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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Farms Inundated Paterson Overflows

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 5

The Paterson River rose 30 feet and overflowed its banks on Saturday night, flooding all the low-lying, farms…

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Vegetable Famine Pea Crops Suffer Fish Supply Held Up SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 5

The stormy conditions which prevailed on Saturday and Sunday were responsible for a great deal of damage to the pea crops, particularly…

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London Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 5

The market for fine merinos was not quite as firm to-day as it was on the closing day of last week's sales. Other classes of wool was, however, sold…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 6

The offerings at to-day's wool sales totalled 6030 bales. The sellers were Schute, Bell and Company's Pitt, Son and Badgery, and Hill, Clark and Company…

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Cocoanut Crop Wastage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 10

Few trees are more useful than the coconut palm, on which so many millions of the coast and inland populations of the tropics depend for most of the things they…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 5

Except for a keener demand for pieces and broken fleeces, the wool market was unchanged. Carboning crossbreds also had keener competition…

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DEFEATED Victorian Nationalists Ministry Resigns Soldiers and Wheat MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 5

By a vote-taken in the Legislative Assembly at 1 a.m. to-day the Lawson Ministry was defeated by 33 votes to 28. The House…

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State Wheat Pool. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the State Cabinet, presided over by Mr. Dooley, the Chief Secretary, was held this afternoon. The Premier did not attend…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 4

The wool market showed an improvement to-day for marinoes, but crossbreds were not so eagerly sought. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency,…

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Warwick Farm Selections for To-morrow SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

Following are the selections for Warwick farm races to-morrow:—Hurdle Race: Abbotsford 1. Lord Prize 2, Light Gloaming 3…

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Farmer Shipowners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 5

It was resolved by the Farmers' Union Conference (N.Z.) that the establishment of a producers' shipping company should proceed energetically as soon as the…

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Cold Kills Sheep Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 5

Binding rain and hail storms were experienced early this morning throughout the country and occasional falls of snow are reported. At…

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Prime Cattle Moree Consignment Waratah Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 5

Some of the heaviest bullocks ever yarded at Waratah were submitted for auction at Waratah saleyards this afternoon, in a consignment of choice prime…

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Diseased Cattle. a Singleton Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

The High Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Sir Adrian Knox), Mr. Justice Duffy, and Mr. Justice Starke, sitting at Darlinghurst to-day, heard…

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Enough Butter Newcastle Well-off High English Prices

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

The cold weather has had the effect of increasing withdrawals of butter from the Newcastle winter pool stocks. Notwithstanding these withdrawals, it is…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 2

A fairly good volume of business has been passing in farm produce during the past week. Chaff is being forwarded to the Northern Rivers for the flooded areas…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 2

Dairy produce has been in good demand. Butter supplies continue to decrease, but merchants are still able to execute all orders by drawing on the…

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Contour of Dairy Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 14

Although it is desirable that the back of a dairy cow should be straight and level, it is not necessary to attach much importance to this point in practice. The…

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Farm and Produce. White Ants in Fruit Trees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 14

White ants sometimes attack fruit trees. To overcome the trouble Mr. W. J. Allen, New South Wales Government fruit expert, advises that all the wood…

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Aid to American Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 5

The United States Senate has passed the Farmers' Export Bill) authorising the Federal Finance Corporation to issue bonds for two million dollars to supply…

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