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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 37

Green Sheep Freak of Nature

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 7

A strange freak of nature is reported from the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, where at Co[?]ton Hall Farm grass is growing on the backs…

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16,000 BALES Wool Clip for Newcastle Selling Centre

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 6

During the coming wool season Newcastle may secure distinction as a wool-selling centre. It is expected that 16,000 bales will be…

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Doncaster and Cup Candidates at Warwick Farm To-morrow BLATHER For Warwick Farm Cup Whitta's Chance Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

Warwick Farm to-morrow is the final stepping-stone to the A.J.C. Autumn meeting. Many fancied candidates for the…

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Gave Life Australian Farm School Duke's Tribute London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

The late Mr. Kingsley Fair-bridge, a Rhodes' scholar built better than he knew when he founded the Farm School in…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

The London wool sales have closed. The quantity was 128,756 bales, and it is estimated that about 63,000 were sold to the Home trade, 42,000 to the…

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Wool in London Values Very Firm LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 1

Closing wool sales of the second series for 1928 were conducted today. Offerings represented 11,710 bales…

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Farm and Produce No Place Like the Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 13

No business in the world is as closely associated with the home as is farming. No business gives the father such an opportunity of personal contact with his…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

Transactions in dairy produce were on the quiet side. The Price of butter increased by ½d per lb. This was fully anticipated, as…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

Business in farm produce was inclined to be more bright than for some weeks. There are no alterations in the prices of flour, bran, or pollard. The demand…

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Farming Train Second Northern Tour SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) announces that arrangements are now in hand for the second northern tour of the Better Farming…

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Farm Lands Auctioned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 8

The Irrawang Estate, near Raymond Terrace, comprising several thousand acres of mixed farming land, was submitted by public auction by Mr. E…

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Our Butter and Wines Representatives Active LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 1

The High Commissioner (Sir Granville Ryric has conferred with sentative shipowners, with it…

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Dairying Industry Growth in Northern District

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

The proportions to which the dairying industry has grown in the northern district during recent years there have been little short of remarkable, and there are…

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Oil Engines for Farms, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 5

These “M” type engines, which were among the wide range of oil engines and generating plants shown by Petters, Ltd., can be supplied for running on either…

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March Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 10

While the bidding at the Brisbane March series of sales, which closed on the 29th of that month, was not so excited as at the February fixture, competition…

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"Fine Animals". Our Dominions' Stock No Scrub Cattle London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 1

"My Dominion tour showed me that the difference between prosperity and failure consisted in the quality of the animals," said the Secretary for the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 4

Due to the approach of the holiday season, brisk business was transacted in the dairy produce section, all classes meeting with an exceptionally good demand, with…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 4

Business in farm produce was brisk, due no doubt to the approach of the holiday season. There were no alterations in the price of flour, pollard, or bran, and the…

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Farming Associations in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 9

It is estimated that in 1900 there were approximately 2000 farmers' business organisations functioning in the United States. Between 1900 and 1925 the number…

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Farm and Produce Side Bones in Horses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 9

Side bones are hard formations, situated immediately above the coronet, towards the heel. They are sometimes hereditary, but they may be caused by…

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