Fodder Advances to Dairy Farmers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—To assist the drive for increased food production, the State Government will make cash advances available to…
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Farming & the land, 1944
535 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 27
Dairy Farm Problem on South Coast
EDEN.—Butter production has fallen substantially and will fall far more unless the scope of the Army release scheme is widened…
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MELBOURNE. — Shortage of manpower is restricting flour-milling and agricultural machinery manufacture…
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JUNEE.—About 8000 sheep are believed to have been destroyed and between 12,000 and 20,000 acres of grass burnt by a…
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MELBOURNE. — Some sheep from bushfire areas bearing signs of fire but otherwise good were sold for 1s. 2s and 3s a head…
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SYDNEY.—Reports that a decrease in the butter ration quota to Australian civilians is likely were contradicted by the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Although some members of Parliament, representing dairying districts in the House of Representatives, consider…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clark Trains on Dairy Farm
Bobby Clark has been training for his fight with Dave Sands at Newcastle Stadium to-night on his dairy farm at Katoomba. Clark bought the property…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Left-Over Sheep Carcases Made Into Sausages
SYDNEY.—To prevent wastage, some butchers to-day converted sheep carcases. left over from Saturday into mon-coupon…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Under a National Security order issued to-day, persons engaged in woolscouring or fellmongering business must take…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss on Milk Trading Dairy Farmers' Accounts
"You show a substantial loss on your Newcastle business, but you have sold milk at a lower price than you need have done, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain Seeks More Wheat
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. A. C. Everett, of the Australian Wheat Board, said the work of Mr. C. J. Parratt, Secretary of the board,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grow Second Potato Crop
Most potatoes in the coastal area have been dug. If the gardener has been long-sighed he will base put aside all of small size as seed for planting next…
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MELBOURNE: Hundreds of former dairy farmers and farm workers, who have left the land for other jobs, are…
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Nenco.—The catalogue consisted of 3403 bales drawn largely from the New England district. It included the wellknown AW over Deepwater clip, account…
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Mr. W. W. Elkin, Newcastle representative on the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, said yesterday that the council had decided to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning To Australia In Tale Of Modern Japan What Happened To Silk Can Also Happen To Wool
While Australia is defending her security in the jungles of the Huon and the skies of the Reich, a weapon evolved by the Axis during the trade-war of the 30's is threatening havoc at home…
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"Here, where is this artificial wool you've been writing about? I haven't seen any of it," a fanner friend challenged. "Ask your wife what she is wearing," I suggested. He did. She was wearing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Want Ammunition
Farmers complain that they cannot get ammunition to protect crops. At a meeting of the Hunter Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association…
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SYDNEY.—"Deterioration in the quality of our wool has been going on for many years and is rapidly becoming serious." said…
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