Australia Now Has Record Number of Sheep
CANBERRA.—A record lambing season this year Is expected. The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said to-day that…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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Singleton Dairy Co
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Company Ltd. had a profit of £1014 for the year. The report of directors showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strong Market for Cattle
There was a good supply of cattle at Waratah yesterday. Consignments included a good proportion of prime quality and lightweight descriptions, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advice on Vine Crops
Members at the squash, morrow, pumpkin and cucumber family (vinecrops) generally take a fair amount of room, and it is not possible to plant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Housewives' Asscn. Against Increase of Butter Prices
Rumors that the price of butter was to be advanced by threepence a pound caused concern among members of the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Night Ploughing for Britain's Wheat Harvest
LONDON, Friday: Britain to-day has well over 100,000 tractors but much of the ploughing for the wheat harvest will have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Basic Wage in Dairying Milk Board Member Tells Suppliers
The Government proposed to have a basic wage fixed for all persons in the dairying industry, and when this was done the Milk Board and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Prices Law May Cause Crisis in U.s.a
WASHINGTON, Sunday: A fight between the President and Congress "which might lose the war" is feared by Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Posts for Raaf Commanders Canada Grants Credit To Russia For Wheat And Flour
LONDON, Tuesday: The commanding officers of two of the RAAF's leading squadrons in Britain are being posted elsewhere OTTAWA, Tuesday.—Canada has agreed to an extension of credit (amounting to £3,000,000 Australian) to Russia for the purchase…
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The supply of cattle at Waratah yesterday was small. Consignments consisted principally of medium and plain quality cattle, with only a sprinkling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Appraisements
Winchcombe, Carson Limited submitted for appraisement at Newcastle yesterday an attractive catalogue of 3112 baler of wools, mainly drawn from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hopes for Rise in Butter Price
CANBERRA, Friday.—The need for an increase in the price of butter with the least possible cost to the consumer was urged by a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadian Wheat Sent to Starving Greeks
OTTAWA, Friday: The Minister for Trade (Mr. Mackinnon) said that Canada had prepared to ship 15,000 tons of wheat a month to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stockowners Will Not Dip Cattle
GRAFTON, Sunday.—A meeting of the Clarence Stockowners' League, by 99 votes to 8, decided to continue the opposition to the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"No Need Yet for Butter Rationing"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Federal Government on Wednesday would discuss the report from the committee on dairy-farming dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dead Cattle Near Hexham
Following a complaint by the secretary of the Port Waratah Locomotive Enginemen, the Health Inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Pack Prices Fixed
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Maximum prices at which new wool packs may be sold from September 30 next are fixed by a National Security prices regulation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Industry Control Plan
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Government is examining the possibility of taking control of the dairying industry. Defence and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Army Grows Own Crops In North
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALTA, Sunday.—Seven farms to be opened in this area will eventually supply all troops with green vegetables and…
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GOSFORD, Sunday.—Gosford District War Agricultural Committee will submit to the authorities that pension rights of old men willing to…
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