Time for Tree Planting Many Purposes on Farm
Though their claims are so generally neglected, trees serve many important purposes on farming and pastoral areas. They may be usefully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Sheep Farmers’ Problems for Royal Commission Wellington (N.z.)
Within a few days the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) will announce the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the sheep farming…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Averages £11 a Bale Sydney
The average price of wool sold in Sydney this week was £11 3/1 per bale and 8.3d. per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bagged Wheat Handling at Silo Stations Overcoming Congestion
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Reid, announces that he has approved of arrangements being made for handling bagged wheat at silo stations in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Months’ Gaol for Man Who Killed Sheep “Did It to Help Starving Family” Melbourne
Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy in the Criminal Court to-day imposed six months’ imprisonment on Charles William Williams, aged 23, laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Price Rises Forecast
IMPROVEMENT in wool values was forecast by Mr. J. F. Guthrie, a member of the Australian Wool Board, at Geelong last week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Self-reliance of Wool Industry
In its long and eventful history, many periods pt adversity have occurred to shake the stability of the wool grewing industry, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Artificial Sheep Breeding Experiments in N.S.W.
If 1 results of practical experiments recently carried out on stud sheep setions prove as successful as expected, it is not unlikely that the stud, sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stocking Up the Riverina Much Feed; Few Sheep
The big trek back to the Riverina is in progress after the most bountiful rains and a phenomenal growth of grass. Stock that for the last two years have been pouring out of that drought stricken area are pouring back again…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Sheep Show to Begin To-morrow Sydney
The Sydney Sheep Show which will be officially opened by the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) will commence on Wednesday and will last for 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Board Worried By Decline Of Plus Fours
The fading popularity of plus fours is disturbing the International Wool Secretariat in London, which fears a possible decrease of millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drought Losses of Sheep 17,681,867 in Queensland in 11 Years
The chairman of the Queensland Public Works Commission, Mr. J. O’-Keefe, said at a sitting of the Commission that if evidence graziers had given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turning Back the Files. . . 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” June 4, 1929)
70th ANNIVERSARY.âThe âPastoral Timesâ last week reached its 70th year since its first publication day. - The 70th birthday: addition to the plant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial To-day’s Sheep MARKET(Supplied by John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd.) NEWMARKET
Heavy wethers, firm. Prime light mutton up to 1/ dearer. Heavy lambs, very firm. Light lambs, up to 1/ dearer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Market Beginning to Break Under the Strain Big Chops and Freer Offerings Sydney
The wheat market is beginning to break under the weight of world heavy crops, exceptionally heavy shipments and freer offerings generally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irrigation Water From Mulwala Canal Farmers Preparing
Water will be available next September from the Mulwala Canal for irrigation in the Berrigan and Finley areas of the Berriquin irrigation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Said Uncle Looked Like a Ghost Well-to-do Henty Farmer's Will Sister Opposes Probate Alleges Testamentary Incapacity and Undue Influence
In the first sitting of the Supreme Court in Albury for six years, the hearing of an important will case was commenced yesterday by his Honor (Mr. Justice Nicholas). In January of this year, William Lewis Thomas, a well-to-do farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Crop. Estimated Yield Well Below Average
The latest estimate of the Australian wheat crop this season places it at 154,500,000 bushels, the Commonwealth statistician (Dr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bagged Wheat at Silos
The Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) announces that he has approved of arrangements being made for the handling of bagged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prize Merino Sheep Killed in Accident Sydney
When a double decker trailer carrying 66 sheep to Sydney for to-morrow's sheep show overturned in rounding a bend on the Hume Highway at…
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