Submarine Starts In Cattle Run "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 31—Imagine starting to build a submarine in a hole in a cattle pasture 160 miles from salt…
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Farming & the land, 1953
693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 35
Wool Trade Having Best Period In Its History
The Australian wool market for the first half of the 1952-53 selling season has passed through probably the most satisfactory period since auction sales were initiated by T. S. Mort in 1843. Values for greasy merino…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 1. A.A.P.—Mr. Robert Welch, 82, a frugal multi-millionaire who died on Saturday, at Houston…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. A.A.P.—President Truman said he did not approve of additional restrictions on imports…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Seized in Kenya
NAIROBI, Mon. (A.A.P.) —The Kenya Government yesterday seized 4000 head of livestock belonging to…
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SYDNEY: The Australian wool market for the first half of the 1952-53 selling season has passed through a period of market satisfaction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Milk Cooling Tests May Ease Dairyman's Burden
An experiment which will be made this year at Gresford by the Milk Board and Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd. may do much to give that unheard of facility to a dairy farmer—a free Sunday or Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two States Work On Fish Farming
Fish farming — aquaculture — may soon bring an all-the-year supply of fresh fish to outback Australia. Fish have been bred and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Harvest Storage Problem
SYDNEY. With terminals at Werris Creek and Newcastle filled and the Sydney terminal near to capacity, the unexpected phenomenal wheat harvest in N.S.W. this season has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australia Helps India With Wheat And Flour
NEW DELHI (Reuter): Mr. Mahavir Tyagi, Minister for Revenue and Expenditure, recently gave Parliament details of the aid which India had received under the Colombo Plan. During the fiscal year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →World Wheat Trade May Revert to Free Basis
SYDNEY: The fate of the International Wheat Agreement is in the balance and there is a distinct likelihood that world trade in wheat will revert to a free basis after July. Wheat industry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mowing Weeds On Farm
Horse take up their work again as the season progresses. At Nelson's Plains, Mr. R. H. Farley mows docks and other weeds preparatory to ploughing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Shears 456 Sheep In 9 Hours
WELLINGTON, January 6. A.A.P.-Reuter.—At a farm near Palmerston North, Godfrey Bowen, 32, shore 456…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Takes More, U.S. Less Wool
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Figures for the shipment of wool from Australia for the five months ended November,…
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WORTHING.—The proposal to fence off and let part of a Sussex Downs beauty spot at Cote…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmer Chosen For English Tour
SYDNEY, Thursday.—John Keir, 23, junior farmer, of Bogolong, via Grenfell, has been selected to go to England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen Criticise New Stamp
SYDNEY.—Leading dairying authorities today criticised the choice of subject used for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →300 Sheep Lost in Fire
ADELAIDE, Friday.—A bushfire near Jamestown destroyed 300 sheep, 2000 acres of grazing land and stubble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Wheat Yield Estimated
CANBERRA, Friday.—The estimated wheat yield an acre from the 1952-53 Australian crop is expected to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Sees South African Farmer Murder Six
CAPETOWN, Mon. (AAP): A 10-year-old boy saw a farmer kill his wife, three children, his mother-in-law and an African servant girl. The boy, Abrie Botha,…
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