Four Record Wool Prices At Geelong
Melbourne, Dec. 18.—In a very firm market four season's records were broken at the Geelong wool sales yesterday, when 10,000 bales were offered…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Record Australian Wheat Supplies for United Kingdom
Melbourne, Dec. 18.—Australia will supply the United Kingdom with 80 million bushels of wheat and India with 25 million bushels at 18/0 per bushel…
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Brisbane, Dec. 18.—A new Australian record of 101d. for scoured wool was established at yesterday's Brisbane wool sales…
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The Industrial Finance Department of the Commonwealth Bank has announced a new "Farmers' Plan" Hire Purchase scheme designed specially to enable…
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MELBOURNE.—Allegations that a Mallee farmer, the father of nine living children, had drowned three newly born…
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London, Dec. 18.—The Ministry of Food has announced that the proportion of butter in, the combined six-ounce butter and margarine ration would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Back For Wool Next Year World Figures Point to Solid Sales
New York, December 19.—America has cut her wool buying activities in Australia heavily in the 1947 season, but is expected to be back in the market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murdered Three Babies Alleged Shocking Charges Against Farmer
Melbourne, December 19.—Evidence taken today from the nineteen-year-old daughter of a man (the father of nine children), who is alleged to hove drowned three of his children, related how when she was eleven, and again when she was…
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London, December 21.—[?] U.K. Australian wheat agreement an [?] remove the need for Britain to ask the U.S. for any wheat in the present crop…
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For the last market of the year which was held in Adelaide on Monday, 1710 cattle were yarded which number included 20 from Central Australia, 140…
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A couple of issues ago, the "Western Grazier" discussed the mysterious origin of the Mulga Apple, and hinted that there were many such problems which seem To defy on explanation. Now another has arisen. On Ellendale, the property of Mr. Tom…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Executive Meets In London In May
It is proposed to hold the next meeting of [?] International [?] Publicity and Research Executive in London, beginning on May 18, 194[?]. The function of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Wool Jerseys Hailed By Leading French Designers
Biggest fabric story in Paris just now is the appearance of a wide range of [?] jerseys which leading designers are [?] for dresses and [?]rmades, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Clip Classified Marked Decline In Fine Wool Production
Figures released by the Australian Wool Redlisation Commission show a steady reduction in the production of 64s quality wool in Australia during the last seven years. The decrease was from 1,780,000 bales or 54.6 per cent. of the Australian clip…
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New York.—America has cut her wool buying activities in Australia heavily in the 1947 season, but is expected to be back in the market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grazing Of Lucerne Paints In Management of Crop And Stock
In dry districts the value of lucerne as a grazing crop is commending itself increasingly to stock owners. Being very drought resistant, it often provides…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Wool Export From Five Countries
WASHINGTON, December 28. — Wool exports from the five principal exporting countries in the southern hemisphere in the 1946-47 season reached a new high of 2400 million 1b., according to a U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More U.K. Ships To Lift Wheat In Australia
London, December 23.—British probably now has more than 1[?] ships chartered to lift British wheat purchases from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Butter Price Wanted By Danymen
[?] Dec. 30.—The increased price [?] butter detained by [?] from Britain [?] dairymen…
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