State Egg Farm Fails
London, February 27.—Britain's egg farm in Gambia (West Africa) appears to be making no better progress than the peanut growing…
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Farming & the land, 1951
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Keen Bidding For Wool
EAGERNESS IS THE KEYNOTE AMONG BUYERS at the seventh Adelaide wool sales. Several price records have been set. Spirited bidders shown here are (top) Mr. N. Elliott, and (above) Mr. B Ely. both from Melbourne…
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Dalgety and Co. Ltd. reported the following prices at yesterday's wool sale in Adelaide:— THE VELDT: AAA com. 219d.,…
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Sydney, —A Sydney woman intends to sell two 20-year-old mattresses containing 60 lb. of wool to a…
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The official report of the S.A. Stockaltsmen's [?] on the Ab[?] market of [?] was: The number of cattle yarded today…
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Langlands Hanlan report as follow on the Parkes cattle market of February 26:— Two hundred and fifty head,…
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The official report or the S.A. Stocktalesmen's Association on the [?] sheep market of 28/2/11 was: The number of sheep yarded today was…
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Washington, March 1. — Wool production in the United States last year was 252,535,000lb. the Department of Agriculture…
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Sydney. February 26.—Under excellent competition from the United King[?]m and the Continent. Sydney wool sales closed today fully firm at last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outbreak of Pleuro-pneumonia in Cattle From Queensland
All outbreak of pieuro-pneumonia occurred recently in a mob of 573 fat cattle which had come from south-west Queensland. where the disease is…
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The wool sale, which was held in Adelaide by Bennett and Fisher yesterday, realised a 15 to 20 per cent. rise on the previo is series…
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(N.B. All prices are given in Australian Currency) London, February 16—The market was very strong at today's close of the London wool sales and prices for all grades were at their best point of the series. The total offering of…
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Adelaide, March 1.—The seventh series of Adelaide wool sales ended today. The market showed appreciation of 15 to 20 per cent, above the previous sales in…
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Newcastle. — A farmer who sold his property was killed as he left his farm. A train crashed into his tractor…
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Cheltenham.—Dairy Maid gave a good performance in winning the Largs Handicap from Queen Avoca and Lord Tehran…
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Detroit, March 4.—There was no danger of wool disappearing as the primary fibre for clothing, Mr. Michael Daroff said. Mr. Daro[?] is president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →N.z. Troops Load Butter for U.k
Wellington (N.Z) —Servicemen at Auckland loaded nearly 23,000 boxes of butter into three ships bound for Britain. They also unloaded 4300 bags…
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Half teaspoonful cloves 5 1bs. dried [?] (stewed): ½ teaspoonful [?] ½ teaspoonful all-spice; ½ teaspoonful nutmeg; 2 cupsful sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Stations Passed in at £70,000
Adelaide, March 6.—Bidding stopped at £70,000 and two sheep station, comprising 137,488 acres, were passed in at auction. They were Partacoona and…
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New York, March 6.—The United States Government may take over control of raw wool stocks, local and imported, says the "New…
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