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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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C. Blake Third In J. Farmer Title

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Clifford Blake, 15, of Muswellbrook, was placed third to-night in the Junior Farmer…

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Natives Get £1414 For Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 3

DARWIN, Thursday. —Four Hermansburg Mission natives have been £1414 for 42 cattle they raised…

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Dairying Outlook 'Not Good'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. —The outlook for most dairy products was not encouraging, the Bureau of Agricultural…

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Optimism On Wheat Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 6

WASHINGTON, April 3. A.A.P.—The United States Government is reported to be "optimistic" about agreement…

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Farmer Dies After Gun Battle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 1

AUCKLAND, April 3. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A 54-year-old farmer died in hospital to-day from a bullet wound in…

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U.S. Dairymen Resent Prices Change

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, April 3. A.A.P.—United States dairy producers have objected to being singled out for "unfair"…

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Wheat Crop Exceeds Estimate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —The estimated wheat crop for 1952-53 is 193 million bushels, which is 13,200,000…

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Wool Boosts Income

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Exports of greasy wool in the eight months to the end of…

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Lamb, Cattle Prices Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 9

A good supply of sheep and lambs at the Newcastle Abattoir Saleyards, Waratah, yesterday included about equal…

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U.k. May Miss Wheat Deal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—Australia has to face up to the possibility of an international wheat agreement without Britain, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said…

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Wheat Export Quota Reduced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, April 12. A.A.P.—Australia's wheat export quota under the mew international agreement has been provisionally fixed at 75 million bushels…

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£2 Million Wheat Gift To Pakistan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Australian Government would give more than 45,000 tons of wheat valued at £2 million to…

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Big Rise In U.K. Wool Stocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Wool stocks in the United Kingdom on January 31 were estimated at 230 million lb, compared…

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£66-Million Wool Cheque 'Not Taxable' Says Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: About £66,000,000 already distributed among Australian woolgrowers by the Australian Wool Realisation Commission from the profits on the overseas sales of Australian…

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£66M. War Wool Not Taxable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—About £66 million paid to Australian woolgrowers by the Federal Government from profits…

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U.S., Canada Sign Wheat Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, April 14. A.A.P.—Representatives of 17 nations, including the United States and Canada, to-day…

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Huge Butter Surplus In United States

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 6

WASHINGTON, April 15. A.A.P.—The United States Department of Agriculture has offered the Army 50 million…

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Farmer Wins 3 Value Appeals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 8

Work and value placed into standing crops should not be disregarded in assessing the unimproved capital value of farmlands. This contention by a…

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In A Year Of Plenty...Farmers Plan Against Lean Times

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 5

The bountiful is adding new features to the Lower Hunter Valley in the tidy, white, round towers of the silage bins and the brown stacks of fodder now prominent on the landscape. Experts say there has not…

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Future Of Wool "Rests With The Housewife"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

The housewife would eventually decide whether synthetic fibres would replace wool, Professor T. G. Hunter, of Sydney University, told Newcastle Rotary Club today. He said that unless Aus-…

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