Wheatgrowers’ Union Supports Wheat Plan SYDNEY
Executive members of the Wheatgrowers’ Union told the Minister for Agriculture (Mr Graham) today tha the union supported the proposed…
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BRITAIN’S S.O.S. for Food Quickly Answered Thousands of Tons of Meat, Cheese, Butter, Eggs and Flour Despatched New York
Britain’s desperate plea for food found an instant response in NSW today when Food Transport authorities announced emergency measures to increase supplies. Merchant ships laden with meat, cheese, butter and wheat are racing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Farming Goes to War in Great Britain” Exhibition in Mate’s Lounge Next Week
Loaned by the United Kingdom Information Office, a pictorial exhibition, titled “Farming Goes to War in Great Britain,” will be opened in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finley Special Sheep Sale
John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd., report: On February 4 we conducted a particularly successful special sale of young NSW crossbred station sheep at Finley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Exports Down SYDNEY
Only 21,190 tons of butter were sent to Britain from Australia in the last six months of 1945, it was disposed closed officially today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wodonga Cattle Market Draw for Today
There will be a yarding of 593 fat cattle, 210 choppers, 14 bulls. 405 store cattle, 9 milkers, 11 springers. The following is the order of sale: Dalgety and Co., New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canada to Reduce Butter Ration OTTAWA
The Minister for Finance (Mr. [?]sley) has announced that the Canadian butter ration will be reduced form six ounces to four ounces in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boom in Fine Wool Short Supply Ahead
Something of a boom in high-class Australian wool is predicted. Supplies are light and demand extraordinarily keen. The shortage will not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1946 Sydney Sheep Show May 31 and June 1 First Sydney Exhibition for Five Years
The Council of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association has now finalised all matters in connection with the conduct of the 1946…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Sample Farmers’ Life Before Going on the Land” SYDNEY
“Take a job on a farm before buying one,” is the advice given to ex-servicemen in a Department of Agriculture booklet. “Shall I Go On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Yield Estimated at 144 Million Bushels CANBERRA
Estimated production of wheat in Australia for the 1845/46 season ending June is approximately 144 million bushels from an approximate area of 11.5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Fined Failure to Destroy Rabbits
Two Jindera farmers were each fined £7, and ordered to pay £1/19/6 costs by tile magistrate (Mr. M. S. Meagher) in Albury Court of Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crops in Danger of Drowning PRETORIA
The Department of Agriculture has announced that South Africa’s maize and tobacco crops, which were saved after a critical drought by four weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Bounty
At a conference held in Sydney on February 7th, the question of payment of a bounty to wheatgrowers whose crops failed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter or His Girl
Kenneth John Wade, an airman, week with having in his possession was charged at Tocumwal Court this 21bs. o butter, suspected of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Industry Menaced Danger From Fibre Imminent
Woolgrowers throughout the world must promote the use of wool by all possible means if the Industry was to continue, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Men Meet Appraisers Entertained by Brokers
The Albury wool brokers (Dalgety and Co, Farmers and Graziers and Younghusbands) yesterday entertained the wool appraisers at an informal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dermatitis of Sheep Due to the Mite [?] Results of Preliminary Dipping Trials
Infestation of sheep with the mite Psorergates ovls has been found over a wide area of New South Wales in recent years, up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Farmers’ Corner
contributions are invited from young [?] teachers connected with [?] farmer movements or any other [?] party for t[?] in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flemington Sheep and Cattle Sales Sydney
There was good Inquiry for 26,553 sheep and lambs penned at Flemington saleyards today, and the market generally was firm at last Monday’s best rates. The…
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