Channel Through Typical Sheep Country
The bank of the Mulwala channel where it passes through sheep country near Berrigan. Inset: One of the great barges sold for nominal sums at the completion of the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Disposal of Wool Clip Should be Lodged in Wool Stores
Although so early in the stages of the new war it is stated that the whole of the Australian wool clip will be acquired by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Control of Sheep Parasites. Highly Efficient Drug
The nodule worm, one of the most serious parasites of sheep, has been very largely controlled by the use of phenothiazine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Menace of Shoddy to Autralian Wool
AUSTRALIA is the greatest wool-growing country in the world, with and annual clip of approximately 3,000,000 bales, worth, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Price Down in Sydney Sydney
The Sydney wheat market to-day showed a decline of 3½d a bushel compared with yesterday's opening quotations, but very little business was…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →WATER comes to the Sheep Countty Irrigation begins from Yarrawonga Diversion Weir
WATER has come to the sheep country. With the release of irrigation water from Yarrawonga diversion weir, another link in the Murray river scheme has been forged, and thousands of acres of grazing land have been brought into the field of intense production. As a measure to sop the influx to the city from the county, the new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£2 Million for Wheat Federal Offer Repeated Return of 3/4 a Bushel to Growers Canberra
Although the effect of the war upon world wheat prices cannot at this stage he gauged, the Commonwealth Government has…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Better Farming is Not Enough
(Mr. Richmond is Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Queensland, and Director of the Tutorial Classes Department.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Gets £725 Damages "Grazier's Negligence Caused Fire" Melbourne
A jury in the First Civil Court today found that Charles Ernest Missan, grazier, of Gormandale, had been guilty of negligence when burning off…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Modern Dairying Machinery the Secret of Success
The secret of success in dairy farming lies not only in the selection of good cows, but also in the adoption of modern methods of handling the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Clearance of Wool on Holbrook Railway Line
With the view to having a bi-weekly clearance of wool traffic on the Holbrook line, it has been decided to run the mixed train on Thursdays from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Cyclone Causes 2500 Damage at Wagga Butter Factory
A mild cyclone which struck Wagga at 5.30 p.m. yesterday caused damage estimated at £500 at the Wagga butter factory, where roofing and piping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Abused by Gun-before-butter Goering Hermann Works Himself Into a Fury Directs Attack on Chamberlain Peace Feelers Are Put Out England Ready to Negotiate When Germans Withdrawn From Poland LONDON, September 10
"Germany has always been the most hated of all nations because she is the most hard working and energetic. But now you will see, Mr. Chamberlain, what you will experience now that this nation stands under an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Cattle Sale
The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., will yard 1,600 mountain and locally bred cattle at Wagga on Monday next, September 18…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Area Planted to Wheat
According to an estimate the Director of Marketing at the Department of Agriculture, 4,900,000 acres have been planted to wheat for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Prices Ease Sydney
Wheat cargo values were easier, in Sydney to-day, following a sharp drop in American options. Sellers asked 2/8½d a bushel, inclusive of all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Holds Up Shearing Heavy Cutting Sheep
After a good run in July, shearers were checked by rains in August. Almost two weeks were lost through rain in Riverina and parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Questions in the House Wheat Bounty
Mr. Lethbridge: I ask the Premier whether it is a fact that the Farmers' Relief Board has instructed supervisors to obtain a refund of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Excellent Sheep Sale; 12,500 Penned at Albury
Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having held a very successful special sheep sale at Albury yesterday, when they submitted an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Hay Take Over Wheat Stocks Canberra
It was stated here to-day that Federal Cabinet is expected to decide to-morrow to acquire the whole of the existing wheat stocks in…
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