COMMERCIAL Wodonga Cattle Market
The Associated Agents at their weekly cattle market at Wodonga yesterday yarded 1410 head, comprising 384 fats, 284 choppers, 15 bulls, 52 dairy…
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“Festival” Wheat Not Available
“Despite heavy demand for seed of the new rust-resistant wheat ‘Festival,’ it will be impossible to make any futher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool cheque down £66 million
SYDNEY, Wed: The first 12 series of the 1951-52 wool sales realised only £64,790,887—£66,324,077 less than the corresponding period…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Albury Wool Sales Yesterday Top Price 99d
Merino and comeback fleeces sold at late ruling rates at the woof sales in Albury yesterday, when 16,000 bales were offered by the Albury woolbrokers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Airlift of Sheep From Griffith Next Month B.O.A.C. Plane Chartered
More than 100 finest quality Corriedales, owned by Dr. S. Goldberg, of Griffith, are going through the final stages of a rigorous training before they are flown to Israel next month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer’s Unlucky Day Bitten by “Dead” Snake
LAUNCESTON, Wed: After a snake’s head had been severed by an elderly farmer at Emita, Flinders Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pre-cut Homes Are Rushed by Farmers
Farmers whose homes were destroyed by bush fires are rushing pre-cut homes being offered by an Albury estate agent. A fortnight after the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Corowa Special Sheep Sale
Younghusband Ltd. and Edward Trenchard & Co. (Australian Estates Co.) report having conducted a combined special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the tenth series of wool sales in this centre concluded on 20/3 52, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Payments Extended
Owing to extreme shipping conditions, Melbourne wool brokers have agreed to extend the period of payment for wool…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poultry and Cattle Also Killed
Poultry and cattle had also been killed by the disease, Profound "dopiness" and depression were the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Pool Payments Misleading Announcements
Misleading announcements about wheat pool payments were condemned at a conference of the Southern Division…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra £25m. for wool men
CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Minister for Commerce .(Mr Me-Ewes) announced tonight that the second interleaf distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Wool Sales Close on Weakening Market SYDNEY
Dalgety's News Service reports that the Sydney wool sales closed to-day for the Easter recess on a weakening trend. Good fleeces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Southern Tablelands Championship Sheep Dog Trials Held at Yass From March 12-15, 1952
The championship was won by "Bill," a Border Collie dog owned by Mr. H. H. Harris, of Talhape New Zealand who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers, too, have housing problem
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: There were few farmers who could afford to spend £3000 or so on a house for an employe, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia may hare to import food by 1960 Farmer Suggests We Eat Less: Pay More
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Australia faced the possibility of having to import meal, vegetables, fruit and eggs by 1960, Mr C. M. Williams said tonight. Mr. Williams id president of the National Farmers’ Union and a vice-president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Resent Suggestion That They Need “Bribe”
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Primary producers would fake strong exception to any suggestion that they would have to be “bribed” before they would help to arrest the serious decline in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Star” Junior Farmer Sought
The Junior Farmer Movement is trying to find the outstanding junior farmer for 1952. This boy or girl will be known as the “Star”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Howlong farmer’s death accidental, Coroner finds
Acting Coroner at Wangaratta (Mr. W. Mills) returned a verdict of accidental death at an inquest into the death of Henry Francis Salmon, 33 farmer, of Howlong…
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