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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

840 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 42

Stock Sales Waratah Market Cattle and Sheep Dearer

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 8

There was a small supply of cattle forward at the Waratah yards yesterday, including only three trucks of bo[?]. The balances of the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 5

The seventh series of wool sales closed to-day, when 50,000 bales were offered. It is estimated that the total realised is £1,000,000. The sixth and…

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Farm and Produce. Top-dressing Pastures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 14

At the opening lecture at the Farmers' Farm School, now in progress at Ruakura (N.Z.), Mr. T. H. Patterson, of the Department of Agriculture,…

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Farmers' Federal Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 14

Many questions of national importance are listed for discussion at the Farmers' Federal Conference, which will be open at Adelaide on June 14. They include: Tariff…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 3

Supplies of butter are still diminishing, and it has been necessary to draw on stocks in Queensland to meet the local demand…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 3

All lines of produce are being fairly well held, although the business of the last week has not been as bright as that which has been passing for the last…

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Electricity on the Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 10

Particulars of the uses to which electricity many be employed in agriculture were recently given in an address to the Institution of Electrical Engineers by Mr…

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Display of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 5

A display of wheat is being made in the windows of Scott's, Limited, by the Country Producers' League. It has been the custom of the league to make such…

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Wheat Pools Final Adjustments No Losses to Farmers SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 5

It is anticipated that the process of finalising the State wheat pools and adjusting the finances as between the Government and the wheatgrowers…

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Coalfields Farming Futile Attempts Pelaw Main Pelters

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 7

After leaving Aberdare Junction one looks in vain from the train for any sign of agriculture or even horticulture. Strawberries, however, receive…

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Million Farms Scheme Private Lands Problem SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 5

Arthur G. Manning and S. M. Osborne have been appointed by the Millions Farms Campaign Association to represent that body at the conference…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 8448 bales were offered and 6899 sold. Private sales totalled 1104 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Selecting Emigrants Dominion Farms in England LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 1

Mr. Alfred Horstall, in a letter to "The Times" on immigration, suggests that the British Government, in collaboration with the Dominions,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales to-day 7076 sales were offered at aucton, and 6232 sold Private sales totalled 2228. The Sydney wool-selling brokers…

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Conserving Fodder Lessons for Farmers Waste and Lucerne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 6

It is a ludicrous commentary on the progress so far made toward the amelioration of the conditions that naturally result from the erratic…

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Newcastle Markets Butter Still Scarce

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 5

The coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society report that business is very quiet Butter supplies still show a shrinkage but with supplies from Queensland, the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 5

At Sydney wool sales to-day 7663 [?]ales were offered and 6457 sold. Private sales totalled 408. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Come to Australia Farmers Invited Fortunes on the Land LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 5

For the first time since the war Australia exhibited products at the West England show at Plymouth, reintroducing the pre-war practice…

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England's Bread and Butter Mr. Trethowan's Comparisons "Australians Would'nt Stand It" Wheat Crop Nearly All Sold London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 1

Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C, the New South Wales Wheat Commissioner, states that must of the 22,000,000 bushels of wheat has now been sold at satisfactory prices, averaging just under 5s 3d it has mostly gone to the Continent, France and Italy…

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Farm and Produce. Great Dairy Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 13

It is claimed that the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, the headquarters of which are in Hamilton, is the largest concern of its kind in the world…

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