Rice Crop Drop
WASHINGTON, March 3. A.A.P.—The Department of Agriculture yesterday estimated the 1951-52 world harvest of…
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Farming & the land, 1952
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Butter Cargo to Be Stored
A shipment of 350 tons of butter will arrive in Newcastle on Friday or Saturday, but it will not increase the supply of butter to Newcastle housewives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Loss in North 10,000
LISMORE, Tuesday.—More than 10,000 cattle had been lost in the Richmond-Tweed Tick Board Control area in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Prices Hold At Sydney Sales
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Values for all descriptions of merinos, comebacks and crossbreds were generally unchanged from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good "Crop" Of Juniors In Tennis
Newcastle's present "crop" of junior tennis players is its best for many seasons. This was proved in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Rates Firm In Sydney
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The market ruled fully firm for all merino descriptions at the Sydney wool sales to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Milk Decline Causes Concern Dairymen Look To Resettlement
Dairy experts in the Hunter Valley advocate resettlement of farmers as the most efficient means of permanently increasing milk production. This is the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rush On Butter In Store
SYDNEY: Several thousand men and women attempted to crush into the fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Acreage Cut Feared
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The wheat acreage would be cut again this season unless growers were encouraged, Mr. L. S. Harrison said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Firm At Closing Sale
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Very firm values ruled for all descriptions, of wool compared with yesterday when the series…
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MILK production in the Upper Hunter could be lifted relatively quickly by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Lose Mill Jobs
Between 30 and 40 farmers, who had been working at Burlington Mills, Rutherford, and preparing their farms in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Farming High School Under Review
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Government was considering building another agricultural high school, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Urgent Call for Wheat
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commonwealth Government has been asked by the State Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to speed up the shipment of wheat to New South Wales before food supplies are seriously affected…
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Financial assistance to farmers wishing to return to dairy production and extension of the soldier settlement scheme to non-soldiers are advocated to obtain a permanent increase in Hunter Valley milk production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Migrant Labour For Farms
Primary producers in Newcastle and surrounding districts can apply to the District Employment Office at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Stabbed; Sadist Blamed
A sadist is believed to be responsible for the fatal stabbing of two more heifers on the property of Mr. Amos Rumbel at Glen Martin, near Clarencetown, at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two More Cattle Stabbings
Stabbing of more beasts on Mr. Amos Rumbel's Brookfield property has added to the mystery of wanton stock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Men Want 5-Day Exhibition
The Hunter Valley Dairy Cattle Breeders Association unanimously decided last night to ask for a two-day cattle exhibition at Maitland Show next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.K. Firm Signs Dairy Pact
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A major long-term agreement for the supply of dairy commodities to home and export…
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