Sheep, Lambs Up 2/ at Waratah Sale
The market was 2/ a head dearer for sheep and lambs at Waratah sale yesterday. The sheep supply was lighter. It consisted mainly of…
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Farming & the land, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 30
Heavy Wool Purchases By Russia
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Buyers operating for Russia were making many purchases at Australian wool auctions, a spokesman for the wool…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—From December 27 to April 15, 44 wheat shipments and 14 flour cargoes had been sent overseas, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning On Farm Implement Prices
Complaints that country auctioneers and second-hand dealers charged excessive prices for second-hand farming implements and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Members or discharged members of the forces will be eligible to apply for the acquisition of land in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reserve Decision on Claim by Farmers
Judge Nield yesterday reserved his decision at the Maitland District Court in the matter in which Patrick Lantry and Donald Adams, Hinton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Say Farmer Stabbed Relation
SYDNEY: Salvatore Sammut, 55, poultry, farmer, of Blacktown, had demonstrated to him how he had stabbed his step-daughter, a detective-sergeant said at Parramatta Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Farms Suffer In Northern Floods
SYDNEY: Heavy damage was done to farm lands when the Richmond and Tweed rivers broke their banks at the week-end. Main damage was to pasture lands in dairying districts and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Will Benefit All Farms in State
SYDNEY: Wheat, pastures and the dairying industry will benefit from the best autumn rains in…
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The Baron Scott, expected at Newcastle to-day, will load 8300 tons of bulk and bagged wheat for India…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Shipments Down, But Values Up
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Australia exported wool valued at £108,608,000 f.o.b. in the year ended March…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming Methods—old and New
A contrast in agricultural methods in two countries. Top: Farmers using mules in a ploughing competition near Cape Town, South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France Will Still Buy Our Wool
PARIS, Thurs. (A.A.P).—A Finance Ministry spokesman denied a report from Sydney that France might stop buying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marshall Aid Wheat Reaches France
PARIS, May 10. A.A.P.—The first shipment of Marshall Plan supplies to France has arrived at Bordeaux…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →15th Wheat Cargo Leaves To-day
The Baron Scott, 15th ship to have loaded a full wheat cargo in Newcastle, will sail for India to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer On Bodily Harm Charge
On a charge of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, Roy Randolph Hindle, 44, farmer, was remanded until May 31, on bail…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Russian interests predominated for comeback and fine crossbreds, at to-day's Geelong wool sales…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— The Australian record price for wool was established at Geelong sales to-day for one bale of Sierra Park…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors Stolen From 4 Farms
Four electric motors, used for driving milking machines and irrigation plants, were stolen from the Aberdeen district on Wednesday…
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A flock of sheep, no matter how small, is a precious possession in Germany these days. This German farmer, on the outskirts of…
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