Inspector's Warning To Branxton Farmers
The senior dairy instructor in the Branxton area (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) warns dairy farmers' not to put stock to eat down the pastures…
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Farming & the land, 1947
864 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 44
Seventh Wool Sale on
The seventh wool sale of the season at Newcastle will be held on Thursday opening at 2 p.m. The six Newcastle brokers will…
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NEW YORK, Monday: Nylon, having "K.O'd." silk on the U.S. hosiery market, is engaging wool and cotton in a big, though purportedly friendly, bout. This is reported by the "Wall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Attend Hobart Dairy Conference
Mr. W. W. Elkin, of Waratah, senior vice-president of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, will be a delegate to the Australian Dairymen's…
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CHICAGO, Feb. 25. A.P.— Choice pigs, averaging 215lb, sold for the record price of 29 dollars (£A9) an American hundredweight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ps.O.W. Knitted With Cotton Wool
A cardigan, knitted with yarn made from cotton wool by nurses in Toska prisoner-of-war" camp, Japan, was brought to Hamilton Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Values Up 5 Per Cent in Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday. Greasy merino fleece sold to 61d at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Under strong competition from Yorkshire and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Farmers Urge Butter Price Increase
UNLESS a "satisfactory interim price" for butter is granted by April 15, a conference of all Hunter River butter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attack in House on Wheat Agreement Fails
CANBERRA, Thursday.—An investigation by a Parliamentary Select Committee into the negotiation of the Australia-New Zealand wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prices Up 10 P.c. at Wool Sales
Prices paid for wool at Newcastle sales yesterday ruled in the sellers' favour on closing Sydney rates. They were 10 per cent. higher for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Producers' Threat on Butter Subsidy
SYDNEY Friday.— Commenting on the Federal Government's decision to pay a butter drought subsidy of 2½d a lb., the General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Want Inquiry Into Bob's Farm Bus
Because of the discontinuance of the bus service over Marsh-road, Bob's Farm, due to the condition of the road, it was decided at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley Report Crop Prospects "Best for Several Years"
"Prospects throughout the Hunter Valley have changed from the deepest gloom to the best autumn and early winter promise for years," says the Senior Agricultural Instructor (Mr. G. T. Dawson) in his report for February…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Cut Off His Hand To Save His Life "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, March 2.—A 50-year-old farmer, George Kirk, was working alone in a corn field on his Illinois farm when his right hand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wants Farmers Freed of Price Control
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Rural Reconstruction Commission has recommended to the Government that Australian farming should be relieved of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Won't Tolerate" Peasant Farms In Australia
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The peasant type of farming would not be tolerated in Australia, said the Rural Reconstruction Commission in its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£1225 Six-month Profit, Morpeth Butter Factory
A profit of £1225/1/9 was made by the Bowthorne Cooperative Butter Factory Ltd., at Morpeth, for the six months ended December 31, 1946,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Wool to 70d in Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The top price of 70d was realised at Sydney wool sales to-day for six bales from the Mudgee district, Values ruled firm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No C.W.A. Wool Exhibit For Celebrations
Newcastle Country Women's Association yesterday decided to cancel an exhibition showing development of the wool industry which it had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Values Firm in Sydney
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Greasy merino fleece sold to 63d for five bales of JS/Wattlegrove (Rye Park) at Sydney wool sales to-day. The…
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