Young Farmers Visit Overseas
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Three young New South Wales farmers including a girl, are to leave Mascot for the United…
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Farming & the land, 1953
693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 35
Sheep As Deck Cargo
THIS PICTURE was taken on board the freighter "Pacific Liberty" as 200 sheep from a Riverina property were being loaded into specially built pens on deck. They will be taken to Erromanga Island in the New Hebrides to help restock an 11,500-acre sheep station owned by a Melbourne woman. (See story.)…
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A cargo shed at Lee Wharf, Newcastle, was turned into a temporary sheep pen today to hold 199 ewes which were later loaded on to the steamer Pacific Liberty…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Police to-day recovered a semi-trailer truck which was stolen with a load of 75 bales…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Resolutions protesting against the introduction of television in Australia were…
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A moderate supply of sheep was penned at the Waratah saleyards yesterday. Lambs were fairly well supplied and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Detectives to-day recovered £7500 worth of wool stolen from a semi-trailer truck at…
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A better deal for women who want to take up farm work is advocated by Mrs. S. Hayter, who visited Newcastle this week…
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CANBERRA, Friday. — Continuous upward price adjustment could bring the butter and cheese industry to a…
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People who liked butter on their sandwiches should ask for it or patronise sandwich bars and cafes that displayed…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Thousands of bushels of high protein content wheat were being carted from the north of New…
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CANBERRA, Monday. —Production of milk, butter and cheese in the 11 months ended May 31 was above…
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Newcastle Poultry Farmers Association last night approved a move to ask the Federal Government to make bulk…
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LISMORE. Tuesday. —A fire caused £2000 damage to a feeding shed and stored fodder on Crawford Bros.' dairy…
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NEW YORK (O.S.R.): Consumers here are eating just about one-half as much butter now as they did in 1943. The trade blames high prices for the slump. Trade sources say that…
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Migrants housed at Greta could be employed on dairy farms, Mr. G. V. Ralston said yesterday. This would relieve the…
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NAIROBI, July 22. A.A.P.—Nine terrorists last night hacked to death Mr. James Macdougall, a 73-year-old…
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The supply of sheep at Waratah Saleyards yesterday was lighter than usual, and consisted principally of wethers…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A war between butter and margarine makers was expected in Britain early next year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Young Farmer Tends His Pigs
A junior farmer on a dairy farm between Miller's Forest and Morpeth att[?]nds attends to the piggery chores, the junior pigs being very glad to see. Piglets and sow are seen compe[?]ing for ears of corn—and, despite motherly instincts, the sow didn't stay behind the piglets for very long…
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