Record Wool Clip?
BRISBANE, Friday.— Queensland may have a record wool clip in the season ending next June. The weather will be the deciding factor, but half…
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Farming & the land, 1941
237 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 12
Pire Wool's Handicap at Murray Bridge Princess Titina in Good Effort Luath Revived in Jumpers' Flat Murray Bridge
STARTING a hot favorite at 6 to 4 on Pure Wool, ridden by the apprentice T. McInerney, narrowly defeated Lord Rampion in the Pellew Handicap at Murray Bridge this afternoon. Glenama was in the minor placing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Selling In Britain
LONDON, January 5.—As from January 1 the Wool Control authorities in England have adopted in dealings with spinners and combers in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Front-line Farmer Defies the Bombers Woman Carries On Alone
On the south-east coast of England farmers are carrying on despite the raiders and the threat of invasion. "Bombs or no bombs," they say, "we've…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bernard Shaw's Advice to Farmers "Take A Leaf Out Of Stalin's Book"
Mr. Bernard Shaw, in a letter to "The Times" this week, admits that he was wrong when he declared many yearn ago that what agriculture needed was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warning to Farmers
LONDON, January 6.—The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a new decree, under which farmers failing to take reasonable care to keep their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pure Wool's Close Call At Murray Bridge Princess Titina's Double
Pure Wool, a sister of that good sprinter, Woolcombe, won her seventh race (six in the country) when she narrowly defeated Lord Rampion in the Pellew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Comeback Wool Record
LAUNCESTON, Thursday.—Corriedale fleece from the Mackinnon estate of Glen Esk set an Australasian record of 23[?]. at the second wartime,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Increasing In Popularity
WOOL-GLOVED fingers indicate the direction fashion is taking. For some time past there has been a tendency in England to make less distinction between town and country wear, and tweeds—specially styled for the purpose—now feature prominently in the town woman's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1939-40 WHEAT Little Left Unsold MELBOURNE. January 13
Of the 195.150,000 bushels of wheat of the 1939-40 season delivered to the Australian Wheat Board, only 25,200.000 bushels remained unsold on December…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Flying Farmer" Wins D.f.c
AUCKLAND, Tuesday. — Another New Zealander serving with the R.A.F., Acting Flight-Lieut. L. E. Clarke, has been awarded the D.F.C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fodder by Plane for Queensland Sheep
BRISBANE, Thursday.—A station owner in the Cunnamulla district telegraphed Qantas Empire Airways on Tuesday asking for "a plane to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fly Feed to Sheep Brisbane, January 15
A station-owner in the Cunnamulla district telegraphed Qantas Empire Airways today asking for a quote for a plane to fly a ton of feed to a flock of valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Country Still Needs Rain Stock Agent's Tour
COUNTRY within a radius of 30 mlles from Wilcannia is still in a very bad state, according to a local stock and station agent who has just arrived back from an extensive tour of the north-western portion of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Wheat for Spain
MADRTD, January 19.—Britain and Spain signed an agreement on Friday under which Canadian wheat from stocks in Britain and Canada will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welsh Wool Fabrics Are Winter Fashion
According to a report received by the Australian Wool Board, a unique feature of the mid-season collection of late winter and early spring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air Disaster of Last May Four Bodies Found By Farmers MELBOURNE, January 25
After a 12-hours battle with fierce rainstorms, intense cold, and problems of transport in Victoria's wildest mountains. R.A.A.F. men and police have recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Guard The Moors
Off to the moors go members of the Devon Farmers' Cavalry Troop of Britain's Home Guard. Voluntarily these men have undertaken to guard the moors and lonelier parts of one of the prettiest counties in England.—Commonwealth Department of Information picture…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Novel Method Of Feeding Sheep
A novel method will be employed to provide a flock of sheep which is marooned by floodwaters in the Tibooburra district, with food until the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Wheat 5,450,000 Bushels in Silos Melbourne, January 27
Receivals of wheat into country silos to date this season totalled approximately 5,450,000 bushels, the chairman of the Grain Elevators' Board (Mr. H…
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