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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 35

Letters To the Editor. Farming Methods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

SOME time ago I suggested to dairyfarmers in the Maitland district that they investigate the claim made by…

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Farmer Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

Ernest Broomfield (71), a farmer, of Fisher's Hill, near Vacy, fractured two bones in his left leg near…

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Wheat For Pakistan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON. Mon. (A.A.P.).—President Eisenhower is preparing to ask Congress for authority to…

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Merino Wool Prices Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.— The market for merino types at Sydney wool sales to-day was generally firm at the level…

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Synthetic Drive Affects Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 4

Manufacturers of synthetic fibres were using new marketing methods which were affecting the demand for wool, Professor T. G. Hunter said yesterday…

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Chemical Aid To Dairying

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 13

LONDON: A new chemical cleanser-steriliser for milk and dairy equipment is now being marketed by…

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Australia Signs Wheat Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. —The Australian Ambassador to the United States (Sir Percy Spender) has signed the…

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Wool Values Firm At Sydney Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Values for all descriptions ruled fully firm at Sydney wool sales to-day…

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Dairy Prices Talks With Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. —Representatives of the Australian Dairy Produce Board will soon open negotiations…

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Molasses, Ammonia As Cattle Food

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 5

WASHINGTON: A new process for combining ammonia and molasses to form a feed for cattle has been…

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Slight Rise In Wool Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —Values for merino fleece and skirtings, which were free from vegetable fault or…

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Prince's Cattle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 9

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.). —Prince Charles will exhibit cattle under his own name at this year's Bath…

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Sheep In Good Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 9

A full supply of sheep and lambs was penned at Waratah saleyards yesterday. In the lamb section most consignments…

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Wool Rates Again Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The market at Sydney wool sales to-day was fully firm at yesterday's levels for merino…

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Critical Pastoral Position

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Pastoral conditions in N.S.W, generally through lack of rain have reached a…

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Dairy Field Day At Vacy Soon

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 9

Important defects in milking machine plants and the part they play in inefficient or incomplete milking will be explained by a dairy officer at a field day at Vacy on…

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Record Eagle Farm Sprints

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 12

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Two track records were broken and one equalled at Eagle Farm to-day in semi-final gallops for the Stradbroke Handicap meeting on…

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Farm Help "Before Television"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday. — Television was inevitable, but the more urgent needs of the farming community should be…

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Adelaide Wool Prices Steady

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.— Wool prices remained firm to-day on yesterday's rates and any change was in sellers'…

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World Used More Wool Last Year

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 5

LONDON: The world is using rather more wool, according to recent estimates made here by the…

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