Butter Price Increase Rejected
Melbourne, August 12.—State Prices Ministers today unanimously rejected the Joint Dairy Advisory Committee's recommendation for an increase of…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Dairymen Responsible For Epidemic
Melbourne, August 14.—In the last fortnight, 80 cases of scarlet fever have been reported in the township of St. Arnaud in Central Victoria. Forty of…
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Second consignment of cattle to come by road from Nocatunga will be yarded at Round Hill tonight and will reach the new-all steel…
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NEWS that a Communist distributing subversive literature in Assam was wearing monk's clothing is scarcely amazing. The Communist likes to be all things to all men and is prepared to do still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beef By Air May Yet Oust Cattle Droving
Melbourne.—Cattle droving might become a lost art if an experiment now being conducted in the far north-west of Australia is successful. At Glenroy (W.A.)a DC3…
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The official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association the abattoirz cattle market on Monday was: The supply of cattle yarded today was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silage for Sheep Inadequate Without A Supplement
Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture at departmental experiment farms have shown that while silage can maintain life in sheep for fairly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brushed Wool Fabrics Predominate At French Collections
Emphasis is on dull surfaces in the collections of distinctive wool fabrics produced by French manufacturers for autumn and winter. Brushed finished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Jersey Cow Produces Over 1,000 lb. Of Butter In Year
"Avon Volley Ladylike." (97163) a pure bred Jersey coal owned by Mr. J. G. Wilson, of Avon Valley, Gloucester, has completed a 365 day record,…
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Melbourne. — Bannockburn and Castlemaine councils are worried at the increasing number of vicious wandering dogs in their areas…
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The committee of London Wool Brokers gives the following market report on the London wool sales: The London July series of wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool News Ship Branding Now Optional in N.s.w
Sheep branding in New South Wales is no longer compulsory it is now optional. The Bill amending the Pastures Protection Art, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Stocks Low in U.k
London, August 28.—Britain faces the new wool marketing season with stocks as low as at any time since the war, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Man's Talk of Burketown in Cattle Country
Residents of Burketown, Queensland, which is in the cattle country, enjoy ideal weather for about nine months of the year, but in the other three— known as the wet season—conditions are damp and steamy. A former Broken Hill postal official, Mr. E. A. (Ted) Olds is postmaster…
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London. August 29.—Australia will not show fabrics at the International Wool Exhibition, which is described as the most…
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Sydney.—The north coast floods will be a serious blow to the milk and vegetable supplies. They will also affect butter and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned Cattle Menace to People of Kempsey
Kempsey.—Abo[?]t 15,000 cattle are believed to have perished in the Kempsey district floods. Carcases of thousands of drowned cattle, which littered the district, have become a menace to health…
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Adelaide, August 30.—The position of the South Australian wheat lands was indicated today by Mr. K. Woodroofe, of the Waite Research Institute,…
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Adelaide August 30.—An Adelaide inventor (Mr. S. W. Lucas) has returned to this State after a visit to Sydney to demonstrate a mobile wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Prices Are Up at Sales in Adelaide
Opening sales for new season's wool are being held in Adelaide this week. Very keen competition is reported, and prices are up 5-10 per cent. on the June sales…
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