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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

1,014 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 51

Sydney Wool Sales Eighth Series Closed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

The eighth series of the Sydney wool Sales concluded to-day, when of the 9131 bales submitted at auction, 6946 bale were sold. Private sales accounted for…

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Buyers Go Mad Chicago Wheat Pit Clothing Torn Chicago

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 1

The scarcity of wheat is causing more than usual excitement in Chicago, the world's wheat centre, and the prices being paid are…

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High Rates Maitland Farmers Complain

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

The matter of differential rating was discussed at a meeting of farmers in West Maitland last night. Mr. R. J. Dilley. who presided, said…

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Butter Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

Three small parcels of Queensland butter, in Brennan's patent boxes, have arrived by recent steamers. The idea of allowing cold air to…

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Western Wheat Pool

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 7

The secretary of the Co-operative Wheat Pool of Western Australian states that farmers will receive hundreds of thousands of pounds over and…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

At yesterday's wool sale 10,900 bales were offered, comprising largely merinoes, which met with slow competition, with prices in buyers' favour. Inferior and…

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Wheat and the World

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

THE whole world wants our wheat, our good Australian wheat. There is practically a shortage in export in all countries except Australia. Countries that habitually had a surplus to sell, such as Roumania, Bulgaria, and Russia, all agrarian countries, have run short even of their…

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Scramble for Wheat Prices Still Rising Great Demand London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 1

Wild excitement prevailed in Lon[?] don wheat circles all night after the news of the American boom prices were received after the closing of the…

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Australian Wheat Sensational Rise Jump in Freights (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph," discussing the sensational rise in the price of Australian wheat, says:—"It is by no means certain that the limit…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

The advance in the price of wheat which has been recorded in the cable messages of the last few days is due to world-wide influences. It is evident…

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Friesians and Butter-fat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 12

Signs are not wanting (writes the "British Friesian Journal") that breeders of British Friesian cattle are paying much close attention to the…

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New Zealand Wheat

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 1

Canterbury (New Zealand) millers have increased the mid-week price of wheat by 3d per bushel. In accordance with their arrangement to…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday 9155 bales were offered, comprising a good assortment. America bought a few lots of medium greasy merinos, but general…

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The Wool Problem in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 11

The experiments by which Dr. Serge Voronoff, the celebrated Russian surgeon, proposes to increase the yield of wool from sheep are described in…

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Crash Coming Wheat Gamble Wild Scenes Chicago

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 1

After skyrocketing to two [?] 21 cents at Winnipeg and two dollars six cents at Chicago, wheat has slumped ten cents at…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 10

Business in dairy produce has been fairly quiet the most outstanding alterations in quotations being a reduction in the price of bacon…

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Farm and Produce Food Value of Cheese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 12

A comparison of the food value of cheese with that of other highly nitrogenous foods will be of value. No kind of meat except dried beef carries such a…

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Through the Eye of a Camera Wheat for the World from Australia

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

A STREAM OF GOLD.—A pretty picture taken at the wheat silos in Sydney—wheat pouring out of trucks making a noise like a gentle sea breaking far away—but a noise, in view of the world's market, that is more like gold. AS BEAUTIFUL AS A WOMAN'S HAIR and almost as wavy…

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Wheat Hunger Profit in Re-sales on Australian Cargoes (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

Reviewing the week's remarkable total of 80 wheat cargo sales, the trade journal "Grain Reporter," alludes to resales, and mentions a profit of…

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Butter Export Statement by the Minister Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

Senator Wilson, the Minister for Markets, stated to-day that the Board of Control provided for under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act would…

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