King As Farmer
LONDON, May 23. A.A.P.—"I myself am a farmer, with all the farmer's responsibilities," said His Majesty the King at…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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Story Of The Farmer's Daughter
NEW YORK, Wednesday: Charges that farmers' daughters were permitted to visit prisoners in Hamilton County Prison have startled the peaceful community at Noblesville, Indiana. The sheriff, his bride of a month…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Heavily Supplied at Waratah
Every yard was used at Waratah sale-yards yesterday to meet the heavy supply of cattle. The bulk of the offering was of good to prime quality bullocks…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Buyers at Flemington saleyards to-day had 36,175 sheep and lambs to select from. Good to prime descriptions sold steadily at late…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Joint Company to Handle Dominion Wool
CANBERRA, Thursday.—joint organisation to handle disposal stocks of dominion wool concurrently with the marketing of new clips will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dungog Dairyman Wins Aggregate Grading
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Results of the Institute of Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' butter, cream and cheese grading competitions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer's Wife Dropped Negro-Indian Fashion
NEW YORK, Thursday: A negro was felled by an Indian tomahawk thrown at him by a woman as he rushed up the stairs shooting at members of a Williamsburg (Virginia) household. The people had barricaded themselves in on the third floor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poultry Farmers Form Council
The attitude of Sydney egg producers in the strike was criticised at a mass meeting of poultry farmers from Newcastle, Maitland and Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Ear-marked for India
CANBERRA, Monday.—The whole of the exportable surplus wheat in Australia has been ear-marked for India the High Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meet Health Board Talks on Dairy Industry
To adjust differences between the authorities chiefly concerned with the dairying industry, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Grahame) is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Disease Killed Bride-Ship Babies
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Deaths of eight babies on the bride ship Zebulon Vance have been traced to a virus disease, pneumoenteritis, Representative Jackson (Democrat, Washington) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Hand Wins Diggers' Cup
WAGGA, Wednesday.—Running the best race of his career, Farm Hand, 6 to 1, beat the Wagga Gold Cup winner, Peter, 3 to 1, to win…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Queensland Seeks Wool Factory
BRISBANE, Friday.— Queensland is making a strong bid to secure a new wool scouring and carbonising factory which a big French company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coupon Adjustment On Wool Mixtures
MELBOURNE.—Existing differences in coupon ratings between articles of wool mixture and all wool will be removed on and after today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Rural Subsidies Go to Slipshod Farmers"
MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.—Portion of the millions paid by the Government in subsides to rural producers was paid for inefficiency, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Dearer at Maitland
Prime quality cattle advanced 10/ to 15/ a head when a yarding of 950 head was offered at the Maitland saleyards yesterday. Others were unaltered. Best…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed Cattle in Bush Butcher Fined on Two Counts
A butcher Who admitted having slaughtered cattle in the bush to supplement his normal shop quota was fined a total of £35 at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Crops Need Rain Potato Prospects Bright
An inch of rain would be welcomed throughout the Hunter Valley and Central Coast, said the District Agricultural Instructor (Mr. G. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loading First Wool for Italy
The Clan Chattan (9585 tons) will arrive in Newcastle on Tuesday or Wednesday to load 1500 tons of steel for Glasgow and 6500 bales of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Wool Sales to America
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Sales by the British Wool Commission of Australian wool to America from August 1, 1945, to February 15 last,…
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