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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

1,014 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 51

Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 3

An average volume of business was transacted in dairy produce, quotations being unchanged. Butter supplies are beginning to show a shrinkage, and the…

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Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 3

Business in warm produce has been quiet, the only exception being in potatoes and onions, which both sold freely. About 3000 bags of Tasmanian potatoes…

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Late Sporting Warwick Farm Betting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

In the clubs this evening Beauford and Brachead were about equal favourites for the Liverpool Handicap at Warwick Farm to-morrow. Brimming and Bathos were…

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Farm and Produce Keeping Citrus Trees Clean

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 12

Many citrus growers in the north-east and on the Murray who have been accustomed to spraying their groves are somewhat perturbed at the new regulations…

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Farmer's Death Mr. L. McKinnon WYONG

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

News has been received of the death at Kootingal, near Tamworth, of Mr. Lachlan McKinnon, a very old resident of that locality, where he was…

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Farmers Happy Prosperous Lower Hunter

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 4

Farming conditions show a decided improvement on both the Lower Hunter and Williams Rivers. It has been one of the best seasons for many…

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Sheep and Cattle Homebush Stock Market SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The increased yardings of stock at Homebush this morning took the keen[?]ess which characterised last week's [?]es, out of the market; and values in…

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Dairy Produce Keen Sydney Demand SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The wholesale price of butter was reduced by ½d to [?] 3½d a lb (144s[?]d a cwt.) as from to-day. All classes of dairy produce met with…

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Pioneer Farmer Death of Mr. W. Dennett

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 8

A very old and respected resident of Miller's Forest, Mr. William Dennett,died on Saturday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. W. Miller, of…

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Sydney Fat Stock Sales. Sheep and Cattle Weaker. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Due to some extent to increased yardings, values for both sheep and cattle were lower at the Homebush fat stock sales to-day. In the sheep section the yarding…

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Wheat Lumpers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

Wheat lumpers employed at the wheat silos at White Bay to-day threatened to cases work to-morrow unless their claims for increased wages are immediately dealt…

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BROADCASTING Farmer's Service To-day's Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 3

Call sign, 2FC. Wave length, 1100 metres, Power, 5 kilowatts. Early Evening Session 6.35, the "Hello Man" talks to the…

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Wheat Silo Wages Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 9

The threatened trouble at the White Bay wheat silo terminal has been averted Negotiations which were entered into yesterday between representatives of…

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Dairy Control Board Result of Election Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 6

Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, stated to-night that the result of the election in connection with membership of the Dairy Control Board was as…

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Cheese Firmer Dairy Produce Market SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 5

Cheese production is declining, and prices will probably be advanced a halfpenny a pound next week. Though only one firm is at present…

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For Poor Land New Crop Suggested WYONG

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 2

Concerning land in the Wyong district, which is described as "hungry," and unfit for general cultivation, a suggestion has been made that…

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Sheep and Cattle Homebush Stock Sales SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

Supplies of both sheep and cattle at Homebush are increasing each sale day, and, despite the numbers, prices in the early sales to-day were quite equal to…

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Wool Association. Strong Financial Position. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

The annual report of the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association for the year ended December 31, 1924, shows that the proceeds of wool…

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Dairy Export Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

Mr. Henry Hoover, who played a distinguished part in the organisation of food supplies in America during the war, was commissioned last year…

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Australian Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 4

The British Australian Wool Realisation Association, Limited, was a direct creation of the post-war position in regard to the principal product…

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