Scholarship for Farmers
CANBERRA. Thurs.: The Nuffield Foundation will offer two travelling scholarships to Victorian and Tasmanian farmers…
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Sheep Show sure to be successful (By Our Sheep and Wool Expert.)
This years’ Sheep Show comes round again when the curtain of the 1952-53 wool season has just been drawn after a most successful pastoral and selling season…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter Price Fear in U.s
Threat of home market buyers’ resistance if the price of butter rises is feared by American dairy farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Week in Wool
With the all-time record clearance of 3,821,900 bales (462,979 bales more than in the previous season) for a realisation of approximately £400 million, wool has entered the 1953-54 season in the statistically strongest…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sheep Killers are active in district
Heavy losses by killer dogs have been reported in many parts of the State in recent weeks, including parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Final touches: Sheep Show opens
Committeemen and employes were making final adjustments to the pens and trade stalls yesterday for Albury Sheep Show, which opens on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Travel Films at the Sheep Show
One of the finest collection of travel films ever presented as a programme in Australia will be showing almost continuously at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Riverina Dairying Is Better Than Coast”
Dairying in the Riverina is a much better proposition than along the South Coast of N.S.W., according to soldier settler Stuart Pottie, Glen Ora, Tarcutta. He considers that pastures are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What the sheep and wool industry means to Albury
When We consider what the sheep and Wool industry means to Albury and district, We realise that it is absolutely a vital point of the commercial stability of the town. THIS great commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sheep Show Opens To-morrow
Many of the-exhibits for the Albury Sheep Show have already been placed in the pens at Dalgety and Co’s wool, store…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better pastures can mean doubled sheep population
The grazing lands of New South Wales carry nearly half Australia’s sheep population — the backbone of our Australian economy. FROM New South Wales alone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sober warning on wool prices
Amidst all the excitement about wool prices arises the sober and experienced voice of Mr J . F. Guthrie, CBE whose fame as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fashion smartness found in wool
Fashions favorite in Paris this spring has the Wool dress which has Been given such style and distinction that it is smart enough to wear without a coat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Ministers sent these special messages to the “Mail” Coronation Sheep Show Issue. Wool Industry Outlook for the Future Most Promising
In 1952-53, that is, in the year ended June 30 last Australia produced a record quantity of wool, which is estimated to have exceeded 1250 million lb. greasy, or about 30 per cent of the total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Most of Riverina needs good rain: wool expert
Last week Albury sheep and wool expert, Mr. A. C. Collins, made a tour of the Riverina and when asked yesterday to comment on stock conditions, this is what he had to say :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool one of the most ancient protections for man against the elements (By a Special Correspondent.)
Wool is a natural fibre and is undoubtedly one of the most ancient protections for man against the elements. Although many centuries elapsed; it was comparatively only a short interval in the human story, before man discarded the skin of the sheep with its wooly fleece,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many People Have Asked the “Mail” in Recent Months, “How Is Woolmanufactured?” Two systems of producing yarn from raw wool
Row woof may be converted into yam by two different series of processes, namely, the worsted system and the woollen system of yarn production. The two systems produce yarn of fundamentally different structure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Dresses
Jean Dosses makes this asymetrically cut formal dress in a very dark grey wool finnel. It is worn with a circular shawl collar of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Dresses
Charming teenage dress in checked wooL Douglas Cox presents it in toast and gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Sheep Show Opens To-day The best studs will be represented
Stud sheep, valued in the vicinity of £75,000, will be on view at Albury Corona-nation Sheep Show today and tomorrow. The sheep come from some of Australia’s best known studs and include championship winners at Sydney and Melbourne Royal Shows. Sheep from far distant…
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