Great Cattle Trek Filmed
When the menace of Japanese invasion was at its grimmest stage in 1942. the Australian Food Controller's Department shifted 85,000 head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 21
"Saved Small Crops" Week-end Rain
"The ram saved the day for the small crops," said Mr. L. L. Stocker of Bolwarra, commenting upon the benefit agriculturalists would receive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supervision for Junior Farmers
In an effort to obtain a full-time Supervisor for Junior Farmers' Clubs in the Hunter Valley, the Public Service Board had circularised the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slavery in Industry Say Dairywomen
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Slavery in the Australian dairying industry to-day was on a par with that in England 100 years ago, said a speaker at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer-judge Is New Leader of U.s.a
At 60 years of age, Harry Shippe Truman—"just a farmer who happens to be in the Senate"—finds himself chief ruler of the American Republic. Six times before, in the history of the United Staes, the nation's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Pays More for Butter, Cheese
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Increased prices paid by Britain for Australian butter and cheese will allow the Government to reduce subsidy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Butter Contract to Stabilise Prices
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Under the increased contract price tor butter sold to the United Kingdom Government, the President of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairyman Fined Short-measure Milk
On a Supreme Court judgment on a stated similar case, which made an employer responsible for an employee's offence. Mr. C. G…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Leave Lysaght's for Farm Labourer Released
Stanley T. H. Etheridge, labourer employed by Lysaght's, was granted permission yesterday by the Manpower Appeals Board to return to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No New Butter Coupon Issue
The Rationing Commission will not accept any further applications from the public for issues of current coupons as following inability to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Might Shift Cattle From Drought Area
SYDNEY, Friday.—In an effort to save the dairy industry in south-western districts of the State, thousands of valuable milch cows may be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plastics Turn Wool to 'Mink Fur'
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Wool skins could be treated plastically to look like mink and other expensive furs, said Mr. Abbott (C.P.). This would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst Gaol Farm Break by Two Men
BATHURST, Sunday.—Assisted by police squads, warders from Bathurst gaol are searching for two young prisoners who escaped from the farm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans to Work for French Farmers
PARIS, April 22. A.A.P.—The French Finance Minister (M. Plevens) announced that German prisoners would be made to work for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Wants Vegetables Direct From Farms
Until Newcastle could provide growers with a larger market, it would probably continue to get its vegetable supplies through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Shortage Serious
The forward position of dairy produce promises to be difficult. The short-are of wheat for the manufacture of stock feed-meals for dairy herds…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat For Horses Recommended After Special Tests
Experience at Hawkesbury College has proved that large quantities of wheat could safely be ,fed to horses, provided it were properly done, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Starving Sheep Reach Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Hundreds of thousands of sheep are being driven along the roads of Victoria in search of feed. Many of the sheep have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen To Meet Giblin On Milk Price
SYDNEY. — Professor Giblin has asked representatives of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council to meet him in Canberra on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Outlook for State
SYDNEY.—Never in the history of Australia has its wheat crop been so needed as this year. Farmers will be allowed to plant unrestrictedly…
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