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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 37

Butter To Rise By 'About 1/-'

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY. — The retail price of butter in N.S.W. will rise by about 1s a 1b. from July 1 as a result of…

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Wool Rates Hold At Sydney Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Values for all merino descriptions were generally firm at the Sydney wool sales to-day when…

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General Eisenhower's Promise Of New Deal For Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.) : General Dwight Eisenhower promised today that if elected President he would seek the "finest brains" in the country to help in solving the problems of agriculture. At a meeting with farm…

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Production Of Milk, Butter Falls Sharply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The production of butter, cheese and whole milk in Australia for the 10 months end…

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Merino Firm At Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Values ruled fully firm for all merino descriptions, compared with the previous day at the…

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'Pistol Pointed' on Dairy Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth was holding a pistol at the head of the State on the new dairy scheme, Mr. Cahill said to-day…

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Mine On Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 6

LONDON.—A 1800lb sea mine on a parachute dropped into a ploughed field at Green Lane Farm…

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Wool Market Irregular

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —Values for most descriptions of merinos ruled firm at the previous day's level at the…

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U.K. Sees Fashions In Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 5

LONDON'S fifth "fashion fortnight" reached a climax when the International Wool Secretariat staged a…

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New Cattle "Should Be Popular"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

The Santa Gertrudis cattle imported into Queensland from America make beef within two years, and should be popular,…

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Maitland Flooding At Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2

The low-lying sections of eight farms in the Louth Park area, near Maitland, were flooded yesterday by…

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Warwick Farm Crowd Below Expectations

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY: Warwick Farm racecourse looked at its best for the rehearsal meeting today, but the crowd was a little disappointing. The course will reopen…

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Britain Again Calls Farmers to Her Aid

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 5

LONDON, Mon. (O.S.R.): Britain is engaged on a campaign to make agriculture, already one of its most highly efficient industries, more valuable than ever. Farmers, encouraged by…

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Wool Values Up in Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—The wool sales opened to-day with a good selection, well grows and free of vegetable fault…

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Warwick Farm Rehearsal Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 12

Picture shows sections of the stands as horses return to scale after a barrier trial at Warwick Farm yesterday…

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Order on Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Butter distributors were required by the Butter Equalisation Board to declare stocks on…

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Rain "Blow To Wheat Prospects"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Wet conditions had dealt a blow to prospects for a good wheat season in New South Wales…

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Butter Output Rises

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY: N.S.W. butter production was 119 per cent. higher in May this year than in the same month last year and 26 per cent. higher than the average for the three business years ended 1950-51. This is stated in a re-…

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Butter: Up 1/- Tuesday Cheese, Baby Foods Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The price of butter will rise by 1/- a pound to 4/1½ on…

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Warrah King To Race At Warwick Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 20

Doomben Ten Thousand candidate Warrah King is to contest the G. F. Wilson Handicap at the reopening meeting at Warwick Farm on Saturday…

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