Competition Firm for Merino Wool
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The best features of the previous day's auctions were in evidence for merino wools a[?] Sydney sales to-day. Competition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 30
Roadside Farms
An experiment that may yield thousands of extra acres for food cultivation has been started along the Barnet By-pass road, in Middlesex, England. Pocket-sized tractor ploughs are ploughing the wide grass verges of the roads. Barley will be sown as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Wood Wool In Newcastle
The first supply of wood wool, known as Woodtex, for outer walls of timber-framed homes, has arrived in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Supply Of Sheep Moderate
A moderate supply of sheep at Waratah saleyards yesterday consisted of practically all classes, with an increased number of ewes. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers
The show organised by Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club will open to-day, when district exhibits from Hollowtree, Tomago, Nelson's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Move May Benefit Wool "Herald" Service
BRADFORD, Feb. 20.—Wood trade opinion is divided on the possible effects on Dominion wool sales of devaluation of the franc…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan To Make Limited Wool Purchases Here
TOKYO, Feb. [?] ban will begin to buy [?] Australian auctions almost immediately, but purchases are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers' Show At Raymond Terrace
At the 12th annual show of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club, the Hollow Tree entry (502 1/2 points) won the District Exhibit, with Tomago (486 1/2) second, Eagleton (432 1/2) third and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Demand For R.C. Farmlets
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Applications from every State have been received by the Roman Catholic Rural Movement office for the 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen To Meet If Price Demand Refused
Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council on Saturday night decided unanimously to support the executive's request…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Junior Farmer's Show
Relatives and friends watch the grand parade at Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Testing Machines to Load Bulk Wheat
SYDNEY, Monday.—At the request of the Waterside Workers' Federation, the Department of Agriculture last year inquired into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmer Won Jam Prize
Bruce Bushell, 19-year-old Cardiff junior farmer, who won a first prize at Newcastle Show with the second for of quince joint he made, arranges an agricultural exhibit yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greasy Wool At Record Price
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Greasy wool sold at auction in Australia last January averaged 42.3d lb, an all-time record. The average in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Records At Brisbane Sales
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Top prices at the Wool sales to-day again reached record levels. Greasy sold to 84¾d for six bales, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Potato Crop A Record, Despite Loss
A record crop of potatoes had been taken from the Maitland field his season, despite the loss of about 40,000 bags through' wet weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. To Pay 7d More For Wheat
CANBERRA, Friday.—The New Zealand Government would pay 6/4 a bushel f.o.b. for wheat shipped in accordance with the terms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Wool Clip Down
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Despite large stocks of wool in the United States, stocks of the type Australia wishes to export to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Control Wool Exports "To Earn Dollars"
Newcastle Federal Council of the A.L.P. will ask the Federal Government to control the export of woollen goods to dollar areas so it can…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →90d For Greasy Wool
SYDNEY, Monday.—The market was well supported by Yorkshire and Australian mills, with some inquiry from the Continent and America, at…
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