Girl Farmer Wins State Prize
SYDNEY.—A girl, Eileen King, won first prize in the keenly contested first division of the Junior Farmers Clubs’ 1948 State…
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Farming & the land, 1948
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World Wheat Estimate
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates this year’s world wheat crop at 6285 million bushels…
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Top price at the Sydney wool sales yesterday was 1l6d for 5 bales of greasy Merino fleece. Catalogued were 12,700 bales,…
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On Thursday last, Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., Newcastle, offered a catalogue of 4,400 bales, drawn largely from the later shearing…
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—He would be most reluctant to accept a reduction in the maximum wheat price under any new…
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Although more than half the potato crop in the Maitland district has not yet reached market, it is estimated that the yield will…
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MANILLA, Wed—Growers on the Noam-West slopes, harvesting this season’s bumper wheat crop, are up to five weeks ahead of…
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SYDNEY, Wed.— Greasy merino fleece sold to [?]131½, being the highest price obtained In the Sydney market so far this season, for sup…
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SINGLETON: Farmers, at the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council meeting claimed that Singleton Dairy Co. was losing revenue by allowing the Hunter Valley Dairy Co. to the surplus milk at 1/3 per gallon…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: 35,685 sheep penned of mixed quality. The market opened 1/ to 2/…
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Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report a comparatively light proportion of prime sorts were among the 35,685 sheep and lambs penned yesterday…
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On Monday, 29th November, New Zealand Loan & M. A. Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 4663…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The general president of the Primary Producer’ Union, Mr. R. C. Gibson, stated that Dr. W. E. Petersen,…
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The story of the loss of 31 sheep in a road accident on the New England Highway on September was told in the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An Australian record price for the season of 134¼d was established for greasy merino fleece at the wool…
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Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report that prices for comeback and medium to fine crossbred wools have…
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Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report: We sold 6200 bales wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday. Values at times showed a further…
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Russian wool buying on the Australian market is causing considerable concern among American wool men over what it may mean to…
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In experimental potato trials at Millfield. Sequiva, Aussie and Factor-came in that order in Barry Craft's plot, Results were affected by dry…
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Dr. Peterson, world-famous American authority on dairying, will be visiting the Hunter Valley on Saturday evening, December 11th,…
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