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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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The Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society, Ltd. Newcastle West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 7

Phone 1073 and 1074. Cabbage in Caba grow to such size that a single head often weights 28lb…

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Farm and Produce. Improving Milk Qualities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 10

The surest and safest method of improving the milking quality of a herd of cows is to raise the herd calves from the best cows in the milking herd, says an…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

Business has been well maintained in dairy produce lines. Butter was reduced at the beginning the week by 1½d a pound, and quotations…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

The markets for farm produce are weaker as a result of the rains that have fallen in drought areas. In the north and north-west, where rain was badly wanted,…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

The London wool sales closed practically unchanged from the opening. Scoured merinoes advanced 5 per cent. above the lowest December rates. Clothing…

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Transactions in Wheat. Conspiracy Alleged. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 6

Reginald Herbert Arthur Rheuben, John Douglas Brunton, 34, foreman; Rdward Patrick Michael Sheedy, 45, accountant; Selby Churchill, 32,…

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Australian Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

The report of the committee which investigated the profits on wool tops and yarns states that all Australian wool auctioned since wool was decontrolled in…

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Wool Profits Publication of Report LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 1

"The "Mail" understands that the report of the committee which inquired into the wool profits is likely to be published in a few days exactly…

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Shipment of Wheat Companies Will Assist LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 1

The Shipping Controller has asked all British liner companies to supplement their cargo tonnage by carrying Australian and Argentine wheat. He…

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Butter and Cheese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 5

A movement is afoot among the importers of colonial butter and cheese, and the wholesale traders, for combined notion when the Ministry of Food relinquishes…

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African Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

It is reported from Port Elizabeth that a grave situation has arisen in the wool trade through the complicated currency question as affecting, Japanese buyers…

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Price of Wheat Advanced. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

The Federal Government has decided to increase the local price of wheat, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, this evening made the following statement:—…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

The market for chaff and hay are considerably easier, owing to the heavy rains that have fallen in parts of the north. Advices from the country generally are…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

There has been a well maintained volume of business in dairy produce, Butter, is selling well at the reduced rates, but supplies are plentiful, and fair…

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Financing the Farmer. Labour Party's Intentions. Mr. John Storey Explains

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

The needs of the farmer in the matter of credit are differet in and vital particular from the needs of the ordinary commercial trader. When the farmer borrows…

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Financing the Farmer Mr. John Storey Explains

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

The needs of the farmer in the matter of credit are different in one vital particular from the needs of the ordinary commercial trader. When the…

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Marketing Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 4

The annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union has approved of the system of pooling wheat for purposes of sale. It is safe to assert that…

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High-priced Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 5

The world's record was broken at the Perth sales of Aberdeen-Angus (black polled) cattle. The champion helfer brought 1300 guineas, and the champion…

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The Wheat Pool. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

A deputation, representing the Australian, Wheat Farmers' Conference, to-day urged Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, to agree to the formation of a…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. a Wool Item

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 6

It is extraordinary the brevity of the wool deal criticisms, there have been two revelations—the outer one, the enormous profits made by the cloth makers of…

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