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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 34

Gland Grafting Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 7

Dr. Voronoff, of Paris, the most prominent of the European surgeons who have investigated the possibility of glad grafting, announces that experiments in…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day an average selection of 10,235 bales was offered. Of this number 9256 bales were sold at auction, while a further 1318 bales were disposed of…

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Dairy Produce Board Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 7

Mr. Paterson, the Minister for Markets, announced td-day that in accordance with nominations by the proprietary and co-operative butter and cheese…

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Farm Worker's Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

E. G. H. Adams applied for compensation from Messrs. J. and A. Brown, on the grounds of incapacity, caused through an accident while in the employ of the…

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Imitative Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 15

An instance in which present habits indicate something of past difficulties is to be found in sheep. "It is often to be noticed," said Dr. Carpenter, keeper of…

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Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 3

With the excertion of potatoes and onions very little business was done in farm produce. There were no alterations in the prices…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 3

Trade in the dairy produce section was fairly quiet. There was an increase of ½d per lb in sides and flitches of bacon, and a decrease of ½d per lb in butter…

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Farm and Produce Farming in Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 12

The agricultural returns for Great Britain, collected in June, reveal a further reduction in the arable area (25,755,000 acres). It is now no longer a question…

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Farmers and Arbitration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 12

Recently the Arbitration Court has spent a good deal of time hearing the pros and cons of a claim by the workers in the meat freezing…

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Plague of Mosquitoes North Coast Farmers Suffer GRAFTON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 3

In the Southgate and Ulmarra farming districts on the mid-Clarence, farmers are experiencing the most virulent plague of mosquitos ever…

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Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales to-day a good average selection, comprising 10,255 bales, was offered. Of that number 9673 bales were disposed of at auction, while…

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Wheat Loaders Overtime Work Refused. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Seale, for the Overseas Shipping Representatives' Association, said the wheat loaders in Sydney were…

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John Brown's Fowls Farm Employee Charged with Theft Case at Kurri Police Controls Crowd That Rushes to Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

John Brown, known throughout Australia at a coal magnate, is also the owner of a farm, and was to-day a witness in a case at Kurri Court, in which a former employee was charged with stealing from that farm…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 5

A good selection, totalling 10,265 bales, was offered at auction at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Of these 9461 were sold, while 1936 were disposed of privately…

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World's Wheat Harvest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

The European wheat harvest is in total some 10 per cent. smaller than the abundant crop secured in 1925; but the yields are not unsatisfactory, sings they exceed…

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To Save Sheep. Girl Risks Her Life

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 9

Plunging into the flooded river at Burton-on-T cent, Miss Vera Le May, the twenty-near-old daughter of Mr. P. K. Le [?]ay, bravely rescued a…

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Farm and Produce Farming in U.s.a

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 14

Here are three facts of farming that the United States Department of Agriculture is ready to stand by any day in the week: That the nation will have to…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 10

Except for advances of twopence a dozen in newlaid eggs, and a penny a lb. in cheese prices of dairy produce underwent no change from those ruling at the…

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Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 10

Business in farm produce was of average volume during the week. Prices of wheat and flour remain without change. Bran and pollard were…

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Eton Crop's Exit Hair Must Be Longer Latest London Vogue

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 10

Women are rapidly taking the advice given to them by a leading hairdresser recently that they must either let their short hair grow a little…

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