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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Failure Of Red Farms In East Germany

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

BERLIN (O.S.R.): Inefficiency and muddle, inept leadership and lack of community spirit are blamed for continued failure of many East German cooperative farms. More than 5000…

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Vaccine To Save Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 3

ROME, Feb. 1, A.A.P.— Bacteria-bearing monsoon rains in Siam next July will test the efficiency of new…

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Wool Premises To Be Built

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

The chairman of directors of the Great Northern Wooldumping and Stevedoring Co. Pty. Ltd. (Mr…

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Crops From the Desert

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 7

The arid battlefields of Egypt's western desert-scene of some of the A.I.F.'s greatest World…

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Sheep Supply At Waratah Light

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 10

The supply of sheep and lambs was light at Waratah saleyards yesterday. In the lamb section, the…

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Acid Bath Site For Dairy

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 5

LONDON: A Crawley (Sussex) dairy firm wants to use a workshop as a milk depot. But the local…

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Wheat Plan Appeal Rejected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Victorian Cabinet to-day rejected the Commonwealth's appeal for Victoria to come…

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Values For Wool Favour Buyer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Values for most descriptions of merino tended in the buyers' favour at the Sydney wool…

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Sheep As Royal Guard Of Honor At Dubbo

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 3

The Queen and the Duke will have the most unusual guard of honor of the Australian tour when they arrive at Dubbo this afternoon. The Royal couple will walk between 75 sheep…

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Wool Boost Bill in U.s

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. A.A.P.—A bill to increase shorn wool production in the United States was introduced…

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Sheep "Honour Guard" for Queen, Duke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had a "guard of honour" of 75 stud merino sheep when they visited Dubbo Show to-day. The sheep stood with their backs to the Queen…

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Record Apple Crop Anticipated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

Australia's apple crop would probably be a record this year, the Manager of the Committee of Direction of Fruit…

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No Farm Surpluses For Russians

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 17

WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): The Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Sinclair Weeks) said today that the…

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Farmer Hurt By Electric Shock

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 10

The condition of Mr. Stan Priestley, a well-known stud dairy fanner of Paterson, was reported…

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Gold Discovery Hinged On A Cattle Deal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 5

It is a little known point of history that Edward Hammond Hargraves may not have discovered gold in Australia on February 12, 1851, if he had not found the cattle-dealers at Maitland too much for him in 1849…

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No Foreign Wheat Tax By Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 12. A.A.P.—The Government yesterday rejected a suggestion in the House of Commons for an…

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Farmer Killed In Horse Stampede

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A farmer was fatally injured in a horse stampede at Tenter-field Showground yesterday…

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Grub May Aid Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 2

BULAWAYO—What may prove to be a discovery of some significance to Southern Rhodesia's cattle…

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U.S. Cuts Milk, Butter Prices

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): Subsidies have been reduced on. U.S. dairy products in the hope that lower prices will increase…

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193d. Paid For Wool In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

The top price to 3.30 p.m. at this afternoon's Newcastle wool sales at the King St. Exchange was…

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