Crop Conditions In Hunter Areas
The heat waves tended to nullify much of the good effect from showers In the Hunter Valley during February and rain was still needed in…
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Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 33
Will Import 10,000 Farm Tractors
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Instructions will be issued shortly by the Federal Government that the policy of dollar conservation must not be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ministry Says Britons Will Get Our Butter "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 7.—If Australian provided more butter from their own rations, Britain would take it and the food would be eaten by the British people without diversion of corresponding amounts to other countries, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plant Root Crops in Sunny Spot
Carrot, parsnip, beet, radish, white and Swede turnip comprise the root crop family, and most of these, particularly carrot and parsnips, and…
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Further general rain was needed in most localities to ensure crop and pasture growth, even though a large area of the Hunter Valley had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →23d Top Wool Price
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 1800 bales. Results included: W. U. Dawson, Armidale, ewes, 23d, 21d, 19d; hoggets, 22¾d; wethers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Compulsory Crops Order In Britain To Save Starvation
LONDON, Monday: Compulsory directions will be reintroduced to make sure that British farmers sow at least 2,500,000 acres of wheat for the 1947 harvest. THAT sham reminder of the world…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister to Meet Poultry Farmers Over Board Plan
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federal Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) will meet a deputation of poultry farmers at the Federal Members'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Synthetics an Ally of Wool"
The manufacture of synthetic materials, contrary to being a menace to wool, was an ally. Mr. L. Lawrence, a manager of Burlington's Mills…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →25,000 Tons of Wheat for China
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—U.N.R.R.A. has bought 25,000 tons of Australian wheat for China. The deal has been sanctioned by the Commonwealth…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Employment for 45,000 men would be provided by the 30 woollen mills proposed to be established…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Wool Orders for Australia
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Record orders for wool had been received in Australia in recent months, Mr. K. P. Wright (Tamworth) to-night told…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Since July 1 last year, 986,271 bushels of wheat had been imported into Australia from the United States under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Payments at Gloucester
GLOUCESTER, Thursday.—The total amount distributed to suppliers of Gloucester Cooperative Dairy Company for cream and milk…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Says Wheat Wharf Is "Adequate"
Facilities at the Silo Wharf for handling and shipping bagged wheat were quite adequate, the Department of Agriculture advised the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Less Butter, Cheese Sent to U.k
CANBERRA, Friday.—In the year ended June 30 last, Australia sent 4208 tons less butter to Britain than in 1943-44, and 11,555 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Subsidies Not Liked Dairymen Discuss Milk Price
The producers' representative on the Milk Board (Mr. J. McKeachie) told Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Farmers Earn More
CANBERRA, Friday,—Figures showing the improved financial position of primary producers during the war were released by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poultry Farmers Accuse Scully Of Evasion
Owing to illness, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. W. J. Scully) was not able to meet a deputation this morning from the Newcastle branch of the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales Likely In August
SYDNEY.—Wool sales are likely to be resumed in Australia this year, possibly in August. They will be the first wool…
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