Plight of Dairy Farmers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Dairy farmers on the South Coast were receiving 1/to 1/1 a lb. for butter, but it was costing them 2/6 to produce, said Mr…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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Wheat Growing Restrictions
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Growing marketing difficulties and the likelihood that storages in the Commonwealth would be filled to…
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Deporting on the sheep sales at the Adelaide Abattoirs on Wednesday, Elder, Smith and Co., Ltd., stated:— The supply of sheep yarded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bigger Wool Clips
The Australian wool clips purchased by Great Britain in this war are 85 per cent. higher than the average quantity grown in the commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Primary Markets Operations Cattle Market
Because of the Anniversary Day holiday the cattle sales at the Adelaide Abattoirs were conducted on Tuesday instead of the usual Monday. Elder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Offerings Less in Melbourne
Following recent heavily supplied cattle market, a substantial decrease in genral offerings of various beef classes was evident in Melbourne on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Stocks in Britain
Termination of the British wool export encouragement scheme, as reported from London, suggests the need to conserve raw wool stocks. whi[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Wool for Soviet
Wool is to be sent from Great Pertain to Russia, according to a recent announcement by the Minister for Supply (Lord Beaverbrook)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Cattle Fodder Used in Britain
Britain's farmers are obtaining excellent results with the fodder now being produced by the new caustle soda straw-pulping process on over 230…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep and Lamb Demand in Victoria
Active competition revived for trade quality fat sheep and lambs at Flemington (Melbourne) on Tuesday, when total offerings showed a decrease…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£31,799,249 for 1941-2 Wool
The chairman of the General Wool Committee said last week that appraisements for the season 1941-1942 up to December 31, totalled 1,955,155…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Far West Wool Queen Mrs. G. V. Bonney £10 Less Than Winner
In a letter to the Far West Branch here Mr. S. G. Drummond, superintendent of the Par West Manly Hoe, advises the branch that the Wool Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Supervision Act
The Minister for Agriculture has issued instructions that a farmer, who has been trading from unregistered premises, be prosecuted. Attention is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Higher Butter Price Refused
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Strone criticism of the refusal of thc Prices Commissioner to grant a higher butter price was voiced by the general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Substitutes In U.S.A.
NEW YORK, February 2.—The "Journal of Commerce" says that the War Production Board has urged the dress trade to use substitutes instead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S.A. Is Biggest Buyer Of Australian Wool
LARGEST buyer of Australian wool during the 1940-41 season was the United States, resulting in the building up of a much needed dollar exchange. This was one of the main points of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Wheat Crop
The New South Wales wheat crop for 1941-42 is estimated by the Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) at about 48,500,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Sales
Elder. Smith and Co's report on Monday's cattle market at the Adelaide Abattoirs said: The supply of cattle yarded today…
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WAR, if it can be accredited with any blessings, is often responsible for the extension of and the discovery of [?]ea uses to which fibres and minerals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prime Cattle Demand in Melbourne
Superior station classes of fat cattle were liberally represented at Flemington (Melbourne) stockyards on Wednesday, comprising exceptional quality Hereford…
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