Northern Maize Crops Damaged By Cutworms
LISMORE, Tuesday.—Army cutworms have destroyed several maize crops in the Richmond district…
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Farming & the land, 1951
930 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 47
U.S. Government's Wool Programme
WASHINGTON, Wed. (AAP)—The Munitions Board announced yesterday that the United States Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Apple Crop Predicted
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Department of Agriculture specialist (Mr. J. A. Ballantyne) believes the New South Wales apple crop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Cattle Easier At Maitland
The market was easier for 1000 fat cattle at Maitland yesterday Best bullocks to £40/16/, medium £34 to £38, light £28 to £32; best…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Record Price For Comeback Wool
SYDNEY, Monday.—A world record price of 219d was paid for comeback wool at the Sydney wool sales to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Farms For War Service Settlement
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two farms in the Tumbarumba district were available under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Values Maintained
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The wool market to-day was fully maintained on yesterday's advanced level of values for all descriptions of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Conference Ordered On Wool Dispute
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. J. V. Dwyer, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, to-day ordered the parties in the wool bonus payments dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Higher Price For Wool In Durban
DURBAN, Jan. 9. A.A.P.—The entire offering of 4490 bales was cleared yesterday at the opening of the wool sale of the second half…
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About 28,280 bales of wool, valued at well over £5,500,000, will be auctioned at the Newcastle Wool Exchange between Jan. 30 and Feb. 1. One leading Newcastle broker said that prices realised at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blind Farmer's Visit To To U.K. In Vain
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A blind 73-year-old wheat farmer from Leeton returned to Australia to-day after a journey to London only to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain 'Disastrous' To Cane Crop
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Rivers and creeks between Mackay and Bundaberg are rising following heavy tropical downpours to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Yield Cut By Rain
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Australian Wheat Board had received 32 million bushels of wheat till last week-end, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stop Press New Wool Record
SYDNEY.—In sensational bidding the world record price for greasy merino wool was broken five times early at Sydney wool sales today. A…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool Prices Soar At Sydney Sale
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A New South Wales record was made at to-day's Sydney wool sales when 289¼d a lb was paid for five bales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£410,000 Wool Tax In First Month
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The 20 per cent. wool tax last month, the first month of its operation, brought in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Effect of Wool Rises
CANBERRA: Commonwealth economic experts have forecast that the prices of all manufactured woolen goods will rise by a minimum or 25…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£129,000 For Wool In 8 Minutes
SYDNEY.—In fewer than eight minutes at yesterday's record-shattering wool sales, one grower's 32 lots of greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Price Record Goes To 302d lb
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Greasy merino wool from two clips realised the world record price of 302d a 1b at Sydney wool sales to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Cheque Double Last Year's
SYDNEY: Wool sold in Australia during the first six months of the 1950-51 season realised £270,812,729, compared…
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