Rubber From Wheat Use For Surplus
WASHINGTON May 10.—The Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. Claude Wickard, testifying before the Senate Agriculture…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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Regular Wheat Shipments for Greece Likely
An announcement to the effect that regular monthly shipments of 15,000 tons of wheat or flour to Greece are to begin is expected shortly, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Stock Sales Cattle Values Drop
There was a yarding of 1125 fat cattle and 40 choppers and but at Campbell’s Hill saleyards to day. The quality or the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Standard Wool Packs Increasing the Weight
A suggestion has been made by the jute buyer for the Commonwealth Government that more wool should be pressed…
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The chairman of the New South Wales Cheese Processing Society, Mr. H. J. Bate, said that all the best labour had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Potatoes for Seed Tablelands District Crops
Mr. C. A. Foster, Potato Controller, has explained that the object of the order issued last week “freezing potatoes was to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Culling the Dairy Herd Ease of Milking
An important consideration when culling the dairy herd is the case with which the animal can be milked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lifting Prohibition Australian Sheep Export
A report by Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., states that some relief should be afforded to the sheep position by the decision to lift…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Giving Sheep Away Transport Trouble
BRISBANE Tuesday.—A Brisbane broker has received advice that a Boulia grazier in the northwest of Queensland is offering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appraise Wool in Country Big Storage Scheme
A boon to the wool industry in country areas of N.S. Wales will follow the Commonwealth Government's wool-storage scheme if…
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SYDNEY Tuesday—The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, in the Legislative Assembly promised to investigate a suggestion for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Farmer Found Dead At Woodville
Theopilus Flarrety (53), single, a diry farmer, of Woodville, was found dead in the milking yard of his farm early this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rubber From Wheat. Investigations to be Made. SYDNEY
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Duan in the Legislative Assembly, promised to investigate a suggestion for producing synthetic rubber from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Workers Exempt Military Call-up Deferred
The Director-General of Manpower, Mr. Wurth, has instructed manpower officers temporarily to defer calling up rural workers for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pigs in the Boom Bright Prospects for Farmers
Pigs are again in the boom since the Minister for Commerce has promised us a return of approximately 6½d lb at works for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry Farming Allocation Of Labour
Information regarding the allocation of labour for the poultry industry has been given by the Director-General of Man-power…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harvesting Rice Crop Big Yield In New South Wales
It is anticipated that the present rice crop in New South Wales will be the third best yet harvested. It may reach 46,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Cattle
Despite an easier market at Homebush on Monday, some good figures were secured for cattle from coastal areas Ball…
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A Brisbane broker on Monday received advice that a Boulla grazier, in the north-west of Queensland, offers 12,000 sheep to anybody who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forced Settlers Off Farms Charge Against Rural Bank Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly today, the Premier (Mr.McKell) promised to investigate reports that the Rural Bank in certain…
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