Warwick Farm Weights To-day
SYDNEY, Monday.—Because the Australian Jockey Club's handicapper (Mr. Wilsan) is absent in Melbourne weights for the Warwick Farm meeting at Randwick…
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Farming & the land, 1941
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 20
Ploughing-in of Green Crops Sydney
There is no doubt that the ploughing-in of leguminous green crops has a very beneficial effect on orchard soils, mainly because such a practice assists…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Had to Buy Butter Drought Affected Factory Production
Drought conditions throughout the district made Bowthorne Butter Factory Ltd. call for larger quantities of milk from suppliers during the six months…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Citrus Crop Prospects
The prolonged dry spell experienced throughout growing areas prior to December, 1940, adversely affected citrus trees and the setting of fruit. Heavy rains were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Children to Gather Crops
LONDON, March 5. A.A.P.—The Board of Education has agreed to a plan under which Britain's schools will provide a children's land army, totalling between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Potato Market Eases Dairy Lines in Demand at Unchanged Rates
The market for potatoes in Newcastle this week was fairly quiet, with an easing tendency. About 3500 tons of Tasmanian potatoes were forward. Rates remained at last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Award for Butter and Bacon Factories
The Secretary (Mr. J. Larkin) and the Organiser Mr. R. Richley) of the Meat Industry Employees' Association will be in Sydney to-morrow. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joint Approach to Britain Butter Contract Renewal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Australia and New Zealand will act jointly in negotiations for renewal of the Imperial butter contract, with a view to securing so far…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ensure Proper Price for Wool
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A Customs proclamation issued to-day prohibits the export of worsted woollen or knitted goods or any other goods made wholly on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Slashing of Wheat Bags Leeton
Scores of bags of wheat, stacked at Leeton, have been wantonly slashed. Wheat poured out, and the stack,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Army Farm Begun in Northern Territory
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—To provide fresh fruit and vegetables for the Darwin Army Garrison, an army agricultural farm has been started at Adelaide River,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →OVER 460,000 BALES U.S. Commercial Orders for Wool
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Commercial orders from the United States for Australian wool now totalled 461,000 bales, the Chairman of the Central Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Potato Values Ease Dairy Produce in Demand
Normal shipments of potatoes were received in Newcastle this week, but there was a substantial carry-over from the previous week. Prices fell slightly yesterday. Reports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Die in Queensland Farm Tragedy Brisbane
Just as Dorothy May Lackey, 15, was going to bed last night she was fatally shot by a bullet which passed through her bedroom window…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Favours Wheat Advisory Committee
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Sir Herbert Gepp, who was chairman of the Royal Commission on the wheat industry, proposed to-day that an honorary standing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Wheat for France Washington
The United States is considering sending two shiploads of wheat to unoccupied France, provided distribution can be suitably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Farmers Warned Must Reduce Numbers of Stock
LONDON, March 19. A.A.P.—Addressing farmers at Leicester, the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. R. S. Hodson), said: "It is quite clear that if we are to get the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Sweep Farms, Drown Cattle Wellington (N.z.)
have been drowned by floods which swept through the Ponangina Valley in the centre of the North Island, carrying away fences and obliterating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Children Die in Fire in Farmhouse Montreal
Seven children died to-day as flames raced through a farm-house five miles from Windsor Mills (Quebec). Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leclerc,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra Storage Butter, Meat Precaution
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Cold storage accommodation for butter and meat throughout Australia will be extended at a cost of about £510,000, of which the…
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