Drop in Egg Prices Make Farmers Quit
SYDNEY, Monday.—Commenting on the reduction in the wholesale price of eggs to 1/7 a dozen from to-day, the Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 33
Floods Wash Away Crops in England
LONDON, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The river Rother, near Mayfield (Sueadjacent fields to a depth of four sex) overflowed its banks and flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Low for Butter
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Owing to drought Queensland, an output of only 60,000 boxes of butter is expected this month—the lowest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →78,300 Bales at Wool Sales
It is planned to auctions 1,200,000 bales of wool in Australia before Christmas. Newcastle has been allocated 78,300 of the 522,000 bales to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£½M. Damage in Sydney Wool Store Fire Six-Storied Building Gutted
One of Sydney's greatest fires broke out last night at the Ultimo wool stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. A company spokesman estimated that the total damage would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mutt and Jeff Farm Feud
ARE THERE ANY BULLS ON THIS FARM, JEFF?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Crops Need Rain
Rain is urgently needed in the Hunter Valley if favourable conditions are to be maintained. Heavy frosts and many days of wind have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Store Fire Ruin
When a wall collapsed during the fire at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency wool store at Uitimo on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →7000 Sheep for Malaya
LONDON, Aug. 26. A.A.P.—A Reuter's message from Singapore, quoting the Singapore "Free Press" says the Army has requisitioned 7000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Position Acute
The crop position within the New South Wales wheat belt is so acute that many holdings will not strip a single bag this season,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Relaxes Wool Control
LONDON, August. 26. A.A.P.—Some of the most far-reaching relaxations yet made in the control of wool are officially announced to begin on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Wheat Loss In Britain
LONDON, Aug. 26. A.A.P—Farmers in Suffolk, one of England's most important grain areas, abandoned harvesting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loading Steel and Wool for Britain
The Diomed (10.374 tons) is loading 7800 tons of cargo and bunkers at New castle. The cargo for Britain includes 1300…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Share Farmers Sue Each Other At Maitland
A share-farm at Raymond Terrace was the subject of cross-actions between the partners to-day at Maitland District Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Share Dairyman's Claim in District Court
Arising out of a share farming agreement covering his occupancy of a dairy farm at Raymond Terrace, Reginald Ray Yates, of Largs,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Farmer Salvage Rewards
The NEW YORK, Aug. 27. A.A.P.—Rewards ranging from £68 to £783 and totalling £6812, also the company's distinguished service medal,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rice Crop for Export
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—As Australia would export 16,000 tons of rice this season, housewives would not be able to obtain supplies, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Send Three Junior Farmers Abroad
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Plans to send a team of three junior New South Wales farmers under 21 abroad were discussed at a conference to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£12,695 Profit on Record Hunter Dairy Production
Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd, made a profit of £12,695/13/10 last year, stated the report of directors to the annual meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pioneered Wheat On Upper Hunter
FIRST man to grow wheat in the Upper Hunter for commercial purposes was Alfred John Brown, 86, of "Leaford,"…
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