Wool Marketing in War Conference Discusses Problems MELBOURNE
Representatives of the wool industry conferred to-day with the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page), the Minister for Defence (Mr. G. A. Street), the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1939
1,421 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 72
A Dog, a Gun and a Dairyman Fined Because Shot Didn't Kill Sydney
Had John Robert Taylor, a dairyman, killed outright a cattle dog that was attacking his cows he would have been within the law. Instead, the dog…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Below Average Australia's Wheat Crop May Be 26,000,000 Bushels Less Canberra
Estimates for this season's Australian wheat crop have been revised by the Commonwealth Statistician, and production is now set down at 143,735,000 bushels,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Yass Wool Brings 28d SYDNEY
Rising to unprecedented heights for this season, Yass wool was sold at the Sydney sales to-day at 28d a 1b. to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increased Buying Drop in Wool Prices Offset Big Demand From Japan Canberra
Increased purchase of Australian greasy wool overseas in the last half of 1938 offset to a marked degree the effect of lower wool price, according to export…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmers Itinerary for Visitors in Show Week See Much of District
A reception for visiting junior farmers during Newcastle Show week and an itinerary for them were arranged at a meeting of the District Council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dog Attacked Cows Dairyman Shot It: Was Fined SYDNEY
A fine of 10/, plus £5/17/4 costs, was imposed upon John Robert Taylor, a dairyman, at Hornsby Court to-day for having mortally wounded a dog which had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter Grading
The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle, during the week ended February to 24,830 boxes of butter manufactured in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Season's Record 28d for Wool in Sydney SYDNEY
The season's record for Australia, 28d, was obtained for five bales of greasy merino at the wool sales to-day. The fleece, which was of superfine quality and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Farmers' Loss Milk Supplies Again Decrease No Prospects for Winter
It is difficult to estimate what the recent dry spell has cost dairymen in the Hunter district, but their loss can be conservatively estimated at many…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Homebush Sheep Market Dull Sydney
At to-day's Homebush sales 41,178 sheep and lambs were penned. The market for sheep and lambs was dull at about last day's average rates. Quotations: Ewes…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →MAITLAND—KURRI—CESSNOCK West Maitland a Record Dairy Cattle Entries for Maitland Show Insurance Against Rain
"This year promises to be a triumph for the association," said the President (Mr. W. E. Sparke) at a meeting of the Maitland Show Council last night. Mr. Sparke…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stolen Butter Charged with Death Montreal
In radio broadcasts by the police and newspaper advertisements, the authorities are warning the public to be on guard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Market Unchanged Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY
Of the 11,538 bales submitted at auction at the wool sales to-day 10,410 were sold at auction and 824 by private treaty. The selection was average to good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Substitute German Expert's Claims BERLIN, February 16
Herr Weychardt, a wool expert, reports the manufacture of a new cellulose wool substitute. It is claimed to be waterproof,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →20d Top Price Newcastle Wool Sales 2998 Bales Offered
New England wool brought top price of 20d at the Newcastle wool sales yesterday, when 2998 bales were submitted. The selection was an average one, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Cut in Wool Duties U.S.A.-Australia Trade Negotiations New York, February 16
The President of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers (Mr. Arthur Beese) said at the annual meeting that, although he had earlier believed a trade…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£7,000,000 LESS Wheat Industry Income £3,500,000 BOUNTY Growers Should Get About £21,000,000 CANBERRA
A preliminary survey of the economic position of the wheat industry for the 1938-9 season reveals that the total return to the wheatgrowing industry from the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Trimmer's Chance at Warwick Farm May Win Chief Sprint From Eastern Maid and Loombah Edible Has Good Prospects In Middle Distance Event
Trimmer, the most promising three-year-old sprinter in this State and a winner of races at Randwick in December and January, should improve his record in to-morrow's Warwick Farm Glenfield Handicap. A powerfully built gelding, he should not be troubled by his 8-7. Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairymen Worried by "Copra Butter" Appeal to Sir Earle Page
Alleging that substitutes had a tendency to undermine the butter market, a member of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. G. Ralston) asked the Minister for…
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