Gambling in Wheat
DUBBO, Thursday.—Persons who indulge in the purchase and sale of wheat warrants, commonly called options or forwards, are guilty of…
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Farming & the land, 1941
237 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 12
London's Farmer Boys
The heart of London is now getting from its own farms hundreds of tons of meat and vegetables a year for the hospitals and other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move to Control Farm Product Market
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) announced today that legislation will be introduced to prevent forestalling and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Mortality
Severe losses in sheep because of the fly, menace and drought conditions are mentioned by Constable J. Buck, of the Travelling Police Station, in…
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KYNETON, Monday.—An Australian record is claimed for the dressed weight of a five-year-old weather bred and fattened in the Kyneton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Rise Of 2d. To Be Sought MELBOURNE, September 16
Butter producers' organisations intend to ask the dairy produce equaliser committee to raise the price of butter in Australia by 2d. per lb. to cover increased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of S.A. Sheep Breeder ADELAIDE
Mr. Waldemar Gasket Hawkes, of Ward Street, North Adelaide, one of the most prominent pastoralists and stud sheep breeders in the State, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Acute Labor Shortage Farmers Anticipating Ditticulties Women Labor May Be Used Where Possible MELBOURNE, September 19
Primary industries in New South Wales are suffering on acute Labor shortage and farmers are anticipating ditticuliy in obtaining sufficient help to handle the harvest and shearing. This was disclosed in a summary of answers to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women May Be Used for Farm Work
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Department of Agriculture is inquiring whether women could be used to meet the shortage of farm workers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stop Press Escapee From Prison Farm
SYDNEY.—Arthur William Edwards escaped from the Emu Plains prison farm today. A large party of police is searching for him…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Charles Henry Dorrington (64), farmer, was killed by lightning during a storm yesterday at Albacutya, 12 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Mites Found In Sheep
What is believed to be the first infestation recorded of Australian sheep with demodex, a harmless follicle mite, has been discovered by officers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Have You Any Black Wool?
It was rather a coincidence that on the day when I chatted with Mrs. W. P. Nicholls about the men of the Merchant Service (of whom you will read elsewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Campaign Against Sheep Blowfly Success Of Wool Board Experiments
TO ensure that sheep owners generally are given every opportunity to learn of and to benefit by the reaults of research into the blowfly problem, the Australian Wool Board is sponsoring a Commonwealth campaign of extension work by field officers of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Dipping Preventing Parasites Why Results Unsatisfactory
The full measure of protection cannot be obtained from any sheep dip unless the sheep be dipped thoroughly and the directions given on the packet or drum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Problems Of The Wool Grower Wester Lands Bill and Marketing Discussed by West Darling Secretary
In the following article Mr. C Sinclair Wood, secretary of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling, presents various viewpoints in connection with many matters that are of direct concern to pastoralists generally, and on other matters that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breeding Problem Investigation 55,000 Sheep Used
The following report has been received by the Pa[?]rallsts Association of West During from the Australian Wool Board. Fifty-five thousand sheep have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Darling Sheep Sale Sheep In Better Condition Then Expected
Due to a strong demand from South Australia and Victoria buyers, a splendid off-shears sale of pastoral sheep wa conducted at Golgol, between Mildura and Wentworth on October 2 by Goldsborough, Mort and co. Approximately [?] sheep were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Sheep And Lamb Sales
At the latest fat sheep sales at Newmarket Melbourne, prices were generally firm, but the values of prime wethers advanced about [?] a head. There were some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breeding Problem Investigation 55,000 Sheep Used
The following report has been received by the Pastoralists Association of West Dariling form the Australian Wool Board:—…
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