Wool Price a Shock to Yorkshire LONDON
The “Final Times” in a leading article says that the extent of the rise in the opening prices for the Australian 1947-48 wool sales was something…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1947
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Wheat Discussions With U.K. At Conclusive Stage CANBERRA
Discussions on the formation of a long-term wheat agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom have reached a conclusive stage, it was learned officially today. The scheme will probably commence with the coming Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortage of Farm Machines Worse Than Ever; Will Delay District Harvesting
Harvesting of district crops this year will present a considerable problem to many tanners, who are handicapped by lack of machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wodonga Cattle Market
There will be a yarding of 553 fat cattle. 239 choppers, 167 store cattle. 115 dairy cattle, and 20 bulls at today's Wodonga market. Order of sale: J. D. Turner and Co…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fine Wool Shortage
"Not only the United States but the entire world faces an acute shortage of fine wools during the rest of 1947 and Into 1948 because the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1500 Cattle Sold at Wangaratta
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. yarded 1500 cattle at Wangaratta. comprising mostly steers, cows and weaners. With some pens of bullocks. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Sheep Market
JOHN McNAMARA & CO. report Woolly sheen 1/- best shorn 2/- dearer. Market slightly irregular. Lambs 1/-dearer, keen demand. Stores August…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Tick Eradication Campaign Deferred a Year
The Minister foe Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA) announced announced that the tick eradication campaign which was to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mass Farmer Migration
Transfer of whole British families with or without experience in primary production to Australian soil is mentioned by the chairman of the Empire Group of the British Parliamentary Labor Party in an interesting article on community migration cabled to this country within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Cattle Market
The Associated Agents, selling in the following order—J. D. Turner and Co., New Zealand Loan and MA Co. Ltd., Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd., Dalgety and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Culcairn Cattle Realise High Prices
A pen of pure Shorthorn helfers 3 years old, were sold by Goldsbrough, Mort and Co Ltd, at Wodonga market yesterday and made £22/19/. These were offered on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newmarket Fat Sheep Sales Melbourne
Included in a lighter yarding of fat sheep at Newmarket today was a truck of outstanding quality merino wethers, carrying 12 months’ growth of super fine wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Restrictions On Wheat Sowings CANBERRA
Wheat sowings for the 1948-49 crop would be on an unrestricted basis, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr Pollard) announced today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South African Wool Prices Up London
The Cape Town correspondent of “The Times” says that prices at the season’s first wool sale were 20 per cent above the closing prices for last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collective Farming Next Claims M.L.A. MELBOURNE
Collective farming would be one of the Labor Party’s next moves after it had nationalised the banks, declared Mr W. S. Kent Hughes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Sheep on Reserve
In the local Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., C. L. G. Fielder, Stock Inspector, on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sufficient Wheat Bags CANBERRA
Australia would have sufficient bags for all the wheat she wished to send to Great Britain said the Minister for Commerce (Mr Pollard) today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Farmers Will Welcome Shorter Working Week” CANBERRA
Introduction of a universal 40-hour week throughout Australia was unlikely to have an adverse effect on primary production, said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Sheep Market Wagga
The associated agents of Wagga report Having held their usual fortnightly sheep sale today. There was a total of 11,040 varded, comprising 8590 fats and 2450…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returns to Wheat Growers Increase
High overseas prices for wheat will bring the Australian farmer mere a bushel for his reduced harvest last season than he has…
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