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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

787 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 40

Farm and Produce Farmers' Co-operation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 13

In 1901, the British Agricultural Organisation Society was formed as a central body for promoting the further development of the agricultural…

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BROADCASTING Week-end Programmes Farmer's Service

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 4

6.5: The "Hello Man" talks to the children, 6.45: Broadcast from the Hotel Australia, items by the orchestra. 7.15: From the studio, news service…

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Stolen Cattle Maitland Man Fined £30

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 2

Richard Howell wag charged at West Maitland police court to-day, before Mr. Cleave. P.M., with having stolen five head of cattle at Thornton…

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Dairy Produce Market SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 2

A reduction of a penny in the price of cheese announced at the week-end, became effective to-day, and sales are expected to improve…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day, 9707 bales were offered at auction, and 8694 sold. Private sales totalled 459 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Northern Butter Higher Price to Producers SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

The quantity of butter manufactured by the Singleton factory during April was 82 tons, as compared with 41 tons in March, and 90 tons for April, 1925,…

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Lower Price Butter to be Reduced SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Following the fall in the price of butter in Melbourne, the N.S.W. wholesale price will be reduced by 4s 8d to 191[?] 4d a cwt, from next…

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Big Dairy Turnover

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

The turnover of the Producers' Distributing Society, Ltd. (late Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society and Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co.), for the…

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Dairy Produce SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Sales of most lines were slow in the vegetable market this morning. Good tomatoes were sought after, but choice boxes were hard to get. Quantities of…

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Divided Agents Butter Values Lower SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 5

Butter will be reduced a halfpenny a pound to-morrow, and everyone in the trade seems dissatisfied. Melbourne is blaming Sydney agents for the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day 2318 bales Were offered at auction and 7509 sold; Private sales totalled 2079 bales. The Sydney wool-selling brokers…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 5

The 22nd series of wool sales concluded to-day, when 7771 bales were offered, and 6543 sold. Private sales totalled 690. The selection was an…

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Conspiracy Alleged Trundle Wheat Shortage TRUNDLE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 3

Police yesterday arrested Vincent Ingram, Samuel Money and George Knight and later charged them with conspiring with George William Smith…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 7

The twenty-third and final series of the season's wool sales commenced in Sydney to-day, when an offering of 12,231 bales was submitted at auction. Of this…

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Wool Realisation Company to Be Wound Up. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 8

At an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association, Limited, a resolution was passed that the association…

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South African Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 13

When ex-Senator M'Coll took a trip home and across America a few years ago he paid special attention to farming in the United States, and accumulated a…

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Farm and Produce the Breeding Sow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 13

A good breeding sow is wo[?] keeping for several years. While we must, of course, have gilts or young sows before they become old sows, the sow of…

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1,000,00 Radiod Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 3

A san Francisco paper speaks of the increasing popularity of radio on the farm. Residents of the farming districts find…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

Trade in dairy produce lines was fairly quiet. Reductions were made in the prices of eggs, butter, bacon and cheese. As anticipated, the large importations…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

Owing to the rainfalls during the week, business in farm produce was inclined to be on the dull side. There has been no alteration in the price…

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