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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

1,014 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 51

Butter and Eggs SYDNEy

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 5

The whotesale price of butter will probably advance 2s 4d to 168s a cwt. (1s 0d a lb) on Monday. Though the egg market is…

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Farm and Produce Milking Thrice Daily

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 13

Much discussion always arises when the subject of the advantages of frequent milking of cows is mentioned to dairy farmers. The general custom is to milk…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 3

Business in dairy produce was very quiet, and there were no alterations in prices. There is just about sufficient fresh…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 3

Only a fair volume of business was ransacted in farm produce ilnes. Quotations for Tasmanian potatoes were increased by 10s per ton at the…

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Wool in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 5

Sir James Elder, Australian High Commissioner to the United States, visited Philadelphia and investigated the knitting trade from the angle of the wool situation…

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Homebush Markets Shortage of Sheep SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 5

Heavy rain and floods in the country were responsible for a big shortage of sheep at Homebush to-day. Upwards of 16,700 had been drawn for, but when…

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Trade Treaty Amended Proposals Farmers Placated Ottawa

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 1

The Australian Trade Treaty comes before the Canadian House of Commons on Monday for ratification. One member of Parliament said…

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Lost All Hawkesbury Farmers WINDSOR

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 5

Windsor today is an island in a silver sea, but the water is slowly receding. Few of the farmers in the Hawkesbury district have escaped the…

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Wool Stabilisation Scheme Propounded Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 6

At a meeting representing the wool-growers of Australia, presided over by Mr. A. Whittington, president of the Graziers' Federal Council, Sir John…

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BROADCASTS Farmer's Service

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 4

6.30: The chimes of 2FC. 6.35: The "Hello Man" talks to the children. 7.15: Market reports (wool, wheat, stock), fruit and vegetable markets, late stock…

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The Moving Picture Show The Farmer's Life

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 4

"Wot about buying a bit of land up Windsor way?" said W[?] "You're always talking about 'ow good it is to go on the land, an to…

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Wool Stabilisation Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 4

[?]eetings of the Woolgrowers' Council and the Graziers' Federal Council and the Wool Selling Brokers' Council were, held to-day to consider Sir John…

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Wool Control Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 7

The publication of the details of Sir John Higgins' wool regulation proposals has considerably interested British wool circles…

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Mystery Disease North Coast Cattle LISMORE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 6

The mystery disease has broken out among the cattle at Keerong, 12 miles from Lismore, causing farmers grave concern…

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Wool-growers Warned Stabilisation Project Rival Textiles London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 1

Regarding the wool stabilisation project, the city editor of "The Times" says that the scheme has been criticised not only on technical grounds but…

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Pool Proposals Butter and Wheat SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

"I have heard it said that the Government contemplates State butter and wheat pools." stated the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn), to-day,…

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How Many Sheep?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 8

A farmer was on his way to market with some sheep when he came across a friend who greeted him thus: "Good morning, Jones, you've got a score of…

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Wool Control Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

The Bradford Chamber of Commerce is organising a conference of Dominions' wool-growers, similar to that held last year. The conference will sit in…

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New Butter Factory Day Labour Undertaking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 7

The new butter factory, to be erected at Hexham for the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy Company, will be built on a ten per cent. basis by day labour…

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Turning Cotton to Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 10

Treatment of cotton with concentrated nitric acid is claimed by a Swiss experimenter to add 50 per cent. to its strength, and to give a great increase in…

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