Eggs Up 2/6 If Wheat Price Rises
Eggs would rise an average of 2/6 a dozen on the present price of 4/ if wheat farmers gained an increase to 17/7 a bushel for home…
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Farming & the land, 1951
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Prices Irregular at Wool Sales
The market was again irregular for inferior fleece lines and short discoloured and burry pieces at the second day of Newcastle wool sales yesterday. The top price was 225½d a lb…
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The last of 20,026 bales of wool offered by local firms at this week's sale were auctioned at the Newcastle Wool Exchange…
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Two teams of eight debated on the merits of buses versus trams for Newcastle at Wallsend Junior Farmers' Club meeting…
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The Anatina will arrive in Newcastle on Sunday to load wool for the Continent and United Kingdom. The Hindustan is due on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Market for Faulty Wool
The market for short, very faulty and discoloured fleeces closed in buyers' favour on the last day of the Newcastle wool sales yesterday. The top price was 213d a lb…
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LONDON.—A probable world wool-spinning record has been established by Robert Patterson, of Halifax…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—To ease an expected serious shortage of butter in Australia in the winter the Australian…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The home science (division II.), junior, section of the Junior Farmers' Clubs' State championship resulted:…
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SYDNEY: Wheat and sheep districts of N.S.W. are in the grip of a drought and huge financial losses are feared if rain does not fall in the next two weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-clergyman Buys Stud Dairy Farm
BRISBANE, Sunday.—A £11,000 stud dairy farm, eight miles from Warwick, has been purchased by Mr. M. C. Mayes, till recently…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Unless rain falls in New South Wales in the next fortnight, sheep and wheat farmers may suffer heavy losses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Cheaper at Flemington
The State Marketing Bureau reported that competition was fairly active for sheep and lambs at Flemington Saleyards yesterday, but most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Receiving Charges Fail
MELBOURNE, Monday. — A bookmaker and a farmer were acquitted by the direction of Judge Read in General Sessions to-day on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kashmir Dispute May Affect Wheat Exports
MELBOURNE, Monday. — The long-standing dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir may indirectly cause a considerable drop…
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PERTH, Monday. — Although only about 17,000 bales were offered at the Perth wool sales to-day and half of this was new season wool,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denmark Puts Butter Before Armaments
COPENHAGEN: Economically on her knees, Denmark is putting butter before guns. She believes food is democracy's best weapon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Shipment Next Week
The first wheat shipment from Newcastle since December will leave for Britain next week on the Ventura…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Commonwealth Serum Laboratories were experimenting to produce an effective vaccine to combat an outbreak…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An easing tendency for best wool was noticeable at the second day of Geelong wool sales. After opening firm…
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