Fly Ruins Victorian Peach Crop
MELBOURNE: About 75 per cent. of the peach crop has been ruined by the Rutherglen Fly, which has ravaged…
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Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 33
£500,000 Damage to Peach Crop
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—About 75 per cent. of the peach crop has been ruined by the Rutherglen fly, which has ravaged orchards in the…
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Bean and tomato crops in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast District were affected by thrips, said the District Agricultural Instructor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improved Outlook for Wheat Crop
SYDNEY, Sunday.—According to estimates made in wheat trade quarters, the Australian wheat yield this season will be between 135 to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Losses In Far West
SYDNEY—Drought continues in the far west of the State and graziers are watching valuable stock die. Holdings north of Bourke have not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Million Sheep Lost in Drought
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The drought, which has already caused the less of one million sheep continues in the Far West of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five-point Wheat Plan Guarantees Price
CANBERRA, Tuesday—A five-point plan for the stabilisation of the Australian wheat industry is proposed by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bengal Weavers to Get Wool Gift
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The retiring Governor of Bengal (Mr. R. G. Casey) recently asked the Australian Government for enough…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appraised Wool £4M. Less
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Chairman of the Australian Wool Realisation Commission (Mr. J. P. Murphy) stated to-day that wool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Expect Approval of Wheat Plan
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Commonwealth wheat authorities are confident that the Federal Government's five-point wheat plan will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →4 Arrested, Wheat Thefts Alleged
NARROMINE, Friday.—Four men have been arrested by the Western Police Radio patrol during investigations into what is alleged to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Put Wheat Plan Before States
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government's proposed new wheat stabilisation plan will be submitted to State Ministers for Agriculture for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →23,000 Farms for Soldiers Can Be Provided From Estates
SYDNEY, Friday.—An estimate that over 23,000 farms suitable for soldier settlement can be provided from large estates in the Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Short Through Drift From Dairying
Unless measures are taken to arrest the drift from dairying a critical situation would develop, the President of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council (Mr. W. W. Elkin) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Ticks in Cattle
LISMORE.—Deaths of dairy stock on a property near Main Arm. Mullumbimby, were due to the first outbreak of tick fever on any scale for…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Expect States to Endorse Wheat Plan
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—State Governments are expected to endorse the Commonwealth Government's wheat stabilisation scheme of 5/2 a bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Just a "One-chook" Poultry Farmer
A hand on the counter which obscured the rest of a seven-year-old boy announced the presence of an exhibitor at the Newcastle Show…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Agreement in principle with the Federal Government's proposed wheat stabilisation scheme was expressed by State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Says Dairymen-vendors Persecuted
Sir,—Congratulations on your sub-leader on the milk position in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" (11/1/46). Many farmers must have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Interest Rate on Farmers' Loans
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The rate of interest payable on loans made under reestablisment and employment regulations in respect of…
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