Nocatunga Thriving Cattle Run
Nocatunga Station is one of the big cattle runs of South-West Queensland The central figure is Mr. Lucas Hughes, who has been at this station for very…
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Farming & the land, 1944
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Book Review "WOOL"
W. H. Mather. Angus t Robentson If anything was necessary, and we believe it is to awaken the average Australian woolgrower to the…
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A remarkable book entitled "Wool: Australia's Great Awakening," by W. H. Mather, presents a host of revealing facts about wool and the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Rationing Five Mines Idle in Protest
Sydney, June 1.—As a protest against the reduction of two ounces weekly in the butter ration, five northern mines were idle today. The total production…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavier Bales Urged Appearance of Wool Would Not Suffer
Leading wool authorities are disappointed that the average height a bale so far appraised this season is about 8lb, below the level recorded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Want Exemption From Butter Cut
Sydney, June 2.—An urgent request to the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Forde, has been made by the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Defence of New Issue of Butter
DANBERRA.—replying to the statement by the Federal Council of the B.M.A. that the proposed butter reduction would adversely affect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Problems of Wool Industry Instructive Address By President West Darling Association
Mr. G. A. Crossing, the president, delivered to the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling at its recent annual meeting in Broken Hill, a particularly interesting and instructive presidential address—a survey of the pastoral industry generally…
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Sydney, June 5.—The coal loss today through 15 mines being idle aggregates 13,000 tons. Four mines were idle as a protest against butter rationing…
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The country in the Tibooburra area, particularly in the region of Bancannia, is in great heart, according to Acting Inspector Gorman who,…
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Adelaide, June 5.—Commenting today upon the report from Sydney that the Council of the British Medical Association had declared that the cut in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boys' Farm Destroyed
Melbourne, June 5.—The main farm buildings and valuable equipment at Lysterfield Farm for Boys were destroyed by a fire at 10 p.m. on Saturday. A horse,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Increased Butter Ration For Coal Miners
Melbourne, June 6.—It was announced [?] today that the Federal Government does not intend to increase the butter ration to miners…
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Official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association:—Abattoirs Cattle Market:—Although the supply of cattle yarded on Monday…
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Wednesday's yarding of 10,100 sheep at the Adelaide Abattoirs market was an increase of 600 on last week. Some of the best sheep submitted…
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SYDNEY.—Milk deliveries to the Windsor depot of the Fresh Food and Ice Co. have fallen about 1400 gallons a day in the past 18 months as a…
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Sydney, June 14.—The Deputy Director of Rationing for N.S.W., Mr. W. B. Hudson, announced today that all holders of special permits such as…
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CANBERRA.—There are indications that the butter production will be sufficiently improved at the end of July to enable the restoration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Classing
However small the flock, periodical classing should be a feature of its management if it is to give maximum returns. The work can be satisfactorily…
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Official report of the South Australian Block Salesmen's Association. At Tuesday's Adelaide cattle market 1,500 head were submitted, of which 675…
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