Italian Prisoners Like Farm Work
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Several hundred Italian prisoners of war are helping to relieve the rural labour shortage by working on Queensland…
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Farming & the land, 1944
535 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 27
Prime Cattle in Demand
There was a good supply of cattle at the Abattoir saleyards. Consignments included practically all descriptions, with a bigger proportion of bullocks…
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Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' show began at Raymond Terrace Showground yesterday. Judging of the district farming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairymen Form Branch Milk Zone Council
When he attended a meeting at West Maitland last night to form a branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, the President (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle-drafting Contest
A competitor in the Cattle-drafting competition at Cessnock Show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ice Cream Without Butter Fat
CANBERRA, Sunday.—At a Government luncheon to a party of U.S. food experts in Canberra last week, ice cream containing no butter fat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers' Show at Raymond Terrace
Duckenfield won the district exhibit at the fifth annual show of Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club. The show was opened by Mr. R. L…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Vegetable Industry War Brings New Methods of Farming
Wartime necessity has caused a revolution in Australian agriculture and brought Australia out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hybrid Corn Crop Grown By WASPS
SYDNEY.—Members of the WASPS (Women's Agricultural Security Production Services), working on the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister Denies Butter Cut
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) said he knew nothing of any proposal to reduce the butter ration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farmers' Problem "Simply Shortage of Money"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The chief trouble of the dairy farmer was not manpower shortage or luck of machinery or equipment, but simply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers for Farms
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Men from operational units may be released from the Army regardless of medical class if they have had over three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Supply of Cattle
There was a heavy supply of cattle at the Abattoir saleyards. Consignments included all descriptions, but the bulk was of plain and inferior quality…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hold Butter Stocks in Queensland
BRISBANE, Thursday.—To ensure that sufficient butter will be held in reserve for the anticipated winter shortages in the southern States all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk Shortage Zone Has Lost 200 Dairy Farmers in Past 15 Months
In the past 15 months, about 200 dairymen and dairy farmers in the zone supplying Newcastle and Sydney have gone out of business, the President of the NSW Milk Zone Dairymen's Council (Mr. W. Elkin) said to-day in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MLA's Allegation Soldier-Farmer Needed For Regimental Band
SYDNEY.—A soldier needed for productive work on his father's [?]ig farm is kept in the Army to play in the regimental band…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Top Wool Price 26½d
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 1611 bales, comprising clips drawn from the New England district, including the noted Ulah stud…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Putting Wool on U.s. Market
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Australian Wool Board has gained what it considers an important point for wool in the American market. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rubber Made From Salt Water And Wheat
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three young Australian chemists have developed a type of synthetic rubber. Salt water and wheat are the basic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. May Restrict Wool Imports
WASHINGTON. Monday. — Declaring that the American wool industry was facing ruin. Mr. William Hill (Republican Colorado),…
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