Pigs for Slaughter Being Fed At Farmers’ Expense SYDNEY
In the week which pig slaughtermen 81 Homebush abattoirs have been on strike, pigs have been hand-fed and watered at farmers’ expense today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1944
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Compensation For Crop Failures
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Lawson (Murray) asked with reference to payments to be made to farmers whose crops had failed owing to drought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seed Wheat and Seed Oat Supplies
Many applications are being received for supplies of seed wheat and oats, but not a great many crops have been advised as being available for seed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subsidy on Milk To Help Drought-Stricken Farmers CANBERRA
The acting Prime Minister (Mr Forde) announced tonight that in the most severely drought-affected areas, a subsidy or 8d a gallon would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Holdings Increasing SYDNEY
Wartime accumulation of wool this country now exceeds four mill[?] [?]es, according to the Central W[?] Committee. The total world…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Short Of Machinery Lack of Manpower In Factories SYDNEY
Manpower shortages in industry were making it increasingly difficult for Australian farmers to obtain anything near their full needs, not only of farming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duke of Gloucester’s Home Farm
Top left : Harvesting corn under a 1000 years’ old oak on the Duke of Gloucester’s farm at Barnwell Manor near Peterborough (Eng.). Top right : The Duke of Gloucestor chats with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wodonga Cattle Market
There will be a yarding of 690 fat cattle. 561 store cattle, 281 choppers. 25 bulls. 27 dairy cattle and 37 springers at Wodonga cattle market today. The following is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Sheep Sale at Albury
Dalgety and Co. Albury, held a special sheep sale at Albury on Friday, when they yarded 16.350 sheep. Despite adverse seasonal conditional 11.000 sheep were sold by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia’s Wool Cheque Will Be Smaller SYDNEY
Because of the smaller production, it is estimated that Australia’s revenue from wool in the 1944-45 season will show a reduction of 10 per cent; says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Defies Government Attempts to Prevent Removal of Hay
A message from Adelaide states that an angry farmer and his family guarded his hay with sticks, a pitchfork and a shot-gun when lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wodonga Sheep Market
There will be a yarding of 1350 fat sheep and lambs at Wodonga today. Order of sale: New Zealand Loan. Dalgety and Co., Younghusband Ltd., Goldsbrough Mort,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning on Sales of Growing Crops CANBERRA
The acting Prices Commissioner (Mr M. E. McCarthy) emphasised today that in view of the prevalence of agreements or contracts for sales of growing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Country Killing Survey of Suitable Centres
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, announces that the committee appointed by him to make a State-wide survey for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Harrow Wool Show
The Hamilton (Vic.) "Spectator' writes:—"Harrow's first wool show organised by the Red Cross, drew a fair number of entries, about 40…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Meal As a Substitute for Bran and Pollard
Producers of essential supplies of pig, poultry and dairy products for the Services were advised last week by the Hon. E. H. Gaham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Substitute Hay Crops
With the fodder position as it is throughout the district and the whole of the Commonwealth every effort should be made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Truck Operating Radius
With reference to representations made by Mr Roy Paton, ML A, Benumbrn, on behalf on primary producers who usually use a [?] truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Call to Sons of Farmers Unload Cargo of Fertilisers
“Ships with their holds fall of fertiliser to be used with next year’s wheat sowing are awaiting at an Australian port to be unloaded,”…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Position
The Commonwealth Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) states that there will be no reserves of fodder available for the…
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