“United States Critically Short of Wool” WASHINGTON
A Senate sub-committee yesterday reported a critical lack of wool in the United States for military uniforms. It recommended that it should be classed as…
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Wheat Home Consumption Price Increased 1/2 Bushel CANBERRA
The home consumption price of wheat will rise by l /2 to 7/10 bushel, the Minister for Commerce (Mr McEwen) announced today. Mr McEwen said Cabinet had decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Price Advanced
SYDNEY, Mon.: The price of wheat was advanced by 1/2 a bushel today. Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board are:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High Prices for Dept's Stud Cattle
"The recent reducing sale of Aberdeen Angus, stud cattle from Trangle Experiment Station brought to light some interesting features in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Housewives Up in Arms Over Wheat Price Increase
MELBOURNE, Mon.: President (Mrs John Downing) said today that the Housewives’ Association would protest to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A.p.p.u. and Wool Deduction Act
Mr. C. M. Money, of Melbourne, regional secretary of the Australian Primary Producers’ will address a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Farming in Australia
The Minister for Committee and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen announced on Friday that the publication of the New South wales edition of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“U.s. Played Into Soviet’s Hands Over Wool” Dallas (Texas)
The United States had played into the Soviet’s hands by failing to stockpile wool, Mr Howard Vaughan, retiring president of the National Woolgrowers’ Association, said today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Loses Foot in Harvesting Accident
Well-known Wooragee farmer, Mr Jack ’Sebastian, lost a foot as the result of a hay mower accident at his property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Heavy Crop
Cutting and pressing of grass hay returned a heavy yield on Messrs. G. and F. Heath’s property at Wirlinga. A 10 acre paddock yielded 974 bales of rye grass weighing 34 tons, and from a 40 acre paddock of a mixture of lucerne, rye, clover,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burrowye Young Farmers’ Field Day
The high standard of exhibits at the first annual field day of the recently formed Burrowye Young Farmer’s Club augurs well its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Price Records Broken
BRISBANE. Tues: Top prices for both greasy and scoured wool at the wool sales today established new records…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →McEwen’s Reply on Wheat Price Increase
CANBERRA, Tuesday :The Minister for Commerce (Mr McE[?] today that he had explained in Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Classing is important
Every breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his flock —in many cases the increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Final Wheat Forecast
"Wheat harvest prospects have shown considerable deterioration since early November and the, prospective grain yield is now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne woolbrokers report that at the fourth series of wool sales for the 1950/51 season held on October 30th to November…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mycolic Dermatitis? or Scabby Mouth of Sheep
Several shearing disputes which arose out of sheep contracting lesions on the head, thought to be due to contagious pustular dermatitis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Novel Method of Shifting Wheat Harvest
DUBBO, Wed: Farmers who have been floodbound since April in the Goan Creek area, 20 miles from Dubbo, plan to shift their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Stopper on Wool to Soviet Russia CANBERRA
Commonwealth Government' recently considered limiting supplies of Australian wool to Russia, it was disclosed authoritatively today. The Government did not take any action,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Stealing at Finley[?]
A man has been arrested [?] Finley and charged with ste[?] six sheep. He will appear at Fin[?]…
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