Wheatgrowers’ Union Comment Mr. Menzies’ Wheat Proposals
The general president (Mr. C. D. Renshaw) and general secretary (Mr. W. W. F. Pratt) of the Wheatgrowers Union have issued…
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Seeks Farm Materials Ideas
The chairman of the Federal Government Members' Farm Materials Committee, Mr. Roger Dean, Liberal M.H.R. for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought-proof Farms Are a Possisility
The present very low level of induction in most primary industries revives the problem of finding an antidote for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ease the Tax Yoke and the Farmer Will Respond
The federal Government, now that it is belatedly endeavouring to extricate itself from the financial morass into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain--farmers’ Best ’Easter Egg’ in Years Falls in border districts range from 40 points to 2 inches
Farmers in the border district received their best “Easter Egg” for years when soaking rain fell yesterday. Graziers and farmers would like to see…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buyers show little interest in dairy cattle
SYDNEY, Tues.: Prices for dairy cattle at the Royal Easter Show were 30 per cent below last year’s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beef cattle prices down
SYDNEY, Tues.: [?] beef cattle prices at the RAS Show sales to-day were not as high as last year. The decline in prices for Poll…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Wheat acreage in S. E. Riverina will be down 10-12 p.c.”
Wheat acreage in the S. E. Rivering will be down 10 to 12 per cent on present indications, compared with last year, district agromonist, Mr. G.C. Bartlett, said in his monthly crop report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Albury Sheep Market
The Associated Agents conducted their fortnightly sheep market at Albury yesterday when they yarded 11,409 sheep, comprising 7767 fats and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Successful Special Sheep Sale
New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (Inc. in England), report having conducted a most successful special sheep sale at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →McCAUGHEY Brothers Make Generous Gift for Research Pastoral Institute To Be Founded At Coree
MR. Roy McCaughey, Borambola Park, Wagga, and Coonong, Narrandera, and his brother, Mr. Samuel McCaughey, are establishing a pastoral research and training institute at Coree Station, Jerilderie district, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Report Eastern Portion of the Central Murray Region. March, 1952
Seasonal Conditions:—Falls of rain ranging up to 1 inch occurred over the whole of the district in the third week of March. Apart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10-20 per cent. Drop in Southern Riverina Wheat Acreage
Wheat acreage in the South-eastern Riverina will be down 10 to 12 percent on present indications, compared with last year, the District Agronomist (Mr. G. C. Bartlett) said in his monthly crop report issued this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Less tax means more food : farmers’ spokesman
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Primary producers must be given immediate relief from excessive and discriminatory taxation if production was to be stimulated, the Federal president of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union (Mr. I. T. Serjeant, of Benalla) said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Border, district, farmers all smiles: Yesterday’s Downpour Was “Just Right”
Rain yesterday brought frowns to the faces of hundreds of sportsmen and women taking part in the big Easter fixtures in Albury and border districts—but farmers smiled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers to discuss food problem
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Increased primary production will be the main theme for discussion at the annual convention of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter Production Going Up
SYDNEY, Mon.: North coast butter production has, reached 85 per cent of last year’s output, according to reports from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victorian wheat belt had little rain
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The wheat belt and most of western Victoria received only light falls of rain during the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tennis, cricket, coursing, bowls washed out at Albury Farmers Would Like to See Sun Again
Soaking rain which fell over the border district yesterday wished out most sporting fixtures and farmers last night said they were now looking forward to a spell of warm weather. In Albury 135 points were registered for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Fat Sheep, Lamb Sales
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Demand was Black for fat wethers, despite a light supply at Newmarket today and values eased 5/ per head. Ewes and lambs…
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