Ban on Cattle From S. Aust
SYDNEY.—The admission of cattle to N.S.W. from South Australia has been prohibited except under certain…
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Farming & the land, 1950
911 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 46
Wool Swim Suits at Paris Show
Stunning bathing suits, attractive play clothes, and several formal models were starred at the display, Waves of…
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Since November, 22 ships have loaded more than 180,000 tons of wh[?] (more than 7,000,000 bushels) in bulk and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood Causes Dairy Cows To Dry Off
Many cows in the Maitland district were being dried off to be sent to agistment because of the shortage of fodder through the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Board Offer To Egypt
MELBOURNE.—The Australian Wheat Board has offered Egypt 200,000 metric tons of wheat at an undisclosed price…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Minister Keen On Junior Farming
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Junior Farmers were reminded to-day by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) that his department had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Herd Work in U.s.a
NEW YORK. — Production and other records of more than 1,000,000 cows were being kept by dairy herd improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hurricane Wrecks Wheat
PARIS, Fri (A.A.P.).—A hurricane which swept over the French countryside near Beauvais on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Tea And Butter Prices Curb Purchase
Newcastle grocers say that the high prices of butter and tea have stopped any rush by housewives to purchase quantities. Newcastle grocers are divid—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hormone Used To Advance Wool Growth "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 6.—A synthetic hormone called thyroprotein will make a sheep's wool grow 137 per cent faster than usual,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Cattle Trek to Queensland
BRISBANE: Drought in the Alice Springs area has opened a 450-mile stock route into Queensland, along which thousands of cattle have already passed through Urangandie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nearly 2M. Bales Of Wool For Sales
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A maximum of 1,800,000 bales of wool would be offered in Australia by auction before the Christmas recess, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Wool Levy Operative From August 26
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The levy on wool in the 1950-51 season would be 7½ per cent., and would come into effect on August 26, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Shipments to Resume
Wheat shipments from Newcastle will resume about the middle of next week. The last wheat ship to load in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Wheat Prospects Are Good
SYDNEY. — Sowing programmes have been curtailed in most N.S.W. wheat-growing districts, but total area under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World Rice Crop Smaller
WASHINGTON.—The world rice harvest for 1949-50 (August-July) is estimated at 334,000 million lb. of rough rice—three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excessive Costs To Consumers Worry Farmers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Primary producers did not want higher prices for their products, but they were concerned about production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Cheque £248M For 11 Months
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia's cheque for greasy wool during the 11 months ended May was £48,165,000, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Average Price Of Greasy Wool To Be Higher
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The average reserve price level for Australian greasy wool in the 1950-51 season would be about 12½…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers "Quit" After Floods
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Owner-farmers were walking off their properties "in debt and brokenhearted by repeated floods." The Deputy Leader of the…
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