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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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USA Short Of Guns Not Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 5

WASHINGTON: Americans, who were warned to expect austerity through the nation's big rearmament programme, are finding that shortages are affecting guns,…

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Rewards For Indian Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 15

CALCUTTA.—Three farmers were given the title of Krishi Pandit (agriculture expert) and a prize…

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Drought Kills Many Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Thousands of cattle have died in the North-Western and Northern districts of New South Wales, and in the Northern Territory, in the worst drought…

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Cattle Men Threaten Show Boycott

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

The Hunter Valley Registered Dairy Breeders' Association decided at Singleton yesterday to again ask Maitland Show…

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Butter Cut Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

Drastic butter rationing would start in New South Wales next week. A Sydney butter distributor said yesterday that some…

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Yugoslav Farms For Profit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 4

BELGRADE, Jan. 4. A.A.P.-Reuter. — "Immediate reorganisation" of collective farms on a profit-making…

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Blizzards Isolate Farms In U.S.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 11

A scene in South Dakota (U.S.), where farms and ranches have been isolated by blizzards…

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Firmer Wool Market

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. — Trade circles expect a slight firming tendency at the second half of…

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Dairymen In Hunter Hit Dry Spell Follows Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

Floods and now the dry spell have created a critical situation in the Hunter Valley dairy industry. Dairymen said last night…

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Report On Food BUTTER: Normal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

NORMAL butter deliveries were being maintained, a spokesman for a large butter distributing…

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No Milk, Butter Cuts Yet

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY — Butter and milk will not be rationed for at least two weeks…

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Wheat Not To Be Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 4

Wheat is unlikely to be shipped from Newcastle this season, although Newcastle silos are full and more wheat is…

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Hardening Tendency At Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—The market tended to harden when Sydney wool sales resumed to-day…

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Regular Decline In Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Areas of land sown for wheat have decreased yearly since 1947-18. The estimated area…

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Problems In Bulk Wheat Handling

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 13

SYDNEY: The increased development of bulk handling for the wheat harvest this season has brought an unusual problem as well as a swing toward new methods of…

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Local Firm Cuts Butter 50 Per Cent

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

One of the smaller butter producing firms supplying Newcastle has cut deliveries to retailers by 50…

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Disappointing Prices At Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Although there was no quotable change from yesterday's levels, prices for the better-class wools…

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Protest Plan On Wheat Price Rises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

Newcastle district members of Federal and State Parliaments will be invited to a meeting of Newcastle…

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More Rain Over Far North: Brighter Butter Hopes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

Soaking rains along the far North Coast last night have given an extra fillip to milk and butter production, but unless much more rain falls it will be for only a few days…

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Wheat Harvest In N.S.W. Below Requirements

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: N.S.W. wil have to import wheat from other States this year to meet requirements for flour and allied products, breakfast foods and stock feed. It is estimated that the…

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