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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 87

Manning River Dairying Taree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 10

The Manning River Cooperative Dairy Society Ltd. paid 628 suppliers 10d per lb for choicest and 9d per lb. for secondclass butter during February. The…

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Youths on Farms Queensland Bonus BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 13

The Council for Agriculture last September suggested to the Government that as an encouragement to youths to go into the country to work, a payment of between…

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Farmers From Tasmania 40 on Visit to Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

A party of 40 visiting Tasmanian farmers, who arrived by the Comorin yesterday in Sydney, spent to-day in Newcastle, inspecting the B.H.P. Steel…

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Glen Innes Butter Factory Glen Innes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 8

Glen Innes Butter Factory during February paid £1911/8/7 for 47,189lb of cream, at the rate of 9[?]d a lb. as against £1868/3/11. for 47,705lb for the same period of last year…

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Sydney Wool Prices Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 9

The average price of wool sold at auction. in Sydney this week was £23/16/3 a bale and 20.1d per lb. The average for the final week of the previous series in…

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N.Z. Wool Sales Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 8

Peak price were obtained at the Invercargill wool sales to-day. The 19,000 bales sold were mainly of crossbred wool The average price was nearly £24 a bale…

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Inspecting Newcastle Tasmanian Farmers on Tour of Mainland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 10

Forty Tasmanian farmers, who are visiting New South Wales and Victoria in the course of a tour arranged by the Tasmanian Marketing Bureau, spent…

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High Class Horses at Warwick Farm To-day Chipping Norton Plate Lough Neagh and Sarcheric to Meet King's Head Selected to Beat Gold Rod Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 18

Will Lough Neagh and Sarcherie fight their Rawson Stakes battle over again in the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm? It is more than likely that they will do so. And there should be very little between them at the judge. A small item of luck is…

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The Son Stop Press Warwick Farm Races

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

Autumn Cup betting: 5/2 Mananul, 6 Silver Standard, 7 Fireman, Sir Ross, 8 Mestoravon, 10 to 20 others. Divs.: £2 14s 6d, 16s 6d, 9s…

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TALKING of SPORT Back to the Farm?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 8

Although George Nepia, the world-famed Maori Rugby full-back, has been recently transferred from London to Halifax; there is a big chance…

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Dairymen Want Unity

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 3

With the object of forming a Dairymen's Association among producers supplying milk to Sydney, the delegate board of the Milk Producers'…

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Bidding Slow Imported Cattle Sold in Sydney SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

Imported cattle were hard to sell at the sales in Sydney yesterday. Of the 28 lots of imported Scottish bulls and heifers and American polled Shorthorns and polled…

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Wheat Up Again in Sydney Argentine Restriction Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

[?] prices rose again in the Sydney market to-day, the advance ranging from 1d to 1d a bushel. Values now are only 1d a bushel…

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Merry-go-round of Wheat Market Argentine Now Talks of Export Embargo Buenos Aires

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

The Argentine National Grain Board has issued a warning that it may be necessary to place an embargo on wheat exports if they…

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Farms Inspected Tasmanian Visitors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 9

A party of farmers from Tasmania visited the Maitland district on Saturday, under arrangements made by the Potato Council of Australia. The visitors…

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Broad Outlook 40 Tasmanian Farmers Had Not Seen Watermelon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

The 40 Tasmanian farmers who began in Newcastle on Friday what is to be a comprehensive tour of New South Wales and Victoria left last night for Sydney…

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Warwick Farm Lough Neagh Again Victory in Chipping Norton Plate King's Head's Impressive Win Mestoravon's Success Enhances Sydney Cup Claims SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 10

Lough Neagh is a wonderful battler. He followed up his Rosehill Rawson Stakes victory of a week ago by taking the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm yesterday. He would not give in when challenged by Allunga, and prevailed by the shortest of heads to justify his 5 to 4…

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Winners at Warwick Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 10

Above: The Newcastle gelding, Mestoravon, winning the Warwick Farm Autumn Cup on Saturday by three-quarters of a length from Fireman, with Mananui a length away in third place. Sir Ross (almost obscured is next. Below: King's Head leading the field home in the Liverpool Handicap. He is a length and a half in front of Silver Rose, on the outside, with Grand Mogul, next to the rails, third, a neck away…

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Reserve of Food British Farmers Give Warning London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

Less food is being produced in Britain than before the war, according to the National Farmers' .Union…

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Wheat Farmers Criticise Cabled Reports "Use to Rig the Market" Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 6

When the meeting of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation opens here on Wednesday, it is expected that some knotty problems will be brought up. The…

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