Wool Store Timber May Go in Homes
Timber from an Australian Wool Realisation Commission unit at Carrington may be used to build houses…
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Farming & the land, 1951
930 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 47
World Wheat Sales
WASHINGTON, April 8. A.A.P.— The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported yesterday that the total sales under the International…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Pay Rates For Pastoral Industry
SYDNEY: New award rates for all employees in the pastoral industry come into effect today and will operate until Nov. 19…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Prices May Fall Slightly
SYDNEY: Wool authorities predict that values at the Sydney sales, which resumed today,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chemicals Protect Wool From Moths
NEW YORK;. New methods of protecting woollen goods, synthetic textiles and other materials from moths are being developed by scientists of the Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sharp Drop In Sydney Wool Prices
SYDNEY, Monday. — Wool values, following last week's trend in Melbourne, lost from 15 to 30 per cent. at to-day's Sydney sales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Temperance Leader Oppose Rum-Soaked Wheat Plan
Fears that young people would pilfer dishes of rum-soaked wheat left in parks to make destructive pigeons drunk and easier to catch, were expressed by a temperance leader today. "There are enough places…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Irrigated lands Produce Large Crop in U.S.
WASHINGTON (D.C.).—Almost 14,000,000 tons of food, forage and fibre crops were produced in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Firms In Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Values for all descriptions of merino and crossbred firmed at the wool sales to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Wool Works For Waratah
A £170,000 wool scouring and skin treatment and processing factory at Waratah West may be operating in 12 months. The factory, which will be on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Days 'Straight' Wheat For Pacific Park Pigeons
Newcastle pigeons are birds of habit and before they can be led from the "straight and narrow" they must be coaxed into taking strong drink. As a result, council employees will spend two days spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farmers' Cricket Club
More than 150 members and supporters of the Dairy Farmers' C. and S. Cricket Club attended the annual social and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods In U.K. Cause Heavy Farm Losses
LONDON, April 10. A.A.P.—The Government announced that Spring crop sowing was "seriously behind schedule" because of the continued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Wool Firms To Extend
Two more wool companies plan big extensions to their Newcastle stores to cater for anticipated increased wool handling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Letter Box Coal, Wool Arches
The Coal Board should erect three or four coal arches in Hunter St., similar to those erected at the centenary of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Down On The Farm
Barbara Frew and Judith Mc Kenzie in a farmyard scene at Hamilton Presbyterian Junior Women's Guild Jubilee Fair at the Parish Hall yesterday Representing a harvest festival,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Sheep, Lambs At Waratah
More sheep and lambs were offered at Waratah yesterday. In the grown sheep section, most consignments were of ewes, with very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Shipment To Resume After Dredging
Wheat shipments from Newcastle are expected to resume when dredging at the silo wharf has been completed. The grab dredge Wallsend is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. In Third Place As Buyer Of Wool
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The United States was third to Britain and France as an importer of Australian wool for the eight months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LETTERS To the Editor Plea for Farmers
GOVERNMENT of the people for the people, by the people, as apply put by Abraham Lincoln, should be the slogan of all…
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