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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Germany's Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 6

A British Food Commission is now engaged at Cologne in considering how the feeding of civilians can best be dealt with in the British area. There exists already…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 5

There was good competition at the wool sales yesterday. Merinoes and fine crossbreds were lower, and medium crossbreds were irregular, favouring the buyers…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 3

There has been a well maintained inquiry for most lines of dairy produce. Butter supplies are still shrinking, and it is probable that at an early date…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 3

Business has been only fair in farm produce during the week. Merchants are depending practically for a great proportion of their supplies upon produce coming…

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Farm and Produce. Better Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 10

Professor F. W. Well, in his report of the Californian State Dairy Cow Competition, states:—"The results reached will convince an ever-increasing number of…

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Farmer's Small Army Thirty-six Children Twenty-two Soldiers LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 1

The "Daily Mali's" Antwerp correspondent says that a farmer on the Yser had 36 children, of whom 22 served in the Belgian army…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1919 · page 5

The wool market is firm. At the sales yesterday the competition was good for all sorts at recent rates. The following prices were…

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Store Cattle Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1919 · page 6

Mr. J. Enright yarded one thousand hand of store cattle at the Maitland yards yesterday afternoon. Most of the yarding comprised young cattle out of…

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Sheep Show Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1919 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Society opened its first winter show at Moore Park to-day, incorporated with the 25th annual sheep show. Merino sheep…

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The Dairying Industry. Question of Government Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 6

The details of the Federal Government's new scheme enunciated by Mr. Massy Greene, the Minister for Trade and Customs, before the Dairy Produce Pool…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

The volume of business in dairy produce has been comparatively restricted during the past week. With the exception of a reduction in eggs, prices have…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

Business has been fairly good in farm produce during the week, a considerable volume of orders being executed for starving stock in the country. Good…

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Farm and Produce. Peach Leaf Curl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 5

Peaches and nectarines (except the early starting varieties) should receive their winter application of lime-sulphur at winter strength during this month…

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Australian Wheat Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 5

Mr. W. M. Hughes has sold a million tons of wheat at 5s 6d a bushel. The wheat sold by Mr. Hughes is destined for the United Kingdom. An option…

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SHEEP-SHEARING Western Australian Records

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 4

Messrs. Frank Young and Co., shearing contractors, Adelaide, have received from their Perth office particulars of what is regarded as a record in…

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Wheat Loading Another Grievance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 5

Newcastle produce dealers are complaining bitterly of the regulations of the Wheat Board. When a truck of wheat has been consigned here they…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 4

The annual sale of primary products is the foundation of the financial stability of the Commonwealth. The war brought…

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Improved Quality of Butter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 6

Statistics furnished by the Dairy Expert, comparing the quantity and quality of factory butter manufactured in New South Wales in the ten months, July to…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Coming Peace Day.—the Wheat Deal.—steel Appeals.—stocks and Shares.—the Censorship.—bone Dry.—cases of Poverty.—the Trammen. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 4

We shall have a great day on the 19th. The opinion before was that the time was too short, and the public in no mood for festivities. But things in Sydney…

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American War Gardens. What the City Farmer Did

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 2

The ruthless sinking of merchantmen by the Hun brought the United States into the war; the same reckless policy put the far-away food markets of the world out…

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