Lice-infected Sheep Bring £8 Court Fine
Attempting to sell sheep infected will ice brought fine of £8 for a Deniliquin resident at the Court of Petty Sessions on December 20. The charge was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1961
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Tobacco Crops
Planting of tobacco was completed in the south-west region during November, the district agronomist (Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister’s Statement on Wheat Payments
The following statement was made by the Hon. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P., regarding wheat payments:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Harvest This Season Selected for Standard Sampling
The Deniliquin districtâs record wheat harvest has been selected this season to provide samples for the fixing of the f.a.q. standard for wheat growing throughout Australia. Receiving agent for the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. R. Reynolds) said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister’s Statement on Wheat Payment To the Editor
Sir.—The statement of the Minister for Social Services (Mr Hugh S. Robertson) on the spreading of first payment for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bid to Cut Crop Spraying Costs
The N.S.W. Liberal Party will ask the Federal Government to abolish duty on fuels used by aircraft for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Levy Unchanged
The Department of Agriculture has notified the Deniliquin Pastures Protection, Board that the annual rate , levied on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Cheque
That Australiaâs wool cheque would fall by £65-£70 million in the current season was forecast recently by the chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Agronomist Reports on Crop Position Rice Crops Respond to Recent Heat But Still Delayed
Rice crops have responded well to the recent hot spell although, three weeks behind in the development and growing stages reports district Agronomist Mr. P. R. Druitt. Heavy rain in December caused considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boys Drawn Into Wheat Silos
Two young boys have narrowly escaped suffocation by being burled in wheat within, the past two weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Drawn Down Wheat Chute
The second case of a boy being almost suffocated in a load of bulk wheat was reported from Temora last week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hon. H. S. Roberton’s Reply the Mechanics of the First Advance on Wheat
âOne of the sad features of the confusion that exists over the question of the first advance on wheat is the lamentable lack of understanding of the Wheat Stabilization Legislation, both State and Federalâ, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Improvement in Rice Crops in Wakool-barham District
The unseasonable cool weather conditions wrich was experienced during October-November continued into December. However from mid December on the temperatures…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Massive Population Contributes to Farming Problems
Over-population and low standard of living made the problems of dryland cultivation and vegetation in India much more complicated than in Australia, stated an Indian scientist who visited Deniliquin last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Two Farmers and the 2 Twenty-two Mill. Pound
Let us be frankly and coldly factual the first wheat [?] has been reduced by nearly 20%. The fact is there can be [?] so called splitting of a first payment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wagga Special Sheep Sale
Younghusband Limited and Dalgety & Company Limited Wagga Wagga, report holding their Special Conjunctional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Wool Report
Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd., in an analysis of the latest figures compiled by the National Council of Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Bureau Asking for Higher Promotion Levy
The Australian Wool Bureau will ask growers throughout the Commonwealth to increase their wool promotion levy to 10/- a bale for the next two years from July 1…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Floor Price Scheme Introduction Likely to Ensure Stabilisation
âWool Record and Textile Worldâ, the authoritative U.K. wool trade journal, believes that Australia probably will Introduce some type of wool floor price scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Receivals
Up to Friday, 24th January. 341, 773 bushels of wheat had been received into the silos at Berrigan and 69,740- bushels…
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