Italians Seize Greek Crops Bitter Clashes With Peasants
WASHINGTON, October 5.—The seizure of Greek peasants' crops by Italian Carabinieri has caused bloody clashes between the peasants…
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Farming & the land, 1942
425 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
Farmers Who Have Not Tried Lucerne As Vegetable
MAITLAND farmers questioned yesterday said they had never tried lucerne as a substitute for spinach…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The reconstruction of the Australian Wheat Board was announced late to-night by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Control Activities Cut
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—As an au[?]terity measure, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) hoe restricted the activities of the Dairy Produce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Handle New Crop Potatoes Newcastle Body Is Appointed
Owing to the satisfactory manner in which the association had handled the Tasmanian potato shipments, the Australian and New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£2,000,000 a Year Subsidy Federal Aid for Dairy Industry
CANBERRA, Wednesday—The Full Cabinet to-day decided to provide an annual subsidy of up to £2,000,000 to the dairy industry as one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Save Rise in Butter Price Dairying Subsidy From October 1
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Granting of Government subsidy to the dairy industry, it was hoped, would obviate the necessity for any increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40-Acre Crop of Potatoes "Rotting In Ground," Says A.L.P. Delegate
A 40-acre crop of potatoes was being allowed to rot in the ground because the manpower authorities would not provide labour to dig it…
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Sydney.—The Public Service Board and the Minister for Education (Mr. Clivs Evatt). to-day mode a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Revolution In British Farming
LONDON, Sunday.—Some remarkable results, achieved by British farming under the stimulus of war urgency, were given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Drop in Wheat Crop
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The wheat crop this season is expected to be 145,000,000 bushels, which is 25,000,000 bushels less than last…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) to-day announced in the Commonwealth Gazette the appointment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Urged Butter Subsidy of 4d a lb
TAREE, Monday.—Addressing dairy farmers to-day, Sir Earle Page advocated a subsidy to provide a flat rate of 4d a lb on all butter produced in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Evatt at Gosford Farm Home
GOSFORD, Monday.—The Minister in charge of the Child Welfare Department (Mr. Evatt) and members of the Public Service Board made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen Indignant at "Political Trick"
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation will meet in Sydney on Thursday to determine what action…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Butter Subsidy Inadequate" Prices Tribunal Proposed
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The setting up of a tribunal to fix the average price for butter, or alternatively, an increase in the butter subsidy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Returns Needed to Assess Supplies
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—All emergency questionnaire forms sent to small farmers, poultry raisers, vegetable growers and fruitgrowers, must…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Changes Soon in Wool Control
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Big changes in control of the wool industry can be expected shortly. The Minister for Commerce (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmhouses Like Islands in a Yellow Sea Morpeth District Floods; Crops of Vegetables Destroyed
Hundreds of acres of agricultural land were under water, lucerne fields disappeared temporarily and vegetable crops were destroyed at Phoenix Park, Morpeth district, by flood waters from the Paterson river, which broke its…
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Sir,—Dairy farmers are naturally indignant that they have not been able to obtain an increase in the price of butter commensurate with…
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