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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

787 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 40

The Farmer's Colt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 13

To the inexperienced eye the most promising type of foal or colt looks loosely knit, raw, leggy, and, indeed, lengthy, too, in neck, ribs, and quarters. It is…

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Farm and Produce Incubators and Brooders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 13

The incubator plays a prominent part in the operations on a modern poultry farm, the useful broody hen having been displaced. This is the season of…

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BROADCASTING Farmer's Service TO-DAY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 4

6.0: Time' signals, chimes, talk to children, 6.45: From Hotel Australia, orchestra. 7.15; From studio, news service. 7.25:…

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Expects Big Output Terrace Butter Factory

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 7

The Raymond Terrace Dairy Company expects to begin operations at its new factory in November. Paterson and Vacey dairymen have had an…

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Shrinking Crops Spectre of Future Famine Professor's Warning

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 1

The world's wheat-eating population is increasing at the rate of 5,000,000 a year; and wheat land it already scarce…

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Sweet Oranges! Fruit Farming Board

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 6

Street oranges! The Hunter Water Board is now well established in the role of fruit farmer…

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Newcastle Dairy Supplies

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 10

Newcastle Dairy Supplies commenced business in Newcastle nearly 12 months ago, an agents for Anderson's sa[?]ges and small goods. The…

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Wheat Market London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 4

Wheat cargoes are steady, buy buyers are awaiting the American Government crop report. Parcels met poor inquiry to-day…

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World's Food More Wheat Needed Babies Futures London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 9

Addressing the scientific conference of the British Association, Lord Bledisloe, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, said that he believed that…

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Butter Exports Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 5

Mr. Pratten, the Minister for Customs, said that Britain in 1925 imported 278,000 tons of butter from all countries, the Australian…

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BROADCASTING To-day's Programmes Farmer's Service

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 3

6.0: Time Signals: chimes: talk to children. 6.45 Lady do Chair, from Government House, on charitable aims of ideal Homes Exhibition 6.55: From…

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Australian Butter Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 8

Mr. Paterson, the Minister for Markets, to-day presented a report regarding the operation of the Dairy Produce Control Board…

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Raymond Terrace. New Butter Factory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 4

The new factory which the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, is erecting at Hexham, was inspected a few days ago by Mr. E. E. D…

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Dinner at Farmer's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 6

Captain Cobham and Sergeant, Ward were entertained at dinner to-night, at Farmer's, by Messrs. C. J. Wakefield and Company, presided over by…

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Heavy Crops Vegetable Growers WYONG

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 9

Moriaset and Dora Creek pen-growers anticipate heavy crops, and plcking has already commenced. Heavy frosts during the week damaged un-…

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Farm and Produce Ten Years with Soy Beans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 13

Ten years ago soy beans were little grown in Missouri (says an American farm paper). At that time the College of Agriculture of that State was…

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Dairy Produce Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 12

At the moment of writing our Parliament has under consideration the subject of compulsory dairy control. The Meat Board has never exercised…

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Commercial, the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 3

Only fair business was done in farm produce lines. Maize remains firm at late prices. The wheat position is still acute, and…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 3

Business has been fairly dull, the only commodity to alter in price being lord, and this rise was anticipated last week. The small killings of pigs at the bacon…

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Butter Production Bigger SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 August 1926 · page 5

Bitter production is increasing steadily. The demand is d[?]l Brisbane is sending about 20,000 dozen [?]s to Sydney. The wo[?] Leal supplies are…

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