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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

734 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 37

Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

Owing to the continuance of the marine engineers' trouble, trade in farm produce is still dislocated. Inquiries have been received for fodder lines front the north…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

There has been a well maintained inquiry for dairy produce. Butter continues plentiful, and fair quantities are being placed in cold…

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Farm and Produce. Bottling Fruit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 10

The Williams Bon Chretien, which can now be bought very cheaply in Newcastle, is a favourite pear for bottling, having white flesh and a fine flavour, and should…

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Wool-spinners' Profits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 5

The report by the Profiteering Act Committee on the woolspinners' profits, issued by the Board of Trade shows enormous profits made by the spinners. In…

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Wheat Cases Seven Men Before Court SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 3

Seven men were before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of conspiracy, arising out of Mr. Justice Pring's report on the…

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Water Problem Serious Position Ahead Newcastle Supply Needs of the Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 1

The deputation that waited upon the Minister for Works at Muswellbrook on Friday last has revived interest in/the question of water…

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Marketing of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 4

The wool clip is an important factor in the public and private finance of the various States, and in no State is it so important as in New South Wales…

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Wheat Position Mr. Grahame Will Explain Meeting at Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 1

Mr. Grahame, formerly Minister for Agriculture, will meet some of his old constituents at Hamilton on Monday night and explain his association with…

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Wheat Pool Losses. Compensation to Farmers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. Grimm stated to-day :—"On assuming office as Assistant Minister for Agriculture I found that negotiations had been proceeding for some…

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Our Sydney Letter. Cobb and Co. and the Bullock Waggon.—standing for the Country.—wheat, Flour, and Bread.—the Telephone.—comparative Costs.—that Silly Shilling Argument.—old Matches. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 5

Bush Week is quite a new show. It is this, perhaps, that makes it so interesting. The Country Procession on Monday must have come to many as something…

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Wheat Pool Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

The New South Wales Government is taking steps to make good to the farmer the losses which were incurred through the mismanagement of the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2

There is no new feature to report in the markets for dairy produce. Butter is still coming forward in plentiful supplies, and a fair surplus is being…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2

The markets for farm produce are still disorganised through the continuance of the marine engineers' trouble, Most of the produce coming to hand has to be…

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Feeding Dairy Calves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 9

Experiments have been conducted by the Agricultural Experimental Station, lowa State. College of Agriculture, U.S.A., to determine, among other things, the…

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Farm and Produce. Bee Food Substitutes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 9

The following three-fold inquiry recently reached the Department of Agriculture from a Lake Macquarie apiarist :—" Is there any substitute for pollen which can…

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Soldier' Settlement Poultry Farms at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 1

The Weston Estate at Kurri Kurri has been subdivided into 5[?]locks and set aside as a soldiers' settlement area. The average size of the blocks is six…

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Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 5

Extreme prices were given at the London wool sales for Geelong super, the record being 98½d. Fine and medium crossbreds were unchanged. There were a few…

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The Wool Scandal Further Inquiry London, Saturday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 1

Mr. M'Curdy, in a speech at Bradford, dealing with wool profiteering, stated that a further official investigation of the costs and prices of tops…

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Shipment of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

The Colonial Wool Merchants' Association expects that there will be no great difficulty in providing tonnage for the conveyance of Australasian wool to Europe…

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Butter Up New Price on Monday SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

At a special mooting of the Butter pool committee this morning, it was decided that sellers should only supply normal quantities to-day, and that…

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