Less Butter, Higher Price In England
London. August 25.—Britain's butter ration will be reduced from five ounces a head to four ounces a head a week from September…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Levy on Skin Wool
Canberra, August 25.—The seven and a quartet per cent wool levy, designed to provide funds for the post J. O. plan of reserve prices will not be imposed on…
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Sydney.—Wool prices are expected to reach a record high level at the opening sale of the 1950-51 season in Sydney this afternoon…
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Canberra. August 28.—Unless current problems in negotiations with the United Kingdom were overcome there was high probability of Australia being obliged to…
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Sydney, August 28:—The woll market today rose fifty per cent, for best descriptions and forty per cent, for medium and other classes. Crossbred and comeback wool also fully participated in the rise. Today's auctions were conducted in…
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Brisbane—About 53,000 sheep, the entire flock of Warenda Station. North-west Queensland, were sold for a total of £132,000 yesterday…
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Sydney—Sheep rustlers have stolen 86 Corriedale wethers, valued at £516, during the last month from Quandong Pa[?], the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Prices Continue Crazy Spiral New State Record for Greasy Merino Lamb, Mutton, Clothing Prices Will Rise
Sydney, August 29:—Wool prices today maintained yesterday's record levels. The market continued buoyant and any change in values was in the sellers favor. Yesterday's auctions increased values by 40 to 50 per cent, compared with last…
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SOME OF THE WOOL for which spectacular prices were paid at the new season's wool sales in Sydney this week, being…
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Canberra, August 30.—Compensation for Mr. Cullen, former chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, will not be considered on a policy basis until…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Examines High Wool Price; £ to Stay Down
Canberra.—Cabinet yesterday examined the possible effects, of the wool price impact on the Australian economy. Revoluation of the £ as a check…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →PROPOSED 7½ Per Cent. Wool Levy Views By Victorian Grazier
Melbourne, August 30.—The proposed imposition of the 7½ per cent. levy on wool might be made the subject of a referendum of all woolgrowers, said…
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Sydney, August 30:—The record for greasy merino was broken at the wool sales today when 183¾d, was paid for five boles from Wallendbeen. The previous record was 178d. Further frantic bidding kept today's values of the same record…
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Recently appointed secretary of the Broken Hill Pastures Protection Board and Pastoralists Association of West Darling, Mr…
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Lime supplements can prevent the particular abnormally in teeth development in young sheep fed on cereal grain mixtures according to a CSIRO…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairies and Butter Production
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Benshaw) cold last week that he had directed that in future, all dairy farms with a potential butter production of over 10,000 lb.,…
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Canberra, August 31.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said today that the broad principles of any new Past JO plan were that growers would be free to…
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Canberns August 30.—Compensation for Mr. Cullch former chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, will not be considered on a policy basis until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Exhibition Popular in Melbourne and Adelaide
Following the Australian Wool Board's international display of wool [?] in sydney, the collection has been shown in Melbourne and Adelaide. In all three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Auctioned in Frenzied Atmosphere Market Forced To Fantastic Levels
Sydney, August 31.—The wool market on Monday rate 50 per cent. For been de[?] and 40 per cent. [?] medium and other classes…
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