Body Odor in Sheep Reason for Blowfly Strike
We have. received a copy of the Charleville (Q.) "Times," which makes the following Interesting comment on the problem of losses from…
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1,399 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 70
Hail Insurance for Wheat N.s.w. Scheme Suggested
Efforts to introduce a half insurance scheme for Now South Wales wheat growers similar to that operating in Queensland, have been revived by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turning Back The Files . . . 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” November 28, 1933)
DEATHS. — A former resident of Deniliquin, Mrs. Hutton, wife of Mr. George Hutton, died in Sydney. . . . . Mrs. Rose Ann Skinner, wife of Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Slaughtering Warning MELBOURNE
“Any farmer or person other than a trader who slaughters meat and supplies it whether by way of gift, sale or exchange, to persons outside his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 Sheep Not Killed SYDNEY
About 1000 sheep and lambs were not killed at the abattoirs today because there were 14 slaughtermen short of the number of men required in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Varieties of Wheat. Recommendations for 1944 SOWINGS
To many farmers, “How many bags to the acre!” is still the only measure of the value of a variety of wheat, but it is not a standard which operates to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1,000,000 Sheep Die in Fires MELBOURNE
As more information is obtained from the burnt western district, it is evident that losses of sheep may total a million head. Stock Inspectors are obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Sheep, Cattle and Horses Perish SYDNEY
A bush fire which swept 40 square miles of country between Young and Boorowa has been brought under control by 400 civilians and 200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fat Cattle Market. Melbourne
Although prime lightweight cattle, which were short of demand, sold almost at last week’s sales, the pest medium and heavyweights were from 30/ to 40/a head lower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Fat Sheep and Lamb Sale
The associated agents report having held their fortnightly fat sheep and lamb sale at Wodonga yesterday, when they yarded [?] fat sheep and lambs. All classes were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes the Food Front Strength Will Largtly Determine War's Duration
Food is the war material of which .the nation is now in most vital need, and a full recognition of this fact can do much to advance the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →6000 Sheep Perish at Young Sydney
A bush fire which swept 40 square miles of country between Young and Boorowa has been brought under control by 400 civilians and 200 soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Synthetic Substitutes The Threat to the Wool Industry. Prices for Substitutes Fibres (Continued from our issue of 14th January)
So far as viscose staple is concerned, prices in Great Britain declined steadily until 1938, at which time it was selling at l0d. per pound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Slaughterers Must Register Applications to Be Lodged by January 31
Any farmer or person other than a trader who slaughters meat and supplies it, whether by way of gift, sale or exchange, to persons outside his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wakool Rice Crop
A yield of about 7000 tons is expected from the 4000 acres of rice planted by the Water Commission in Wakool Irrigation district. The Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Skin Sales Sydney
There was steady inquiry for 67,923 sheep skins offered for sale today. With the exception of damaged short lengths, which were again difficult of sale, prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →9000 Sheep Not Killed SYDNEY
About 9000 sheep remained unkilled at Homebush abattoirs today when all mutton slaughtermen stopped work at lunchtime. A spokesman for the Meat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Butter Ration Cut Forecast SYDNEY
Although some members of Parliament representing dairying districts in the House of Representatives consider that a substantial cut in the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Farmers Asked To Increase Acreage
The US War Food Administration has requested farmers to plant 380,000,000 acres in 1944-16,000,000 acres more than in 1943. The WFA request is that a larger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain’s Butter Ration a Lot Depends on Shipping LONDON, January 22
An official of the Ministry of Food in commenting on the possibility of a cut in the British butter ration, said: “We rely for a greater part of our…
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