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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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High-quality Butter, Cheese and Wool at Newcastle Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 4

Judges in the dairy produce section at the Newcastle Show today described this year's entries in the butter section as well graded and of a high standard—slightly better than last year…

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Average Wheat Yield Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The average acre yield of this season's wheat harvest was a record, a spokesman for the Department…

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Youth Copied Out Plant Textbook Junior Farmers Are Keen on Job

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

A lad from an industrial area who had a passion for horticulture once borrowed a large text book on plant breeding from Sydney Public Library—and copied it out by hand, by candlelight…

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Eight Deaths In Farmhouse Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—A farmer, Gerald Beagle, and seven of his nine children, were burned to death early to-day when their…

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"Farms Lacking Labour"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

People buying farms sold week by week could not get the labour to run them, and thus the farms were not being utilised fully, the President of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the…

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Farmers Of The Future

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 13

A notable feature of all shows is the growing strength of the Junior Farmers' Movement,…

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Strikers Agree To Removal Of Slag Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

Striking ironworkers of Bradford Insulation Pty. Ltd. advised the company yesterday that they would agree to the removal of slag wool…

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Newcastle Wheat For Egypt

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

The first shipment of wheat from Newcastle to Egypt this year will leave for Alexandria next Monday…

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State Record Set at Geelong Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A Victorian record for merino fleece wool at 183d a lb was established at Geelong wool sales to-day, where…

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Farm Management Refresher Courses For Ex-Servicemen

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 9

Refresher courses on farm management have been organised by the Department of Agriculture under the auspices of the Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction. Six courses will be held at the…

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Wheat Exports Last Year Exceeded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

Wheat exported from Newcastle this season already exceeds last year's figures. More than 4,800,000 bushels of…

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Wool Values Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Under good general competition from all sections of the trade, the wool market showed the best features of yesterday's sales…

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Statement Soon on Butter Rationing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Government hoped to make a statement soon about its policy on butter rationing, the Prime…

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Wheat Deal With Spain Completed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Arrangements have been completed for the sale of 60,000 tolls of Australian wheat to Spain…

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New Wool Process To Reduce Costs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Discovery in Britain of a new process, known as the Ambler superdraft system, for processing wool…

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Wool Values Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Super style merino fleece and skirtings were fully firm at the best point of the week, while average descriptions…

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Newcastle To Handle North's Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The capacity of Newcastle silo would be increased from 800,000 bushels to 2,800,000 bushels, the Minister…

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Japan May Suspend Wool Buying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, March 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Japanese purchases of Australian wool and wheat and Malayan rubber may have to be…

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Two Dead in N.Z. Farm Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

AUCKLAND, March 3. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A man was found drowned, his son shot dead and his wife suffering from a gunshot wound…

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Jockeys to Start Stud Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Edgar Britt and Harold Jones, to-day paid 3100 guineas for a young Dhoti mare with a chestnut foal at foot…

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