Oyster Farmers Bar Japanese Exhibits
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Japanese oysters, which are larger than local varieties, were barred from exhibition at the New South Wales Oyster…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Electricity for Farms Sought
Lower Hunter Shire Council today received a complaint from a Wallsend district resident that nothing had yet been…
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Large quantities of wool sold at recent Newcastle sales continue to be exported There has been delay in shipping the wool as more than 25,000 bales have been delay in…
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LONDON, April 12. A.A.P.—The Minister of Food (Mr. Webb) to-day announced changes in Britain's food rations from April…
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WASHINGTON: World wool production in 1949 was 3780 million pounds, greasy, according to an estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This figure represents an increase of about 10 million…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Lower Hunter Shire Opposes Farmlet Scheme
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided yesterday to instruct its delegate to Northumberland County Council (Cr. L. F. Monkley) to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Supplies Of Sheep At Waratah
A good supply of sheep and lambs was offered at Waratah saleyards yesterday. In the sheep section there were about equal proportions of ewes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Last Season's Wheat Banks Up At Terminals
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fears that last season's wheat would not be cleared from silos before the 1950-51 harvest began were…
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More than 150,000 tons of wheat will have ben shipped from Newcastle when the Culross leaves for India early next week…
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The Java will arrive to-morrow to begin loading 15,000 bales of wool for the Continent. The South African Star is due…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Australian primary producers for years had been denied the full benefit of world prices, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Junior Farmers Asked To Help In Floral Week
Junior farmer clubs in the Hunter Valley would be asked to submit entries for Floral Week, the Organiser of the War Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Delays Wheat Sowing
Recent rain would delay the sowing of some wheat in Scone district, the District Agronomist (Mr. F. D. Mackenzie) said…
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PERTH, Sunday.—A 54,000-acre wheat farm at Waddi Forest, 140 miles north of Perth, has been purchased by the State Government…
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WASHINGTON, April 16. A.A.P.—The United States Department of Agriculture has added to its free food distribution…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Wheat prices to the British Ministry of Food were announced by the Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board…
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Every time the tide rises at Telligherry Creek, inches of salt water cover a quarter of a mile of the Marsh-road to Bob's Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Export Total 150,000 Tons
The departure from Newcastle yesterday morning of the Culross with 9300 tons of wheat for India brought the season's total export…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth For Trial On Cattle Theft Charges
SINGLETON, Thursday.—In the Court of Petty Sessions, John Whitfield Dunstan, 19, of Greenwood, Singleton, was committed…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Record wool prices clearly indicated that there was a world shortage, the Minister for Commerce (Mr…
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