The Merino Sheep in Australia New Light on Foundation of the Industry
Commenting on an article in a Melbourne daily on John Macarthur and his introduction of merino sheep in Australia, Mr. J. H. Balfour, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Season’s Prospects Uncertain Albury District Parched—then Deluged Wheat Acreage Cut
Parched by a burning summer sun for severed months and then deluged by almost incessant rain, the wheat belt in N.S.W. has experienced anything…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Afraid of Russia Why Ban on Export of Sheep Was Imposed Stand by Graziers Sydney
Although the N.S.W. Graziers’ Association had not requested the imposition of the export embargo on stud sheep, it had supported it after the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan and Wool Operations in Australia New Trading Arrangement Unsettled Conditions in East May Affect Buying Canberra
Announcement of a trading arrangement between Japan and Australia was made to-day. It was expra[?] that the arrange…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stabilised Prices Sought by Farmers and Graziers Rural Dwellers Active Sydney
A mass meeting of farmers, graziers and business men will be held at Wesy Wyalong on Saturday afternoon to discuss the proposals for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lonely Farm Tragedy Half Caste Held on Killing Charge Girl’s Long Ride Perth
After a hard ride from a lonely farm 80 miles from Gnowangerup in the south-west of the State, Norma Powell, aged 15, arrived in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Outlook Melbourne
Although he confessed that it was difficult to find solid grounds for optimism about the Immediate future prospects of wool prices, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newmarket Cattle Sales
The Victorian Producers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd. report conditions at Newmarket yesterday as follows:— Fat Bullocks: The total number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Sheep Sales
The merino stud sheep sheep sales were begun in Sydney on Monday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and all States…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Sheep Sale
The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., Sydney, and -N. M. Lees, Cootamundra, report having held a highly successful special sheep sale at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rock Special Sheep Market
Dalgety and Co. Ltd., The Rock, report having held a special sheep sale on Saturday last at The Hock, when they offered 2687 sheep and six cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Shortage in Tasmania Melbourne
A general Shortage of butter in Tasmania has been declared as from Monday next, July 3, stated the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Sheep Show Success of Somerset Stud
Mr. D. B. Milthorpe, of Somerset, Jerilderie, was a successful exhibition at last week's Sydney Sheep Show in the small graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gordonbrook Hereford Cattle a Big Sale to Riverina Station
One of the largest sales of New South Wales station bred cattle for many years has just been completed. Messrs. Younghusband…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Conservation of Soil Fertility. In Erosion-liable Districts
Discussing in the "Agricultural Gazette" the problem of conservation of soil fertility in erosionliable districts, a departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lice and Tick in Sheep Necessity for Obeying Regulations
Inspectors of stock in all P. P. Districts throughout the State have received instructions that regulations governing the control of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan’s Wool Purchases From Australia Sydney
Woolgrowers throughout Australia would appreciate the fact that before the trade arrangement was made with Japan the wool growing interests were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Declares Price of Wheat Controlled by Speculators Wellington (N.z.)
The present system of determining the price of wheat was iniquitous. It was controlled by speculators, whose only knowledge of grain was its…
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