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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 37

Stock Offer For Kempsey Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Many dairymen were keen to send one or two head of cattle to Kempsey dairy farmers whose herds were drowned in the floods, the Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council (Mr…

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Junior Farmers at "Woodlands"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 3

Boys at "Woodlands" Home, Wallsend, have become enthusiastic junior farmers during the school vacation. Donald Duffy,…

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Farmer Severely Burned By Kerosene Flame Thrower

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

TAMWORTH: Sprayed with blazing kerosene from a flame thrower outfit, a Carroll Gap farmer, William Douglas Cullam, 26, was extensively burned on the body and limbs. Cullam is now in Tamworth…

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Child Mauled by Cattle Dog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Terry Hausler, 2-year-old son of a Eudunda farmer, was savagely attacked by a cattle dog, and bitten several…

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Four Farms for Ex-servicemen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY.—Four farms on Ravenswood Estate in the Albury district, about six miles west of Holbrook, had been…

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States To Decide Butter Rise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth hoped that the 3d lb increase in the price of butter, recommended by the Dairy…

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"No Increase" In Butter Price

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Prices Minister (Mr. Finnan) told the Legislative Assembly to-day that as far as he was concerned…

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Federal Grants To Dairy Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday. — To promote greater efficiency in the dairying industry, the Commonwealth Government was distributing…

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Dusting Linseed Crop From the Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 4

A specially adapted East-West Airlines Tiger Moth dusting a linseed crop in the Tamworth district to destroy caterpillars,…

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Crop-Saving Rain Reported In Wheat Areas

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: Rain described as "crop-saving" by the Department of Agriculture, fell in wheat areas yesterday and today. An average of an inch fell…

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State Adamant Against Dearer Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—If the Commonwealth Dairying Advisory Committee felt butter producers should get an increased price, the…

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Give Macleay "1000 Or More Cattle"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

KEMPSEY, Thursday.—A gift of cows to Macleay dairymen could be 1000 or more head, the General Secretary of the Milk Zone…

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U.S. Wool Imports May Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.): United States new imports of apparel wools in the third and…

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60,000 Bales Of Wool In Stores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 2

About 60,000 bales of new season wool has arrived in Newcastle wool stores for the first sales. Much of the first wool to arrive…

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In Brief Dairymen Rally To Flooded Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 8

The Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has appealed to its 3000 members for gifts of dairy cattle for flood-stricken farmers at Kempsey. A circular letter has been sent to members requesting them to give calves, cows or heifers, according to their means…

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Nothing Official About Russian Wheat Purchases

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA. — Government officials said today they had no knowledge of a reported Russian move to resume buying…

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May Exchange Wheat For Soviet Petrol "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 9.—Russia is reported to be trying to buy Australian wheat in exchange for petrol. This follows closely on the…

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Farmers on Kidnap Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.). —Federal Police have arrested two white farmers on charges of kidnapping a Negro from…

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"Blowing" In Cattle Prevented

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1949 · page 4

A Scone farmer had prevented "blowing" in his cattle by mowing his lucerne, the District Agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) said…

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Wool Market Easier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—The wool market to-day generally was 5 to 7½ per cent. easier for fleece wool compared with prices at recent Sydney…

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