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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

999 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 50

Cattle Subsidy Prime Minister's Refusal Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 6

Mr. Manning, M.H.R, to-day introduced a deputation representing cattlemen from all parts of the Commonwealth, to Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Prime Minister,…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 3

A good volume of business was transacted during the week. Potatoes were £2 per ton dearer, Tasmanians being disposed of at £11…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 3

Business in dairy produce lines was fairly good. The price of eggs was increased by 3d per dozen. The wet weather has…

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Farm and Produce Australian Tobacco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 14

The following interesting address on tobacco culture was delivered by Mr. Temple A. J. Smith, Victorian Government tobacco expert, at the convention…

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Neotsfield Farms SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 4

"Neotsfield," the well known property at Whittlagham, which has been in possession of the Danger family for a century, is gradually passing into the hands…

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Compressed Australia Curtain Rises on Sydney's Great Show Record Entries Fine Exhibits of Cattle and Horses SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 5

Compressed Australia. Once a year it bursts on Sydney under a tent that covers a State. It is New South Wales bottled and distilled. it is the concentrated essence of our country…

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Wool Market

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 1

The Bradford wool tops market wag quieter yesterday. Crossbred] were sometimes a shade easier, and merinos were low.—"Times" cable…

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Wheat Sales LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 1

There Is active inquiry for Australian wheat. A South Australian parcel by the Kilereadane was sold on Saturday at…

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Refused License Would-be Auctioneer Cesnock Farmer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 5

Arthur James Braye a farmer living at Mt. View Cessnock applied for an auctioneer's license at the Cessnock police court this morning…

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New South Wales Wheat Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 8

The final returns of the wheat harvest for the season 1923-24 have been received by the Government Statistician. The results were compiled from…

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Farming Industries. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 7

The hearing of the special case stated by the President of the Arbitration Court as to whether it is in the public interest that the application of the A.W.U…

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Wheat Sales London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 1

The wheat exchange will be closed from Thursday till Tuesday for the holidays. A South Australian parcel by the…

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Brisk Market Singleton Stock Sales Cattle and Pigs Dearer

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 5

Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., report that at this week's Singleton stock sales, fat stock yarding was not a heavy one. It was made up of cows…

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State Wheat Board Grave Allegations. Claim Against State Government. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 5

Some serious allegations were made against the State Wheat Board, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, in Chambers to-day. The plaintiff was…

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Commercial. the Week's Reiew. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 2

Business in farm produce showed an improvement during the week, due no doubt to the approach of the Easter holidays…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 2

Business was very brisk in dairy produce, but without any alteration in prices. Supplies of butter from Hunter…

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Farm and Produce a Great American Feed Centre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 5

Nine hundred and forty square miles in extent, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., an area of intensive and varied farming, is one of the…

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Redskin As Farmer. Changing Habits of a Romantic Race

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 5

Popular estimation of the habits and interests of the North American Indian are frequently wide of the mark. It is usually understood that the race…

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More Phantom Farms Settling the Settler Cry From Pilliga

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 2

"On the crimson breast of the sunset The Gray Selections lie And their lonely, grief-stained faces Are turned to pitiless sky:…

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Winter Fodder Investment for the Farmer

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 1

The great value of fodder crops to the dairy-farmer in the winter and early spring might lead one to expect that every farmer would have at least…

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