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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 37

Farmer Drowned Thrown Into River DUNGOO

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 4

William Macdonald, a farmer, at Tunnybuc, on the Chlchester River, was drowned yesterday. He was thrown from his horse into the…

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Farmer Killed Knocked Down by Car MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 4

Robert Frederick Sharman, 55, of Smithtown, Tasmania, died early yesterday morning as the result of injuries received when he was knocked…

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American Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 5

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced the condition of the winter wheat crop on April 1 as 68.8 per cont. compared with 84.5 per…

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Farm Relief Coolidge May Again Veto WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 1

The presidential veto may defeat the McNary-Hughen Farm Relief Bill again. President Coolidge has intimated…

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Unity Marketing Dairymen to Meet

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 6

Mr. A. E. Gough, manager of the Overseas Farmers' Co-operative Federations, Ltd. (London), is at present visiting Australia with tho object of…

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Chicago Wheat Excitement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 7

Frenzied scenes were enacted at the Chicago Board of Trade, as wheat shot to new high records in all future deliveries…

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Wheat Grub Big Damage to Crops Methods of Combat

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 7

In an interesting article in the April Number of the New South Wales Agricultural Gazette Mr. T. McCarthy, Senior Assistant Entomologist, deals extensively with the Wheat Root Grub, the damage it causes, and the methods used to combat…

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Australian Wheat Did Greeks a Good Turn Successful Crop London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 1

The Canberra variety of wheat from Australia has proved most successful in the repatriated areas of Macedonia, ripening before the hot season,…

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Farm and Produce Tested and Untested Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 13

In the course of an article published in the current number of the "Agricultural Gazette," Mr. L. T. M'Ginnis, dairy expert of the Department of Agriculture,…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 11

Business in farm produce was quieter, following the holidays. There were no alterations in the prices of flour and pollard. Bran was…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 11

Owing to grocers restocking after the Easter holidays brisk business was transacted in the dairy produce market, and sales were better than for some time past…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 5

The Greek Refuge, Settlement Commission, after excriments with various wheats in Macedonia, where most of the refugees are established, has concluded that the…

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Empire Farmers Co-operating

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 6

A conference of directors, managers, and secretaries of the co-operative butter factories of the northern district, presided over by Mr. A. J. Windeyer, of the…

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Farm and Produce Breeding of Pigs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 13

On the question of the length of time it is profitable to breed from a sow very divergent views are held. At one time a wasteful system need to be…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 10

Trade in dairy produce woo of an average volume, the only alterations in prices being an increase of 2d per dozen in medium-sized eggs. Egg arrivals…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 10

Business in farm produce was brisk. The price of floor was advanced 10s per ton, following upon the increase of 10s per ton for bran last week…

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Butter Recovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 5

There are at last signs of recovery in that butter trade, and dealings in Australian and New Zealand the last few days have been brisker than for a long time,…

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"Against Public Health" Charge Against Dairyman FINED £7

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 7

"The legislature takes a very serious view of these offences. It is really an offence against the public health," said Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle…

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Stockton Sewerage Objection to Farm Scheme

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 7

The proposal to connect Stockton to the sewerage system was keenly discussed at the initial meeting of the Citizens and Ratepayers' Association…

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£2000 CLAIM Fanner Sues Land Company Terrace Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 5

That land on the Ferodale Estate, near Raymond Terrace, had been misrepresented to him, was alleged by William Thomas Sagar, who claimed…

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