep

Northern Times · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 5

Conditions at the Waratah stock sales to-day were decidedly unpleasant, a heavy rainstorm, which lasted for some time, making things…

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Wheat Elevators. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 6

A deputation, representing the Chamber of Commerce, and other kindred bodies, to-day, waited on Mr. Holman, the Premier, in reference to the proposed…

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Wheat Elevators

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

Several considerations arise out of the reply which Mr. Holman, the State Premier, made to-the deputation which waited on him in regard to the…

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Australian Wheat Ships

Northern Times · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 1

AMSTERDAM, Thursday.—The "Lokal Anzelger" (Berlin) predicts that there will be attacks upon the Australian wheat-ships, upon which the…

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The Wool Appraisements. Satisfactory Operations

Northern Times · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

It is now a month almost to the day since appraisements under Government conditions commenced simultaneously in Melbourne and Sydney…

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Tick-resistant Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 12

A Queensland breeder, Mr. Munro Hull, of "Cudgeree," Eumundi, claims to have established a tick-resistant breed of cattle In a letter to the "Producers'…

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Pleure Among Cattle. Outbreak on Williams River

Northern Times · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 1

Efforts are being made to arrest the spread of pieuro, which has broken out among some cattle on the Williams River, Up to the…

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Farm and Produce. Weights of Stallions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 12

In a review of Shire horse breeding, a contributor to the "Mark Lane Express" remarks that on the subject of the weights of stallions there Is great diversity of fact…

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Handling the Fruit Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 5

Mr. C. E. D. Meares, the general manager, of the Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society has recently been paying attention to the question of the introduction…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 9

For most lines of dairy produce there has been consistently good demand during the week. The marked exception is provided by eggs, the inquiry for which has…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 9

Lack of animation sell characterises the markets for farm produce, and no export business of any appreciable volume has been reported. Heavy rains have…

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Commonwealth Wheat Pool. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 6

Returns supplied yesterday by the Australian Wheat Board show that up till Monday 12,750,000 bags of wheat from the 1916-17 harvest had been put into the…

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Wool Appraisements. New Centres Sought. Parliamentary References

Northern Times · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 3

Replying to a question by Mr. Rodgers in the House of Representatives the Prime Minister (Mr. H[?] that as [?] as he know, there was no…

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Talk to Farmers. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 5

Mr. Prothero, the President of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at Preston, said: "Cereals and potatoes should be raised in the greatest possible quantities…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Fourth Issue a Success.—professor Macintyre Appeals Again.—the Wheat Glut.—the Government Statistician and Current Accounts.—to Put Down Vice.—that Great Conference.—who Is the Prosecutor? Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 4

The Federal Treasurer appealed in his fourth Issue of the war loan for £18,000,000 and got it. How much more was subscribed is immaterial. The taint…

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Cessnock Butter Factory

Northern Times · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 5

Three nominations have been received for the positions of two directors of the Cessnock Co-Operative Dairy Company—Messrs. Deasy and Cagney…

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Wheat and Oats. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 7

The Press Bureau states that Lord Devonport, the Food Controller, explains that the prices of wheat and oats relate to first quality prices…

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The Wool Market. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 7

The Bradford Conference has decided to place all tops from thirty-sixes to fiftyeights at the Government's disposal before offering elsewhere, on the basis of prices…

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