Wool £1/11/- a Lb.—world’s Record
MELBOURNE, Tuesday : World’s record price for wool soared by 20d at Geelong sales today when 372d a Ib was paid for extra…
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N.S.W. Wheat Yield Sown by 15 Million Bushels Sydney
The State’s wheat harvest this season was expected to yield 45 million bushels, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Graham, said today. This figure was a…
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When the wheat silos at Rutherglen were opened yesterday to receive the new season’s wheat, farmers were allowed to deliver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Wobbles
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Wed.: Wool wobbled uncertainly on its pedestal as values for fine fleece wools steadied a little at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Albury Wool Sales Record
Two wool soles at Albury lost month brought in nearly £6,000,000 to district wool growers, and average prices were well up on the opening sale of the 1950-51 season in October. From the three sales this year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Yield Reduced by 25 Percent
One of the worst attacks of rust for many years has reduced the district wheat yield by 25 per cent from the estimate of a…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Because of [?]overtime baa storemen and [?]employed in NSW [?] will not receive the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Poisoned by Arsenic Mortalities in Bathurst and Wagga Districts
Two new accounts of heavy losses of sheep as a result of arsenic poisoning, this time reported from the Bathurst and Wagga districts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Body Strike Trial Projected Scone Graziers Co-operate with Dept
A large trial has been arranged to test various treatments for sheep body-strike in the Scone area—research officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Stabilisation
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr: McEwen) said in the House of Representatives to-day that a wool…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Canadian Wheat for Japs
VANCOUVER, Thurs.: Canada has sold seven million bushels of wheat to Japan. The first of 20 cargoes worth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →17,000 Sheep at Swan Hill
Edward Trenchard & Co. (The Australian Estates Co. Ltd.) report a large special sheep sale at Swan Hill last week when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Believes Wool Tax Act Watertight
SYDNEY, Thurs.: After receiving legal advice, the Graziers’ Association believes it would be useless to make a legal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NO. 13 Wheat Pool Third Advance
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, announced on Wednesday that a third advance had been approved for the 194950…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Would Bar Wool Sales to Soviet
CANBERRA, Thurs.: An angry scene developed in the House of Representatives today when Mr Keon (Lab., Vic.) asked the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Further Payment for Wheat Men
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, announced on Wednesday that a third advance had been approved for the 1949-50 season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Estimated Drop of 25p.c. on Season's Wheat Yield
"Owing to severe rust infestation, the estimated wheat yields issued a month ago can be reduced by 25 per cent" says Mr. G. C. Baretlett, district agronomist, in a crop report for the South-eastern Riverina. He added that there will also be a lot of under-quality grain in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crop Report, Southeastern Riverina Seasonal Conditions
Throughout the year, up till the end of October conditions were very favourable for the production of a prolific growth of both crop and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Wheat on
CANBERRA, Fri.: New wheat price would probably be announced in the Commonwealth “Gazette” on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Dockage on Poor Quality Wheat
SYDNEY, Fri.: The general manager of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr C. J. Perrett) said today wheat weighing…
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