HAD 700 Butter Coupons Man Sent To Prison
SYDNEY, Wed.: At Manly police court today. Frederick Rowan, 25, cook, of Glebe, was sent to gaol for having…
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Set-back To Brocklesby Farmers Break-down at Silos Yesterday
Because of a mechanical break-down yesterday, Brocklesby silos were unable to receive several thousand bushels of wheat delivered by district farmers. The break-down was caused by slipping elevator ropes which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Importance of Sheep Classing In Relation To Auctioning Of wool
Every breeder would be better off if the discarded all sheep of less than average the in his flock—in many cases the increase in feed available for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Packs
Concerned at the prospect of a shortage in the supply of wool packs due to the uncertainty of jute imports, the Graziers' Federal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silage for Sheep Question Of The Quantity To Be Stored
Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture have shown that, while silage will maintain life in sheep for fairly long periods, the animals…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Much Wheat in Danger Fine Weather In Urgent Need
If rain which fell throughout the district yesterday continues for the next few days, there is a danger of many thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm Tractor Need For Care In "Breaking In"
It is a pity that some of the care and understanding required to convert a raw and unbroken colt into a docile, friendly and useful draught horse is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Picking The Cherry Crop
[?] should be picked when cool and dry and when not more than firm ripe and owing to the soil nature of the fruit it should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Producers’ Tour From Albury To Inspect South Australian Sheep Cattle and Pig Studs
Last May a party of 50 primary producers, mainly stud stock breeders from various parts of South Australia, made a four of the Riverina districts, inspecting several merino sheep, beef cattle and pig studs, in N.S.W., prior to attending the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Sheep Market
WAGGA. Fri.—Associated Agents of Wagga held the first fortnightly sheep sale for 1948 today. There was a total yarding of 4923 head, comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Sweeps Farm 550 Bags Of Wheat Destroyed
A fire, believed to have been started by a spark from a tractor, swept the property of Mr Edwin Bolt at Bull Plain, about 16 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Declare Silo “Black” Oaklands Meeting Packed
Indignant farmers and carriers packed the supper room at the Oaklands hall last evening to declare the Oaklands silo “black,” because of what they termed unsatisfactory conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury District Crops Still Yield Well Recent Rains May Do Further Damage
Rain on New Year’s Day and earlier was very likely to bring more wheat below F.A.Q. quality, but it was not possible to say how much said the district agronomist (Mr. G. C. Bartlett) yesterday in a report on crops in the south-east Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Fatally Affected Handling Stock Vaccine
SYDNEY, Sun: The President of the Primary Producers’ Union (Mr G[?]bson) said yesterday that deaths had taken place among fa[?]ers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silo Agent Replies to Farmers “Black” Ban At Oaklands
Mr. K. M. Hard[?], agent at the Oaklands silo, which farmers and carriers declared “black” on Friday, said last night that the silos were handling as much wheat per day as in previous years. Meeting on Friday declared the silos “black” until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Cattle Market
The following is the order of sale at today’s Wodonga cattle market:— 1. Goldsbrough Mort; 2. J. D. Turner Co.; 3. Farmers and Grazlers; 4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bright Outlook for Wool World Demand Big
SYDNEY, Mon.—Buoyancy in Australian wool values is revealed in reports from overseas tops markets in Bradford, United…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →22,837 Bales of Wool by Rail
The year 1947 was a busy one for the local railway station with wool consignments. An above-average total of 22,837 bales of wool were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Farmers Have Short Memories
"I have often noticed that the best farmers in my district seem to completely forget disaster and successes, as soon as they are over. My…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Need For A Farm Business Analysis
A farm cannot properly be called successful unless it pays a fair rate of interest on the capital invested, returns fair wages for the operator’s…
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