Market in Wool Buoyant
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Average wool values were at the highest point of the season, the Sydney Woolselling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 35
Poor Quality Of Bread Wheat Growers Are Blamed
Disinclination of wheat farmers to grow high-quality grains was blamed today by the flour buyer for a firm of Newcastle bakers for a falling-off in quality of bread…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Cargo for Norway
The Norwegian motorship Thermopylae is expected to take a cargo of wheat for Norway from Newcastle next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Harvest
CANBERRA: Australia's 1952-53 wheat crop is now estimated at 193-million bushels or 13 - million…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Suggested For Paspalum
For an outlay of £22 10s Newcastle Council could supply 10 sheep to eat the paspalum on streets in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Drive In Sydney Streets
SYDNEY, Monday.—Police motor cyclists and stockmen will drive 300 head of cattle and 80 horses through Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£350-Million Wool Clip
MELBOURNE: Australia's wool clip this season will be worth about £350- million-£43-million more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Market Firm
SYDNEY, Monday. — At Sydney wool sales to-day the market ruled very firm for spinners' descriptions of fleece…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Yield Higher Than Estimated
CANBERRA, Monday. —The estimated wheat yield for the 1952-53 crop is about 13,200,000 bushels higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Position "Unhealthy," Says Grazier
SYDNEY.—While the Government was jubilant over increased primary production it had lost sight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sale Prices Buoyant
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A buoyant market ruled at Sydney wool sales to-day, and values for all descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strong Demand At Wool Sale
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The market at Sydney wool sale to-day maintained a very buoyant tone. All classes of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jap Ship To Load Bulk Wheat Here
The Japanese vessel Fuji Mara is expected in Newcastle tomorrow to load about 9400 tons of bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Dairy Imports Banned in U.s
WASHINGTON, March 25. A.A.P.—All U.S. imports of dried whole milk, dried buttermilk, and dried cream will end on April 1…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers Want To Drop Wheat F.A.Q.
SYDNEY, Thursday — The Primary Producers' Union to-day decided that the f.a.q standard for wheat should be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Wool Prices Rise
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Values were 2½ per cent. higher than at the close of the previous week for all except super-style…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Cow Bears Triplets
Ruby, an IHawarra Shorthern dairy cow, of Rogan Hill, near Parramatta, has given birth to these triplets, a very rare event. The three bull calves are identified in appearance and will be valuable in scientific dairy research. They have been given to the McGarvie-Smith Animal Husbandry Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Are Best Bet To Combat Paspalum
Research by Newcastle Council Parks and Gardens staff so far has disclosed that the most successful means of combating paspalum is to use sheep. According to the city's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rayon 'No Threat To Wool'
SYDNEY, Monday.— Rayon was not a threat to wool, but would help it, Sir John Hanbury-Williams said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Wants To Buy Road
A farmer in the Maerannie Creek district wishes to buy a road from the local Shire Council so that he…
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