Conditions Outback Sheep Still Fat, Says Agent
"THE condition of sheep on most properties is surprising in view of the dry conditions," said a local stock and station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
178 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 9
Australian Wool for America
WASHINGTON, November 22.— The United States Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Jesse Jones) has announced that American ships will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Party & Wheat Stabilisation Leader's Statement
"Having stiven for years is to secure a stable price for wheat, the Country party is delighted that success at list has been achieved," said Mr. Bruxner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Rain Recorded 212 Points Fall At Tilpa
SOME heavy falls of rain were recorded in the Western Division during the week-end. The highest reading was at Tilpa, where 212 points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Call on Empire Wool
LONDON. December 1.—Record British Army clothing contracts announced recently. plus Mr. Bevin's forecast of an enormous army call-up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim By Fencer Fails Judge Finds That Defendant Paid Momba Pastoral Co. Defendant
STATING that from the calculation he could make, he could only find that the plaintiff had been paid, Judge McGhie in the District Court yesterday awarded a verdict for the defendant in a case in which a fencer claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Blow Fly. Use Of Citronel'n
Recent advices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research are that five or ten percent concentration of oil of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Dry Spell Hits District Sheep Sold in S.A. for Fivepence a Head Special Review By Well-Known Broken Hill Grazier
THE following review of the year from a pastoralists point of view was written specially for "The Barrier Miner" by that well known grazier and authority on stock and station matters, Mr. J. D. Kelly, of Mundi Mundi. This is what he says:— AT the time of commencing this article Australia is going through a severe drought, and this district, in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Water Needed For Sheep At Linfas Vale
Following the collapse of a boring plant at Lintas Vale sheen have been without water for five days. Unless water can be secured for them within…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Item of Budget Passed Mr. Wilson On The Wheat Areas CANBERRA
THE first item of the Budget was agreed to on the voices in the House of Representatives shortly before midnight last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Pack Purchase
The secretary of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling (Mr. C. Sinclair Wood) has been asked by the association's representative on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Scientists Help Farmers
An English scientific laboratory offers Australian farmers a useful service without charge. Any farmer in Australia can now post to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Stockings Are Vogue
THE following is a report just received from the International A Wool Secretariat: Wool stockings! One visualises a, pair of sturdy school-girl legs clad in solid brown wool stockings topped by an abbreviated gym tunic—a workmanlike and pleasant enough picture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Workers' Threat
BRISBANE, Thursday.— Throughout Queensland 67.000 members of the Australian Workers' Union have threatened to strike if the regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conquering World's Worst Wheat Scourge
"Take-all," the wheat disease caused by the fungus ophiobolus graminis which destroys roots may soon disappear from the world's great wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Fined
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—On a charge of having kneecapped a bull— an operation consisting of cutting both front legs above the knee—John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Promotion Plans For 1941
Extensive plans for wool promotion in the approaching season are being made by the Australian Wool Board, and it is expected that retailers will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Reserves in U.s.a
LONDON, December 26— Details of Notes exchanged on December 9 between Lord Halifax and Mr. H. V. Johnson, U.S. Charge d'Affaires in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Comments Of Readers Straggler Sheep Help Forces Welfare Funds To thc Editor Sir—
Spare me space to put forward; a scheme called Pastoral Fighting Forces Welfare Scheme. To make my proposal more easily understood…
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