Lower Wheat Yield Adelaide
A reduction of average wheat yield in South Australia for this season was predicted by the Director of Agriculture (Mr. Spafford) yesterday when he estimated…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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Prices Harden Good Wool at Sydney Sales SYDNEY
Prices for average to good wools hardened at the Sydney wool exchange to-day. Other descriptions were unchanged. The selection of 9102 bales was a miscellaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Hand Still Missing Melbourne
There is no trace of George Davidson, 20, who has been missing from Miners Rest since early in March. Police have searched over hundreds of miles without…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Raise Dairy Standard New Technology School in Victoria MELBOURNE
The first term of the new dairy technology school built by the Department of Education, at the State research farm at Werribee, will be opened on May 15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of Girl at Farm Insanity Plea Raised by Accused's Counsel Lust and Cupidity Is Claim by Crown Armidale
Attacked allegedly with an axe while asleep in his bed on the night that his sister, Marjorie Constance Sommerlad, 35, was murdered at Hillcrest, near Tenterfield, Eric Sommerlad, a 25-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →15,687 Boxes of Butter Graded Sydney
The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended April 28, 15,687 boxes of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Values Firm Good Competition at Sydney SYDNEY
A miscellaneous selections comprising 10,640 bales was offered at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Of these 9230 were sold at auction, and 951 were disposed of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Exhibit C.W.A. Has Novel Plan to Raise Funds
A new scheme for raising money for the Country Women's Association Seaside Home at Merewether was outlined by the President (Mrs. W. E. Hutton) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Graded for Export Sydney
During the week ended April 29, the Commonwealth graders examined for export 6674 boxes of salted and 366 bones of unsalted butter at Sydney, and 5200…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aid Wheat Industry Adelaide
At a meeting of representatives of wheat growing and city interests in Adelaide to-day, a committee was appointed to co-operative actively on behalf of banking,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Intruders Surprised in Butter Factory Singleton
Constable Brown and Mr. E. Stanton, a nightwatchman, surprised burglars in the Singleton District Co-operative Society's premises at the week-end. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Supply Control in Emergency Canberra
Proposals for the storage, handling, distribution and marketing of wheat in the event of an emergency arising from a state of war, were to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Values Firm Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY
Of the 6380 bales offered at the wool sales today, 5410 were sold at action, and 1910 disposed of by private treaty. The selection was a miscellaneous one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MAITLAND—CESSNOCK—KURRI West Maitland Best for Years Farmers' Autumn Prospects Stock Inspector's Report
Conditions for autumn are the best for many years in the Maitland district, and stock are doing exceptionally well, according to the Maitland District Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Values Maintained at Waratah Cattle and Sheep Sales
There was a fair supply of cattle at the Newcastle Abattoir saleyards at Waratah yesterday. Consignments included a good proportion of good quality bullocks and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Industry Labour Member's Plea Financial Position of Farmers Canberra
"The wheat farmers of Australia are at present in the worst financial position in history," declared Mr. McHugh (Lab., South Australia) in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Wheat Stack Still Burning: Loss Given at £23,000 YOUNG
Though well under control, the fire in the wheat stack at Young flour mill is still burning strongly, and is likely to burn for several days more…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain's Food in War Greater Land Production Government's Plans Farmers to be Induced to Prepare (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 3
Plans for the expansion of the home production of food in war time were discussed by the Minister for Agriculture (Sir Reginald…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not Located Yet Seat of Young Wheat Fire YOUNG
Although under control, the fire which broke out in a large stack of wheat at the Young flour mill last week is still burning, and is unlikely to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Grazier Wins Long Legal Fight Privy Council Upholds His Appeal Echo of Sydney Wool Fire London, May 5
The Privy Council to-day upheld the appeal of Thelhell Thomas Maurice against Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., and restored the judgment of the…
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