Junior Farmers' Maize
SYDNEY, Friday.—William Fotheringham, of Wingham Junior Farmers' Club, won the junior farmers' 1949 State championship…
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Farming & the land, 1949
725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 37
Storms Batter Wheat Crops
SYDNEY, Monday.—Week-end storm damage to wheat crops in the north-west of New South Wales, amounting to more than £100,000, will be greatly increased if the area has more rain…
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24. A.A.P.—Consumption of fine wools, of which the United States was the largest single user, was currently…
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SYDNEY. Monday.—Under strong general buying from Britain and the Continent, the wool market to-day was very firm on the closing rates…
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EVIDENCE for the Crown was part-heard at Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday afternoon, when William Keith Trevena,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The best features of Monday's wool sales were in evidence at to-day's sales, with keen competition from British and…
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Supplies of wheat for poultry farmers are improving. Until this week, the position…
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Newcastle and Hunter district poultry farmers will meet to-morrow night to consider action to relieve the shortage of wheat…
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Family interest in "Fotheringay," a dairy farm at Clarence Town, was retained when the property was sold by auction at Maitland…
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AN HOUR after having retired, an jury at Maitland Sessions returned a verdict of not guilty in the part-heard case in which William…
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GENEVA, Wed. (O.S.R.): A world charter for agricultural workers has been brought a step nearer as a result of recommendations by an expert committee of the 61-State International Labor Organisation…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) said in the House of Representatives to-day that a statement…
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SYDNEY, wednesday. — All sections or the trade offered keen arid general competition at Sydney wool sales to-day…
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CANBERRA: A special subsidy totalling £1,250,000 will be paid to dairy farmers by the Commonwealth Government to prevent an immediate increase in the mice of butter…
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LONDON.—The Irish Republic (Eire) is again to the fore in demonstrating her ability to produce still more meat from…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Greasy merino fleece sold to 100d at Sydney wool soles to-day. This was the top figure on the Sydney market this…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Farmers in North-western New South Wales, where 23 per cent. of the State's wheat is grown, expect to lose at…
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Mr. Colin Campbell, of Bob's Farm, near Anna Bay, Port Stephens, won the novice and open sections of the riding events at the…
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WASHINGTON: Further improvement in U.S. crop prospects now virtually assures the second largest total production on record, the Department of Agriculture says…
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Three of the newer varieties of wheat won the first three places in a field wheat competition at Scone this week…
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