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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

734 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 37

Farm and Produce. Imported Lucern Seed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 9

Legislation to ensure as far as possible the purity of agricultural seeds has long been talked about in New South Wales, but like many other reforms of a…

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British Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 5

Mr. Hope the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Munitions, in bringing forward the estimates, stated that at the end of the financial year the…

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Waratah Stock Sales Sheep Values Up

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 5

There was a small penning of pigs at Waratah yards to-day, consisting mainly of porkers. One auctioneer quoted a rise of £1 a head on last…

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Chicago Alarmed Drop in Wheat Scrip VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 1

It is reported from Chicago that startling drops have occurred in the Board of Trade May corn yield, which is down nine cents from the opening…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 5

At the wool sales the merinoes offered were chiefly Homo and United States sorts. Prices were firm. Fine crossbreds were unchanged. Average crossbreds had…

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Australian Wool. London

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

Lord Inverforth informs the Australian Press Association that the statements circulating in Australia that the wool accounts in London are in a terrible tangle…

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Cattle Dealing Charge of Theft Circuit Court Case

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 5

John Hanlon, junr., of Mayfield, Newcastle, was before Maitland District Circuit Court to-day to answer to a charge of having stolen two…

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More Bungling No Wool Sheds Waterless Basin Site

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 3

Some time ago the Railway Commissioners took away from the lessees the wool sheds, near King's Wharf. Newcastle. Now the buildings are…

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Farm and Produce. European Maize Borer

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

The authorities in both the United States and Canada are alarmed at the spread and increase of a moth commonly known as the "European corn…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 9

Most lines of dairy produce are in good demand, and the volume of business has been substantial. Supplies of butter are still ample for local requirements, but…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 9

There has been no new feature to report in connection with operations in farm produce during the past week. The markets continue firm, and a good…

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Farmer's Romance Cowshed to Command

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 5

If "Admirable Crichtons" are not met with every day in real life, neither are they confined to the stage and to a playwright's fantasy, as in…

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A Home From Home State Farm Solves H.C.L. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 4

At a meeting of the unemployed outside the Trades Hall, one man described the State farm, where free meals and beds are provided…

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"Better in Gaol" Angry Unemployed Objections to State Farm SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

Unemployed in Sydney are angry at the treatment they allege they are receiving. They held a meeting outside the Trades Hall to-day, and one of the…

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Waratah Sales Big Cattle Yarding

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 5

A fair penning of pigs was forward at the Waratah yards yesterday. The supply consisted chiefly of baconers and store pigs. Prices for prime…

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Cattle Duffing Raids in Ireland Sweeping the Country LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

The agitation in the West of Ireland to secure the division of the lands grows steadily more determined. The latest example was when 3000…

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Control of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

The Ministry for Food has notified Mr. Fisher, the High Commissioner for Australia that butter will be controlled next winter…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

There has been a good Inquiry for dairy produce during the week. Butter continues, to come forward in sufficient supplies for requirements, but there is no surplus…

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Commercial. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

The markets for farm produce continue firm, and stocks are short in most lines. Considerable disappointment has been experienced with regard to obtaining…

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Farm and Produce. Working the Stallion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

Stallions that are just coming to the breeding age are, according to an article in the "Breeders' Gazette," comparatively numerous in America just now, with…

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