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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day, 7150 bales were offered and 6805 sold. Private sales totalled 2124 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Queensland Loan and Pastoral Leases Mr. Theodore's Mistake. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 7

The London "Daily Telegraph," referring to the differences between the Queensland Government and pastoral lessees, and the prospects of the Queensland loan, says:…

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Butterfly Farmer Gorgeous Beauties Queensland Product

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 4

A man who keeps a butterfly farm is on a visit to Sydney. The collection of butterflies, beetles and ants which he is exhibiting…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 5723 bales were offered at auction, and 5514 sold. Private sales totalled 468 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Wheat Pools. Payment to Growers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 5

The growers interested in the 1917-18, 1918-19, and 1910-20 wheat pools will have cause to remember to-day with gratification, as advances amounting to…

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Dearer Pigs Fat Cattle In Demand Singleton stock Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

Grainier and Falkiner, Limited report on this week's Singleton stock sales:— Fat Cattle The yarding was the heaviest for…

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Wealth From Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 5

Lecturing at Halifax, Sir Henry Whitehead, a well-known figure in the wool trade, presented some facts of history, which are not generally known even by…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 7350 bales were offered and 6570 sold. Private sales totalled 548 bales. The Sydney Wool selling brokers report…

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Wool Yield Per Sheep

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

Figures based on the latest statistics of flock totals and wool production show a varying weight of wool cut per sheep in the world's leading pastoral countries,…

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The Kennel Cattle Champion Dies

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 6

F. Richardson reports the loss of his cattle dog, Grand Champion Brooklyn Boy, having been run over by a motor car…

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Science Siftings. to Keep Butter Fresh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 11

A Dutch scientist has devised a new method of churning with the object of improving the keeping qualities of butter. The natural process of…

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Estimated Wheat Yield. Big Increase Expected. Sydney

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

Mr. H. A. Smith, the Government Statistician, to-day issued a preliminary estimate of the wheat harvest of the current season, based upon returns…

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Farm and Produce for Clean Milk

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

Milk as secreted in the udder of a healthy cow is germ-free. Contamination may take place in various ways; first, during the act of expressing the…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 10

Business in arm produce during the week was brisk and all lines were in good demand. There were several quotations for…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 10

Trade in dairy produce during the week was of average volume, without any fluctuations in prices. Arrivals of butter from Hunter River…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 5

The disposals of wool by the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association during 1923 amounted to 703,601 bales, 302,840 of which were Australian,…

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"BULLAMACOWS" Million Palm-trees Cattle and Copra

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 6

When the last Shackleton expedition visited the remote island of South Georgia, down near the edge of the Antartic ice, it found that the hardy…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 7744 bales were offered, and 7635 sold. Private sales totalled 824 bales. The Sydney wool-selling brokers…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

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

At the wool sales to-day 6486 bales were offered at auction, and 5976 sold. Private sales totalled 2232 bales. The Sydney wool-selling brokers…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

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

At the closing sale of the ninth series of wool sales to-day, 8694 bales were offered at auction, and 8344 sold. Private sales totalled 770 bales…

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