"Sun" Letter Box Wheat Subsidy
A Canberra report that the price of wheat for stock feed is expected to become the same as the new world…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 35
Closing Wool Sale July 1
The closing sale of the Newcastle wool-selling season will be held on July 1 and 2. The date has been changed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swing Back To Dairying In Lower Hunter
A swing from dairying to other primary production has been arrested in the Lower Hunter Valley area. This swing obtained late in the war and just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Produce And Tea Subsidies Cost £21m
CANBERRA: Australian taxpayers have to pay £21,600,000 a year to maintain butter, cheese, and tea prices at the present levels. In addition, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Plan To Cut Wheat Production
WASHINGTON. Thurs. (A.A.P.). —The Agriculture Department asked Congress today for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Crops Devoured By Worms
NEW YORK, June 5. A.A.P.—Millions of army worms devastated crops yesterday as they swarmed across…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glamor Sweaters In Wool
Dress-up sweaters, worn with slacks are foremost in the winter fashion picture and Vienna knits take the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Strayed In Hunter'-st
A sheep wandered along the footpath in Hunter St. West this morning and a shopkeeper took it into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labels To Show Wool Used
CANBERRA, Monday. — The Federal Government to-day introduced a new system for the labelling of imported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Cheaper At Sydney Sales
SYDNEY, Monday.—Wool values ruled from 5 to 10 per cent. lower for merino types at the wool sales to-day compared…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fourfold Return On Show Sheep
About 80 sheep brought from Moree to Newcastle for a shearing exhibition at New-castle Show in February provided: A cheque for £223/1/7…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Sent To Trial On Murder Count
BELLINGEN, Tuesday.— Carl Gerard Perry, 43, farmer, of Repton, was committed to-day for trial on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Arrives For New Season
Goldsborough Mort and Co. Ltd. has started to receive wool for the opening of the new selling season in Newcastle in September. The company, Australia's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dearer Wheat, Bread Likely
CANBERRA: Whatever the result of today's meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council, a rise in the price of wheat and bread seems inevitable in a few months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Big Wool Cheque
SYDNEY: Australia's wool cheque this season will be the second highest on record—nearly £400-million. The National Council of Wool-selling…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Sales Up By £60 Million
MELBOURNE, Monday.— Australia's wool cheque for the first eleven months of the current year is £368,510,091…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lake Macquaire To be Huge Salt Lake Fish Farm
With the object of establishing Lake Macquarie as a huge salt water fish farm, a team of C.S.I.R.O. scientists have begun a five-year biological and hydrographical survey of the lake. The team is led by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World's Longest Cattle Airlift
The world's longest cattle airlift will start on Friday when four A.N.A. Bristol Freighters fly 32 stud bulls…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Decision On Wheat Contested
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Australian Agricultural Council to-day approved by majority decision the terms of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dearer Food Seen Under Wheat Plan
CANBERRA: Chaos in important primary industries, with rising prices of basic foodstuffs, were forecast in authoritative quarters today, following the Agricultural…
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