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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 34

Farm and Produce Marking Export Eggs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 15

The British Merchandise Marks Act has recently been brought into operation, and under its provisions it can be made compulsory for almost all classes of…

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Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 11

Trade in all lines of farm produce continues to show an improvement. Prices of flour, bran, and pollard are unchanged…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 11

Business has been very quiet. The only alteration was a decrease of one penny per lb in the price of bacon. This was fully anticipated, as arrivals during…

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After the Floods Lower Hunter Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 4

The conditions in the farming districts on the Lower Hunter and Williams Rivers during the last three weeks have been satisfactory. Most…

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Butter Export Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 4

Mr. Paterson, the Minister for Markets, in opening the abnnal conference of the Australian Butter and Cheese Factories' Managers and Secretaries' Association,…

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Stole a Bucket Pig Farmer Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 5

Charged with having stolen a bucket, valued at 12s, the property of Cessnock Dairy Company, Arthur Lever, pig farmer, was fined £2, with…

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Australian Butter Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 7

At the annual conference of the Australian Butter and Cheese Factories Manager's Association, Mr. Carrel, the Commonwealth Supervisor of Dairy Exports,…

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Dairying Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 6

In his address to the conference of the Australasian Butter and Cheese Factories Managers and Secretaries' Association. Mr. Paterson, the…

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Export of Butter Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 7

At the annual conference of the Australian Buttor and Cheese Factories; Managers and Secretarien' Association, Mr. Crowe, the State representative of…

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Home Garden Early Tomato Crop How to Treat It

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 7

To raise tomato plants for extra early crops it is necessary to sow the seed in hot beds, which are easily made in any warm corner of the…

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Export Butter Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 14

Important addresses were delivered at the annual conference of the Australasian Butter and Cheese Factories Managers and Secretaries' Association in Melbourne…

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May Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 11

The wool trade has once again provided a surprise, and this time, fortunately, a pleasant one. In view of the Japanese financial trouble, which has caused such…

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Farm and Produce Better Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 14

The economists in the United States Department of Agriculture report that since 1885, the average crop yields per acres in that country have increased…

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Commercial the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

A fair volume of business was transacted in all lines of farm produce. The prices of flour, bran, and pollard remain unchanged. Wheat is still firm,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

The week in dairy produce business was fairly quiet. Butter prices were increased by 1d per lb. Production is now showing a fairly heavy shrinkage due to…

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Chicago Wheat Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

A message from Chicago states that grain prices on the Board of Trade have fluctuated wildly for several days, and the excitement continues unabated…

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Effect on Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

The "Economist" says that the Arcos raid has suspended Russian wool purchases in London, and it seems has increased them in Australia. The Soviet were the…

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A Farmer Pleader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

The House of Lords dismissed the appeal of William Smart Harnett, a farmer, who sought to have altered the decision of the appeal court reversing the…

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Farm Hand Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 10

Leslie Pulham (16), a farm-hand, of Woodbury, was working on a farm when he fell out of a cart, one wheel of which passed over the right…

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The Sheep Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 6

The sheep-raisers of the Commonwealth have little to complain about concerning present wool prices, and it is generally agreed that the world…

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