Soil Fertility Investigations at Wagga Experiment Farm
Some interesting experiments in the use of pasture land for cereal crops are in progress at Wagga Experiment Farm. In making this statement, the…
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Farming & the land, 1948
565 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 28 of 29
Butter at £3/15/ Lb
Sydney. — A pound of butter in China cost £3/15/ and a 401b. bag of flour £20, British refugees from China said on their arrival today aboard the Changte…
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Lismore—A two-year-old girl died last night after falling into sheep dip containing, a solution of arsenic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool in Summer New Role For Australia's Greatest Product
American experts recently said that wool sales to the U.S. are the real key to Australia's dollar problem. That being the case, the Australian…
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"Approval has been given to my proposals for the establishment of an Agricultural College at the Wagga Experimental Farm and the first course…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Life of Butter Coupons Extended
Melbourne. —Life of butter coupons 1 to 3 would be extended until the end of the month because of the holiday,season, said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool and Clothing Dr. Booth's Impression
Adelaide, December 20.—Dr. Edgar H. Booth, the retiring Chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, and overseas representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Created Black Market In Wool To Pay £7,000
London, December 20.—"You did not merely deal in a black market, you created one," Mr. Justice Devlin told Norman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.a. Wheat and Barley Crops
Adelaide. December 21.—State Government statistics estimate the 1948-9 wheat crop in South Australia is [?],000,000 bushels compared with 32, 542,000 bushels…
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Plans for the first post-war S.A. farmers' tour of New Zealand have been made, said the director of the S.A.. Government Tourist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huge Theft of Wheat Bags
Sydney.—Five men, whom the police allege had stolen hundreds of pounds worth of wheat bags from the Australian Wheat Board's…
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The official report of the South Australian Stock Salesmen's Association on the [?] cattle market held on Monday is:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Killed Careless Use of Rabbit Poison
Mortality in sheep caused by careless use of a [?] preparation at present sold on the market for rabbit extermination, was investigated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool in Summer New Role for Australia's Greatest Project
American experts recently said that wool sales to the U.S. are the real key to Australia's dollar problem. That being the case, the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Tour to New Zealand
Plans for the first post-war S.A. Farmers tour of New Zealand have now been finalised, said the Director of the S.A. Government Tourist Bureau (Mr. A. J…
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Sydney.—Drovers near Wantabadgery —in the River—were unable to force their mob of 2,000 sheep through thousands of…
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New York, December 28.—World wool preduction will total 3,800 million lb. for the 1948-49 season, according to the New York [?] of the rayon [?] This would be an increase of 2…
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When the Initiation of the first Internationally sponsored wool research program—the four-year program at the Textile Reserach Institute of Princeton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool News Lord Baraby To Represent Australia On Secretariat Committee
Lord Barnby a well-known figure in United Kingdom wool circles has accepted the invitation of the Australian Wool Board to act as one of its…
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Mr F. H. Cullen, of Victoria, has been appointed…
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