Housewives Gain at Expense of Farmers
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Australian wheat was fetching £1 a bushel on the world market compared with 6/8,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farming & the land, 1949
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1317 Farms for Ex- Servicemen
SYDNEY, Thurs: The Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahan) said today that 1317 farms had been provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers Inspect Wheat Plots at Walbundrie
EXPERIMENTAL wheat plots on the property of Mr. E. J. H. Barker, of “Coonawarr,” Walbundrie, were inspected by about 40 farmers in that district at a field day yesterday afternoon. Mr G. Bartlett, district agronomist, briefly addressed the gathering on the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Commercial Special Sheep Sale
Younghusband Ltd. and Goldsbrough Mort Ltd. conducted a special sheep sale at Albury yesterday. The number submitted was 11,430 and all classes…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Another £ 8¾ Million for Wheat
SEEL BOURNE, Fri.: Australian Wheat Board announced today that a third advance of 1/ a bushel on the No. 12 [?]l, season 1948-4[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor the Government and Wheat
Sir,—You have incorrectly reported Mr McGrath as saying that wheat was sold by some farmers at 3/10 a bushel and resold by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fadden Gives Opposition Parties’ Policy for Farmers Young
THE Opposition parties stood for the stabilisation of rural industries on the basis of guaranteed minimum prices, the Federal leader of the Country Party (Mr Fadden) said tonight. “We believe that the guaranteed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Farmers Will Laugh Heads Off”
ADELAIDE, Friday: Federal President of the Liberal Party (Mr. Casey) said today that farmers would “laugh their heads off”…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Replaces Butter Surpluses Frowned Upon
Speaking yesterday upon the shortage of butter, cream and milk, a well-known district agriculturist said:…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Butter Production Up
SYDNEY, Mon.: Factory butter production in NSW increased by 615 tons in November compared with last year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Young District Farmers Win Irrigated Wheat Competition at Initial Attempt
MESSRS DONALD HENDERSON, Jnr., and BRUCE LONG, in partnership, won the wheat-growing com-petition conducted by the Finley Agricultural Society judged last week by Mr. Russell Godden, Berrigan District…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Higher First Advance on Wheat
The first advance to growers on wheat delivered from the 1949/50, wheat crop will be raised by 1/- a bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Higher First-Advance on Wheat
The first advance to growers on Wheat' delivered from the 1949-50, wheat crop will-be raised by 1- a bushel. Growers will receive on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Cheque Up £18 Million
Australia's wool cheque for the first four months of the current wool selling season is [?]60,705,172 which is [?]18,670,926 higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Wool Clippers Can Kill If Not Serviced Completely
A boy of seventeen was cleaning the glades of an electric sheepshearing machine. He changed to touch an iron fence while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia’s Ultimatum to Britain and India on Wheat SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA has delivered a 10-day ultimatum to Britain and India to decide how much wheat they want from this country under International Wheat Agreement. If a reply is not received those countries will face the risk of a cut in their quotas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Dairymen’s Decisions
At a well attended meeting at Tallangatta of delegates of the District Council of the Victorian Dairyfarmers’ Association, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suggests Farmers Not Anxious to Help Mr. Fadden
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator Ashley) suggested today that primary producers were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Claims Labor Has Aided Farmers
MELBOURNE, Monday: Not only had the Labor Government given the farming community a new financial…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ltttle Rain ; Damage to Crops Reported in Albury District
THOUGH heavy rains were fairly general thoughout Albury district yesterday little serious damage was caused. Oat crops, and to a lesser decree, wheat crops, were lodged in different parts where winds accompanied the rain, but no cases. of total loss have been reported…
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