£26M. Rise In Wool Clip Value
SYDNEY, Monday.—Australia's wool cheque for the first seven months of the current season—July to January…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1954
803 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 41
Coventry Wool At 222d
Five bales of ex sup. AAA wool from the New England were sold for 222d lb. at Newcastle wool sales…
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Rates at Newcastle wool sales yesterday were unchanged on recent Sydney rates for all wool showing quality. There was good…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Yield 76.8 Bushels An Acre
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An Australian wheat record is claimed for Mr. L. H. Lange, of Natimuk, whose crop of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmer Seeking £95,000 For "Loss Of Christian Home"
MELBOURNE: A 64-year-old Broadmeadows dairy farmer is claiming £95,600 from the Victoria Housing Commission including £50,000 for "breaking up a Christian home." Mr. William Walsh has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News For Women Girl Runs Own 'Soldier Settlement' Farm Alone
In Newcastle this week to sell the first wool clip grown on her property is Miss Maisie Schaefer, the only ex-servicewoman in New South Wales to win a block in the Soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Corn Crops Sacrificed
CAPE TOWN.—The greater part of the corn harvest in Swaziland is being sacrificed in an…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wool Sales Close Firm
Under keen competition from most sections of the trade, the market on the final day of Newcastle wool sales yesterday held fully firm at the previous day's levels…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Plan Hearing In America
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Public hearings on the Eisenhower administration's proposal for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool Hearing Opens To-day
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The Senate Agriculture culture Committee will begin public hearings to-morrow on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Knight Bred Test Tube Sheep
Sir Walter T. Merriman, of Yass, who was knighted by the Queen this week for his services to sheep breeding, was the first Australian to adopt artificial insemination of sheep. This was in 1939 when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export Plan For Wheat Rejected
BAGHDAD, Feb. 19. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Ministries of Agriculture and Economics have rejected a request by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Drowning At Morpeth Two Farmers Swept From Small Boat
Two men were drowned at Duckenfield, near Morpeth, while rowing a flat-bottomed boat across the floodwaters to milk their own cows this morning. The father of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fleece Wool Firm
SYDNEY, Monday.—Values for topmaking fleece and skirtings were firm on last week's Newmarket sales, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Profits For Growers April 6
CANBERRA, Monday—The fourth interim distribution of Joint Organisation wool profits, amounting to about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japan Not To Cut Wool Trade
TOKlO, Feb. 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Under the new Anglo-Japanese trade agreement, Japan would import the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle in N.t. Face Drought
DARWIN, Tuesday.—Two of the Northern Territory's biggest cattle areas face another severe drought. The areas are the Barkly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Market In Sydney Firm
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The market ruled fully firm at the previous day's levels at Sydney wool sales to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool For Russia To Be Loaded
The freighter Stentor will start to load wool for Russia in Newcastle on Friday. This cargo for the Soviet is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Market Firm
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Sydney wool sales to-day the market ruled firm at the previous day's level for all…
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