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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 37

He Works In Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 5

Mr. J. Genders, of Stockton, with some of the tapestries he has made…

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Cheque For Wool Halved

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Australia's wool cheque for the 1951-52 season, which closed June 30, will…

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Cotton Crop Up In Pakistan

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 14

KARACHI.—Final forecast of Pakistan's area under cotton for the year 1951-52 is 3,244,000 acres,…

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Wool Body Near End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Australian Wool Realisation Commission would remain in existence till it had…

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£300,000 Crop of Tobacco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Victoria has had a bumper tobacco season this year. The yield of 380 tons from…

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Officer Left His Butter Secret

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 4

Thanks to an unknown Australian second lieutenant, hundreds of Cypriots are eating choice Australian butter—made in Cyprus…

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Queen Sees Farms ... Olympic Athletes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 3

Foreign picture of the week. Top left: The Queen signs the visitors' book during a visit to farms owned…

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Cattle Poisoned While Seeking Minerals

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

Cattle, in their craving for certain minerals absent from their diet at this time of the year, ate all kinds of rubbish, the Stock Inspector A T. Ellis told Maitland Pastures' Protection Board today…

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Credit For Farmers Demanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday.—The inability of farmers to get credit from financial institutions was endangering…

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Big Carrot Crop Harvested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

A Maitland farmer harvested 350 cornsacks of carrots on Saturday from part of a bumper five-acre crop…

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More Money Now On Swedish Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 7

STOCKHOLM. —Farm workers and farmers in Sweden will get more money this year through…

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Butter Was On The House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A dairyman told to-day how he had had butter served in a restaurant "on the house." The farmer, Mr. J. Irvine,…

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Oversea "Wool Stock Threat"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Stockpiling of wool overseas could mean a further drop in the value of the Australian clip, Mr. A. L. Brownlee said to day…

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Wool Up In London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 1

LONDON, July 16. A.A.P.—Prices at the opening London wool sale yesterday advanced sharply from the levels…

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Stock Trains Collide: 100 Sheep Killed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY.—More than 100 sheep were killed and many others were destroyed later when two stock…

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Fish Farming Sideline For Man On Land

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY.—Fish farming in dams and weirs on country properties should be a sideline for future…

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Farmer Can Calculate Like Machine

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 9

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Middle-aged Awapuni farmer, Charles Piercy Hills, who has not even had…

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Wheat Position Is "Alarming"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: Australia would not only have no wheat to sell on the free market from the 1952-53 crop, but would not be able to meet its commitments under the International Wheat…

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No Wheat For "Free Market"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Australia will have no wheat to sell on the free market from the 1952-53 crop and will be…

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Test Case On War Wool Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A test case, which could result in 500 wool dealers in Australia receiving £3 million of…

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