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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

1,197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 60

Farm and Dairy New Zealand Lambs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 14

The main reason for the success of New Zealand's fat Jamb industry is that her farmers have been breeding a "type" that seems most suitable for the export trade…

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Fur, Wool, and Meat Old World and the Rabbit Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 5

Mr. F. H. Shepherd, in the article below, discusses in an informative way, the development of the rabbit industry for fur, wool, and meat. He urges that it is an industry with great possibilities for Australia…

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Emergency Measures American Wheat Crisis Enormous Bank Credit Washington, July 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 9

President Hoover is giving serious attention to the looming wheat crisis. It is observed that in recent weeks the Federal reserve system has shifted its…

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Wool Sales Fight for Newcastle Graziers Determined Big Meeting at Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 9

A big meeting of graziers at Inverell yesterday decided in favour of Newcastle as a wool-selling centre. A large number of growers who…

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Commercial the Week's Review Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 2

The potato market opened very strong this week, and prices were advanced another £1 a ton. The shipment from Tasmania was very light, and a keen demand…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 2

Conditions are unchanged in the dairy produce section. Sales are slow. Butter consignments have fallen to the usual winter level. The dry spell experienced in the…

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Farmers and Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 11

Sir,—In its issue of June 22, the "West Australian" (Perth) published an article on "Food Production and Trade," by Lord Ernie, M.V.O. In this, Lord Ernie…

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Kennel Notes Ear Cropping Prohibited Coming Shows Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 7

Mr. A. E. Chapman scored well with his puppies at the parade held by the Pomeranian Club of Australia last Saturday. In the baby puppy dog or bitch…

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Wool Scouring Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

One prominent Newcastle business man has expressed disagreement with the terms of the resolution adopted by the council of the Newcastle Chamber of…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

A meeting of graziers at Inverell spoke with no uncertain voice concerning the attempted boycott of Newcastle from the point of view of…

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Big Season Newcastle Wool Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

Newcastle business men are confidently expecting a big lift in the wool sates in Newcastle this season. A letter from the Gulgong district…

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Wool Sales Newcastle As Centre United Stand at Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

The conference of wool-growers held at Inverell on Friday, and to which reference was made in our issue of Saturday, left no doubt as to the…

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American Wheat. Chicago, July 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 3

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics announced to-day that it believes that the reduction of 68 million bushels in this year's domestic wheat crop compared with…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 3

Of the 11,120 bales of wool offered at the sales this afternoon, 1835 bales were from Victoria, 918 from New South Wales, 351 from South Australian, 159 from West…

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Trouble Ahead The Pastoral Industry Abolition of Federal Arbitration Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 6

From 1886, when the Australian Workers' Union was founded, until the establishment of the Federal Arbitration Court in 1995, there was not one year, except…

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Wheat Price Prospect of Increase Washington, July 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 7

The Canadian acreage sown to wheal this year is officially estimated at 24,303,300 acres, being a 1 per coat, increase over last year. The condition of the wheat…

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Children and Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 4

Speaking at the Victorian Soldier Settlers' annual conference in Melbourne, yesterday, Mr. Lachland, M.L.A., suggested that there should be an…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 3

The offering of 7886 bales of wool at the sales this afternoon included 1876 bales from New South Wales, 1996 from Queensland, 904 from Victoria, 1400 from South…

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Twice Bankrupt Farmer-Builder-Traveller

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 9

Loss on building contracts, sickness and unemployment, were the causes of his bankruptcy, according to Wendell William Warwick Hall, builder,…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 13

Sir,—It is very gratifying to read in your issue of the 15th instant the report of the conference of wool-growers, held in Inverell on Friday last. The delegates,…

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