Charges Too High for the Farmer
Mr. J. A. Lawson (C.P., Murray) said in the Legislative Assembly that when State Labor members appealed for lower…
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Final Warning to Farmers by Local Fire Officer
In a final word to landholders on the dangers, of bushfire, the fire patrol officer, Mr George Gordon, of Lavington, stressed the need to clear all land of dangerous undergrowth and to plough firebreaks without…
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BALLARAT, Sun.: A 73-year-old farmer, James Joseph OâMearo, single, of Shannon Park, Pittong, 26 miles from Ballorat, was brutally bashed to death at his home yesterâday afternoon. He was attacked whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle History Is Made
BRISBANE, Mon.: The birth of the first Australian bred Santa Gertrudis calves at Risboa, headquarters of the King…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thursday’s Sheep Market
John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. reports Thursdayâs fortnightly sheep market on behalf of Associated Agents as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vic. rejects compromise wheat plan
MELBOURNE, Mon.: State Cabinet today rejected the Agricultural Council’s compromise plan for stabilising the wheat industry. The Premier (Mr Cain)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melb. Wool Sales Merino 5 per cent down
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Except for offerings showing quality, prices for merino wools at the first sale of the season in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers' Club
Officials of the Hay Junior Farmers' Club are endeavouring to get the club back to its former standard of activity and an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep breeders to seek fox exemption
SYDNEY, Tues.: The N.S.W. Sheepbreeders’ Association has decided to seek exemption from payment to State land tax on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool values up in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Tues.: When Melbourne wool sales resumed today the offering of comebacks and crossbreds was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Near-starving cattle eating trees to keep alive
SYDNEY, Tues.: Pulp of centuries-old bottle trees is saving lives of thousands of valuable beef cattle in parched north-western Australia, Starving stock are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Wool industry in bad way in U.S.”
SYDNEY, Tues,: The wool-growing industry m the United States, home of the world’s synthetic fibre Industry, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WODONGA District Section Mr. McEwen sees wheat plan in jeopardy
CANBERRA, Tues,: There was little possibility of having a wheat stabilisation plan before the new wheat season opened, the Minister for Commerce (Mr McEwen) told the House of Representatives today. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tungamah farmers see weeds sprayed from the air
Tungamah and district farmers showed great interest when weeds in paddocks were sprayed from the air by plane on Tuesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alma Park farmers see an interesting demonstration
Farmers of Alma Park Purchasing Organisation watched an interesting demonstration of rustproof petrol at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butchers to kill weak sheep and cattle
SYDNEY, Wed.: Carcase butchers tomorrow will commence killing “frail” sheep and cattle at Homebush State…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool Sales
On Thursday, 3rd September, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales Here Next Week
Albury’s new wool selling season will open next Wednesday, and will end on Thursday, with an offering of about 18,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Myxomatosis helped record wool production
An abnormally good season. helped by myxomatosis in destroying rabbits, resulted in wool production increasing to 3,851,000…
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SYDNEY, Wed. : The NSW Government may decide next Tuesday whether to establish a State Wheat Board, the State…
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