Dairy Stock Sent For Agistment
SYDNEY.— Trucking arrangements have been made to move another 1600 head of dairy stock from drought-stricken southern areas to…
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Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 21
Dairymen Seek Drought Subsidy
CANBERRA.— Dairymen have conferred this week with the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland) on a request for a 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Troops Being Sent To Farms
LONDON, Monday: German soldiers who are being discharged in the British Second Army zone are going to work on farms to restore agriculture. THEY will take over the tasks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister Seeks More Gristing Wheat
SYDNEY.— Fearing a shortage of flour for breadmaking. the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) will anneal to the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Decision Yet on Dairymen's Claim
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government has not yet reached any decision on requests made by dairying interests for increased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hua at Stud Farm
Hua, one of the sires at St. Aubin's Stud, Scone. His 1937 Victoria Derby win was his best performance…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Higher Dairy Subsidy Annual Payments to be £13m
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Commonwealth Government has decided to increase the subsidy paid on dairy industry products in the current…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stacks of Wool Bury Man
Workmates worked frantically for 20 minutes today to rescue Theo Riaz, 19, of Denman Street, West Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Waters Over Morpeth Farms
This huge extent of water over farming areas at Morpeth, near the Hinton road turn-off, gives some idea of the flooding from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Warning for Lower Hunter Morpeth Farms Suffer Now
The State Weather Bureau last night issued a flood danger warning for the Lower Hunter and tributaries. It forecast more showers over the Hunter Valley. Last night there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crop Damage Will Total Thousands: Flood At Maitland
Damage estimated at thousands is being caused to crops immersed by floodwater in the Lower Hunter. THE loss of vegetables and lucerne destroyed on one part of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods May Cause Drop in Butter
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The New South Wales floods would cause an immediate and serious decline in Australia's total butter production,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buried by Wool Bales
Theo Raiz, 19, of Denman-street, West Maitland, storeman at the State Wool Stores, Wicklam, was buried beneath about 20 bales of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Planting Onions For Main Crop
The present time is ideal to plant the main crop of onions. Onion seed sown now will be ready for transplanting from the middle to the end…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter Output Down
CANBERRA, Friday.—Australian butter production fell from 12,941 tons in March to 8729 tons (incomplete) in April, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Cuts Butter Production
Floods on the North Coast have caused a serious setback to butter production which will be reflected in a shortage in the next few weeks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Award for Chief Judge's Approval
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Secretary of the Graziers' Association stated that Judge Kelly, of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, announced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Killed in Car Collision
TAMWORTH, Sunday.—F. H. Pickering, 47, a well-known Emerald Hill farmer, was killed instantly when a ear he was driving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agistment for Farmers' Horses
SYDNEY.— In addition to 4000 dairy cattle, which already have been moved by train from drought areas, 2000 farmers' draught horses are to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Long-term Prospects for Dairymen
BRISBANE, Thursday.—"I am not prepared to express an opinion on the prospects of the dairying industry after 1948," said the Commonwealth…
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