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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 37

Big Butter Season Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 10

CANBERRA, Thursday. —Seasonal prospects gave every reason for expecting a higher butter production this year…

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Bronze Peak Likely To Complete Hat Trick In W. Farm Race

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 14

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Bronze Peak, one of the most improved sprinters in training, has sound prospects of completing the hat trick in the Campbelltown Handicap at Warwick Farm to-morrow…

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Best Investments Warwick Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 8

BANKBROOK (Campbelltown Handicap). SEA WOLF (Spring Handicap). MOONEE VALLEY…

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Butter Statue of Queen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Aug. 22. A.A.P. — Mr. Ross Butler, a sculptor of Woodstock (Ontario), has completed a…

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Greater Demand For Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1952 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Butter consumption in Australia had risen from 24.9lb a person a year, when butter…

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Farmers "Not Willing To Ruin Land"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Primary producers would not ruin their land in response to the Federal Government's…

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Winner Bred At Own Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 8

Castle Rose's win at Newcastle greyhound meeting on Saturday gave G. J. McMillan his first local success with…

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Cattle Easier At Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 6

With 900 cattle forward at Maitland saleyards yesterday—the biggest supply for some weeks—the market was 10/…

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Wheat Area Down This Year

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 12

The area sown for wheat in N.S.W. this year shows a sharp decrease on last year's acreage…

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Less Paid for More Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—Australia's greasy wool exports last July increased 12,964,000lb on July, 1951. Figures released to-day by…

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Farm Competition Winners

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 8

Grand championship winners of the Royal Agricultural Society's farm competition were W. M…

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Rice Farming in Sumatra

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 12

DJAKARTA: About 7500 acres of land in Aek Natas, south-east Sumatra, will be broken up soon to be…

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Barred Butter To Butter Bars

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 10

LONDON: It was a curious thing about the two prisoners in adjoining cells—both seemed to prefer dry bread, for they scraped every bit of margarine or butter off the bread before…

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Big Texan Cattle Cargo Arrives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A valuable cargo of Texan cattle reached Melbourne 'in the freighter Sierra this afternoon. After a month in…

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Prospects For Wool Good

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 7

There were excellent prospects for the wool season, Mr. T. A. Vasey said yesterday. The season will officially…

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Young Farmer Aid Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Junior Farmer movement wants trained junior farmers and young men from…

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Bright Prospects For Fruit Crops

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY: One of the best seasons on record was expected in many parts of the State this spring, reports by Department of Agriculture agronomists indicate…

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Cattle Damage War Cemetery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 4

As in previous floods, the war cemetery at Sandgate had been damaged by cattle from the flooded area breaking in…

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Five-Year Wheat Plan Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Representatives of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation to-day decided to seek an…

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Farouk Cattle Slaughtered For Festival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 3

CAIRO, Aug. 31. A.A.P.—Cattle from ex-King Farouk's estates all over Egypt were slaughtered at the week-end in…

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