Cut In Wheat Prices Expected
WASHINGTON, January 26.— Britain yesterday served notice on the World Wheat Conference that it expected a substantial reduction in…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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150d. For Wool At Sydney
On Wednesday, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd. submitted a fully representative selection of Merino,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →171 ¼d Paid for Wool in Tasmania
An American buyer paid the Australian record price of 171¼d a lb. for wool at Hobart on Wednesday. The previous record was 159d paid at Geelong on July5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General News 37,000 Cattle Sold at Shire Yard
Shire yard fees for December totalled £33, when 1370 cattle, 786 sheep, and 61 horses passed through. Total annual yard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain Seeks Cheaper Wheat. Opposition by Exporting Countries. Washington
Britain yesterday served notice on the World Wheat Conference that it expects a substantial reduction in prices under any new international…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day's Leader: Australia’s Dead Heart Wool Firm in London
LONDON, January 28. — The first auction for this series of the London wool sales of 1949 was held yesterday with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Desert Turned Into Farmland. Successful Soil Experiments
A rush of applicant; for land in the 90-mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful soil experiments carried out by the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rabbit Pest Control Plan Outlined by Aberdeen Farmer. Classification of Land Suggested
Well-known Upper Hunter resident, Mr. Harry Garside, of Aberdeen, has joined the band of citizens who are pointing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 28th JANUARY, 1949. Dairymen Non-co-operative. Singleton's Bid for T.B. Free Area
According to Aid. J. Brittliffe, of the Singleton Municipal Council, it was disgraceful to think that dairymen should go on serving milk to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen Await Board Finding
Dairymen in the milk zone are anxiously awaiting the result of the price inquiry being conducted ay the Milk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£450,000,000 for Britain's Farming Expansion
During the next four years, £450,000,000 sterling will be invested in Britain's farms. This is the figure given in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grazing of Lucerne Points in Management of Crop
In dry districts the value of lucerne as a grazing crop is commending itself increasingly to stock owners. Being very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fruit Crop at Warkworth Is a Bumper One
During this week, no fewer than 1840 cases of fruit have been brought from the Warkworth area by local carrier, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairymen Await Board Finding
Dairymen in the milk zone are anxiously awaiting the result of the prices inquiry being conducted by the Milk Board. It was announced some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairymen Discuss Milk Prices
SYDNEY, Sat. —The submissions recently presented by the council to the private prices Inanity at present being conducted by the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers’ Show
RAYMOND TERRACE, Sat.—The Director of Education (Mr. McKenzie) has accepted the Invitation of Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maize Crop Reduced by Dry Weather Survey Of State Prospects
Unfavourable weather conditions had reduced the acreage of maize sown in the Hunter-Manning area, states a review of maize crop conditions this month by the Department of Agriculture’s division of marketing, and agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastures Abundant Throughout Hunter January Conditions Never Better, Says Dairy Officer
Stating that the whole countryside was covered with an abundance of pasture, Maitland dairy officer, Mr. J. Smith, said in his monthly report that conditions had never been better for January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Surprise Forecast
LONDON, January 31.—The general secretary of the British Communist Party (Mr. Harry Pollitt) told a meeting at Southampton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Whip
SYDNEY, Monday. — A mass meeting of the Milk and Ice Carters’ Union on Thursday is expected to rescind a resolution…
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