25 Cattle Die On Electrified Paddock Fence
Twenty-five cows and heifers from a Luchinvar dairy herd were electrocuted on Wednesday night. One was decapitated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1949
725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 37
Armidale Wool Again Tops Prices
Wool from Armidale district again brought top price of 150½d a lb at the final day of Newcastle wool sales yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →America Is On Verge Of Wheat Glut
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The VS. is on the verge of a wheat glut, according to reports reaching the Agriculture Department. At Chicago, wheat futures fell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Larger Plantings of Wheat
The area to be sown with wheat in the Upper Hunter area this year probably would be larger than last year, the District Agronomist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Methods Save Wheat From Weevil
Control measures introduced by the C.S.I.R. have resulted in a great reduction in weevil damage to stored wheat in Australia. When war conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Officials Go Abroad
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Chairman of the Australian Wool Board (Mr. D. T. Boyd) and Mr. A. J. McBride, a member of the board,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Workers Out for Rise
SYDNEY: More than 1000 wool and basil workers stopped work today to hold a protest meeting over the rejection of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Factory Wages Increased
SYDNEY: Wage increases, ranging from 3/-to 12f- a week, were granted by Mr. Justice Kinsella to employees governed by the Butter, Cheese and Bacon Factories and Milk and Cream…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool And Basil Workers Stop Over Wage Rise
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—About 1000 Sydney wool and basil workers decided to-day to stop work till they were granted £1 a week wage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rise For Butter Factory Men
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Justice Kinsella, of the Industrial Commission, has granted marginal increases' and variations of hours…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dollar Leakage In Wool May End
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Mr. Chifley hopes he has sealed the leakage of dollars in the black-marketing of Australian wool…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Workers At 16 Wool Plants To Resume To-day
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Wool and basil workers at 16 of Sydney's 22 wool scouring and fell-mongering plants will resume work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dungog Farmer Missing
Police have organised a search party for to-day to seek Lindsay Mervyn Keppie, 49, single, missing from his brother's farm at Menai…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Filipino Smart At Eagle Farm
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Filipino to-day ran one of the best six furlong gallops seen at Eagle Farm for years. He is assured at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Searchers Find Body Of Farmer
DUNGOG: A horseman today found the body of Lindsay Mervyn Keppie, 49, single, while riding to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bill to Ratify Wheat Pact
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) will introduce into Federal Parliament next session legislation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expert To Wage War On Cattle Pests
ADELAIDE, Friday.—A cattle expert will soon conduct the biggest experiment of its kind attempted to control the buffalo fly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Period Of Prosperity For Wool Is Predicted
LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.) : World wool experts are confident that the wool industry is facing a period of settled prosperity. Despite the latest recession in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dry April Suited Hunter River Farming Work
Hunter River District Agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) in his report for April, states that dry weather in the first three weeks enabled farmers to prepare and sow crops and to improve winter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Science Changes Deserts Into Rich Sheep Lands
Thousands, possibly millions, of miles of so-called deserts may become rich grazing lands as a result of an amazing bit of work by the Commonwealth for Scientific and Industrial Research…
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