Wool and Synthetics
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 1
It is important to realise that despite the qualities of wool the price to-day of this commodity, particularly in the manufactured form is a big factor making it increasingly easy for the older and more recent synthetic fibres to win the apparel market in all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday’s Deniliquin Sheep Sale
The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 10
The Australian Estates Co. Ltd. report having conducted a special sale yesterday of approximately 4800 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Merino Wool at New High Level
Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 18
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Merino fleece wools sold today at the highest rates of the season when the sixth series of the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Aircraft for Farms and Pastures
Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 2
One of the serious problems confronting the development of agriculture in the wide open spaces of Australia looks like being brought nearer to a solution by recent work done in the eastern Slates, where private enterprise backed by sympathetic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Seeds Cause Lameness in Sheep
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 17
Disconcerting feature among sheep recently has been the increased incidence of lameness and deaths following dipping, Albury stock inspector (Mr E. J. McBarron) reported at yesterday’s…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Two Farmers Fatally Burnt
Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 3
ADELAIDE, Sun.: Two farmers died today from burns suffered when they were trapped in a grass fire near Brinkworth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Company’s Record
Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 2
Greta-King. Valley Dairy Co. has had a record year with a production of 386 tons of butter and a profit of £2300. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →White Wool
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 6
An “entrance dress” in Botany’s 100 per cent virgin wool worsted Albatross, transparent-sheer and cool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BASIC WAdE INCREASE In Pastoral Industry
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Pastoral workers will receive the basic wage increase in their pay envelopes this week. The Federal Conciliation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina Field Wheat Competition Result
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 8
Results of the Riverina division of the Royal Agricultural Society's 1950 championship field wheat competition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Cheque Jumps-£97 M. TO £288 Million Sydney, Monday SYDNEY, Mondays
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 3
Wool values in November soared to new all-time records. The average price per Ib. and the total proceeds were far in excess of any previous month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Yields Varied
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 2
Harvesting in Walbundrie district is drawing to a close and yields have been from 13 bags to nil per acre. Several crops were so badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →185 Million Bushel Wheat Yield
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 8
CANBERRA, Tues.: A wheat yield for the 1950-51 season of 185 million bushels is forecast by the Commonwealth Statistician…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Recount Solves Sheep “Theft”
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 15
GEELONG. Wed.: Reported stolen from the Narmbool Estate, between Meredith and Elaine, 335 sheep and lambs have reappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Butter Prices Compared
Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 7
Despite the feet that Australians growl about the high cost of giving they still get cheaper butter than people…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool's Elasticity
The Observer · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1
Under laboratory condition, a single wool fibre can be stretched to 170 per cent, of its original length. So clothes made of wool regain their proper shape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kiewa Factory Record Butter Production
Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 7
Butter production at Kiewa butter and cheese factory during November was an all-time record. This was announced at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Copper Poisoning in Sheep to be Investigated
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 15
For some years past there has been reason to suspect that periodic sheep losses in Tumbarumba and adjacent districts have…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →China Has Its Own Wool
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 15
LONDON, Fri.: Raw materials coming from the north-west of China have freed the woollen textile industry in Shanghai from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Wheat Trains on Move
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 9
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Throughout today long wheat trains converged on huge bulk storages at Max ma Lake (near…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →