Cattle Losses May Mean Food Cut In Britain "Herald" Service
LONDON, June 2.—Losses of cattle, sheep, and poultry in Britain in the past 12 months have been so great that the…
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Farming & the land, 1947
864 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 44
Move To Save Valuable Hunter Farm Lands
In an effort to eradicate the State's only infestation of cape tulip, which threatens 4000 acres of valuable dairying and agricultural land in the…
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These prime Durham cattle—part of a consignment of 500 brought nearly 2500 miles from Brunette Downs Station in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bloc Suggested To Depress U.S. Wool Tariffs
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The formation of a common front by Australia and other wool producing countries in the southern hemisphere to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Tenant Claims £1380
A claim for £1381 by a former share farmer, Reginald Raymond Yates, for improvements made by him on a property owned by John Dalyell…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lake Grocers Seek Butter Coupons
Dissatisfied with the refusal of the Rationing Commission to grant additional butter coupons, a meeting of Belmont and Swansea grocers decided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ergot Cattle Illness On Lower Hunter
Illness amongst cattle, due to the ingestion of ergot-affected paspalum, was quite common in the Lower Hunter districts, stated the District…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →30 Sheep in Record S.a. Flight
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—The largest stock consignment ever flown from South Australia left Adelaide by air to-day for Sydney. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter May Be Missing From Some Cafe Meals
Restaurants providing full menus would not be able to supply butter with hot meals when the new cuts in the butter and meat rations came…
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SYDNEY.—More than £200,000 worth of sheep—the cream of N.S.W. studs—are being judged today at the annual sheep show…
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WASHINGTON, June 4. A.A.P.—A private conference of delegates from the House of Representatives and the Senate reached no decision…
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PRICES paid at the final wool sale of the season at Newcastle yesterday contrasted with the high figures paid at earlier offerings…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain, Disease Seriously Cut U.S. Wheat Yield "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, June 4.—Bad news for the world, whose food shortage has been alleviated in the past two years only by bumper North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Citrus Crop Estimated
GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Officials of the Department of Agriculture to-day estimated the coming season's orange crop on the Central Coast at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Inspected On Claims Dispute
A District Agricultural Committee, constituted under the Agricultural Holdings Act, yesterday inspected a 300-acre dairy farm to determine a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Restrict Export Of Farm Machinery
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government will end unrestricted exports of farm machinery from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mechanisation Increased On Farms In U.S.A.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: A small aeroplane by the fence; a farmer leaning against the wing and chatting with his neighbor perched high on a monstrous machine; shiny steel barns; a jeep of world-wide war fame parked…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep Sold at Low Prices
SYDNEY: High-quality sheep were sold at low prices when British-breed stud sales opened at the Showground today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia Attacks U.s. Wool Duty
LONDON, June 5. A.A.P.—Russia has entered the controversy arising from the American bill increasing the duties on wool imports. Moscow Radio commentator said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm From Air Soon
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Crops will be dusted and seed sown from the air in Australia soon. The Acting Minister for Air (Mr. Barnard) said to-day that the…
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