Pastoral Industry Working Hours
"There are entirely unfounded rumours that a forty hour working week for station hands begins on the 1st January," says…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1948
771 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 39
Storage of Wheat Tamworth Farmers Worried
TAMWORTH: Wheat farmers here are still in the dark as to what will happen to their sprung and shot wheat, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stray Dogs Kill Oberon Sheep
Straying dogs had killey many head of stock in the Oberon district in the past two years, Mr. E. C. Johnson, of Foley's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Branding of Cattle Some Practical Hints For The Man On The Land
The damage done to hides by faulty methods of branding and by branding on valuable portions of the hide is not yet fully realised by some cattle owners, paints out the Division of Animal Industry of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARKESBOURNE Weather And Crops
The local rainfall for December, registered 564 points, making a total of 26 inches for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tamworth Wheat
TAMWORTH: Practically all f.a.q. and second grade wheal available in Tamworth, district has now been delivered to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bright Wool Outlook America's Large Comsumption
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Reports from abroad favour the view of buoyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford the United States and on the Continent point to the possibility of slight Improvement in prices for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn Sheep Breeders Rescind Motion "Not In Accord With British Freedom," Says Objector, In Letter
After a lengthy discussion the Goulburn Advisory Committee of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, at its meeting yesterday afternoon rescinded a motion passed at a previous meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Wool
OTTAWA: Production of shorn wool in Canada was 10,176,000 pounds in 1947, compared with 11,457,000 pounds in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Money in Canadian Farms
OTTAWA: Capital investment in Canadian farms in 1946 amounted to 5,922,347,OOO dollars (£A 1,822.26O,615), more than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Working Hours in The Pastoral Industry
"There are entirely unfounded rumours that a forty-hour week for station hands begins on the 1st January," says Mr. S. Ick-Hewins,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Harvesting Held Up in Boorowa District
Due to the consistent rains which have fallen daring the past month, district farmers have been held up with their wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool for Japan 1946 and 1947 Priecs Compared
The advent of Japanese competition for wool should have beneficial effects on the strength of the market, reports Winchcombe, Carson,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's Black Market In Meat Farmers Turn Dealers And Join The Racket
LONDON: Police and Ministry of Food officers confess that they are powerless to stop the illegal killing of cattle, sheep and pigs for the black market, which is imperilling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Progressive Farmer Competition
"The Minister for Lands, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., congratulating the winners of the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Competition, at a proclamation dinner held in Sydney last week. Reading L. to R.—The Hon. W. F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Crops Damaged By Hail At Albury
ALBURY: A heavy hail form yesterday afternoon caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to wheat crops in the Albury district. It was the heaviest hailstorm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Asparagus Farm Work
Eighteen employees at the "Dalkeith," Gundagai, asparagus farm have quit the job because they have been called upon to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tumut Millet Crop
The president of the Millet Cooperative Society (Mr. D. Fuller) said that the millet crop this year would not be as big as last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working Hours in Pastoral Industry
"THE pastoral industry is one of the many industries to which the Commonwealth Arbitration Court's 40-hour week judgment does…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bright Wool Prospects World's Monetary Situation
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Australian New Year wool sales have fully confirmed bright anticipations. The strong general competition experienced gives demand solidarity and augurs well for future selling…
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