Complaint From Small Farmer
Sir,—The Protection Board wants more money. I think it should be abolished. When does the protection come in? Weeds and rabbits and increasing every year;…
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Floods Cost British Farmers £20 Million London
The National Farmers’ Union is launching an Agricultural Disaster Fund, says Reuter’s correspondent. “A situation unparallelled in the history…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burrumbuttock Farmer Is New Hume Shire Councillor
Young Burrumbuttock farmer, Mr. Arthur William Hail, won the extraordinary by-election for “B” Biding seat on Hume Shire Council on Saturday with an outright majority. The scat was formerly held by the late Cr. A. J. Webb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that wool sales were continued in Melbourne on 26th March, when two catalogues totalling 8600 bales were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day’s Sheep Market
John McNamara and Co. report today’s Melbourne market as follow:— The market was supplied with 24,000 lambs and 11,500 steep, a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ninety Millions for Wool
For the last two years American women have taken to wearing sheep skin coats—euphemistically called mouton. The fashion has spread, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool by Road to Melbourne
Transports laden with bales of wool bearing the addresses of “Boston,” “New York,” and other American cities have been moving out of Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Will Help Britain to Supply Wheat, and Possibly Timber Moscow
It is reliably reported that Mr. Stalin has offered to supply wheat to Britain, and may also send timber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junior Farmers’ Competition Final To-night SYDNEY
Final of the junior farmers’ competition will be judged tomorrow night by the American radio agricultural authority (Mr W. Kadderly) and the agricultural [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wool for Japan?
When the appalling treatment Australian prisoners of war received at the hands of the Japanese is recalled it is natural [?] we should view with repugnance the idea of resuming trade relations with our late enemies; but as a victor nation we have to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool in Demand at Geelong Melbourne
Although the bulk of the offering at Geelong wool sales today comprised comeback and crossbred wool there was a good representation of extra [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Acquitted by Direction Sydney
At the direction of Judge Shortland a jury in Parramatta Quarter Sessions today acquitted Ernest Munro Cook, aged 37, farmer, of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Champion Junior Farmer Chosen Sydney
One month’s tour of New Zealand with all expenses paid by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, was the [?] awarded tonight to Austin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Growing Use of Power on the Farm
The increasing use of motor trucks and tractors on farms in America [?] shown by the fact that at the end of 1945 there were 400,000 more trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Single Farms For Soldier Settlers. 2,000 Said to Be Available
According to investigations made by returned soldiers’ sub-branches, it would be possible to settle approximately 2000 soldiers in New South Wales under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Conjunctional Special Sheep Sale
Younghusband Ltd and Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report holding a special sheep sale at Wagga on Monday, 24th March, when they yarded 16,000 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Would Cost Dairying Industry £3 Million Yearly” Introduction of 40-Hour Week MELBOURNE
A 40-hour week would increase direct and indirect costs to the dairying industry by approximately £3,912,000 a year, said Mr G. C. Howey, president of the Australian Dairy Farmers’ Federation, giving evidence on behalf of the Australian dairy industry before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Crop of Currants for Albury District
Mr W. L. Smith, of Hamilton Valley, via Lavington, has been growing currants in the Albury district for the past 20 years, and his crop this year is the best yet. His vineyard covers only four acres and this year he has picked more than 21 tons of currants. Portion of the crop is shown above on one of the many drying racks. This year Mr Smith had to put up two additional racks to take the extra production. Mr Smith sells only to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Dragged to His Death Tragedy At Bethanga
Funeral of Mr James Stewart Hill, aged 56, farmer, of Bethanga, who was killed in a fall from his horse on Tuesday morning, was held at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Payments to Dairy Farmers
"The statement that dairy farmers are receiving 4d, 2 lb. less for butter than the Government, receives is untrue," says the…
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