Supply Hold-Up Threat By British Farmers
LONDON, Thursday.—British farmers threaten to withhold all supplies unless the Government increases the fixed price for produce. Farmers claim that the fixed price…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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Dairy Farm to Become Wall of Dam
THERE is one man on the downstream side of the Glenbawn dam site who looks upon the project with disfavour. When work on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gunman Wilted at Threat of Riding Crop
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. J. C. Bendrodt, a well-known racehorse owner and restaurant proprietor, was held un by a gunman in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Fabrics From Chicken Feathers "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—"Woollen" fabrics made from chicken feathers, peanuts and corn may soon challenge natural wool, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter and Cheese Production Up
CANBERRA, Tuesday—Butter and cheese production is rising. In June butter production reached 6618 tons as against 6018 in June,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hope Gives Himself Up to Police at Scone Stayed At Hotel, Worked On Farm
Keith George Hope, alias Beckett, 23, wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting of Detective Constable Ahearn in Sydney on Sundays, surrendered to Scone police at 11.45 last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drought Threatens Food Supplies: Farmers Desperate
SYDNEY: Food supplies may be curtailed unless drought-stricken areas obtain early relief, visiting farmers warn. IN a crim survey of inland conditions, delegates who attended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →85 p.c. of Wool for Newcastle Carried by Road
Eighty-five per cent. of the wool reaching Newcastle is being carried by road transport. Some lorries are carrying 57 bales on each trip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Loading Facilities Are Refused
The Premier (Mr. McKell) has refused a request for additional wheat loading facilities in Newcastle. The Newcastle Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Eternal Summer For Farmers"
ARMIDALE, Thursday. — International farming, to give farmers continuous warm and hot weather, is suggested by Mr. D. Shand, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lost 5000 Sheep in Floods, Drought
Seventy-five per cent. of the sheep in the More district would die unless there was quick transport of fodder, said Mr. A. Lee, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12,000,000 Sheep Lost in Three Years
New South Wales now has the lowest number of sheep since 1924. The number of dairy cattle is drown 6 per cent., compared with 1943…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →200 Buyers to Come for Wool Sales
About 200 buyers and their staffs, representing many countries, will visit Newcastle for the first series of wool sales which open at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warwick Farm Next Year
SYDNEY, Friday.—Resumption of racing at Warwick Farm was not likely until late next year, the Chairman of the A.J.C. (Mr. A. G…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm Ruins British Wheat Crops
LONDON, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—Farmers in East Anglia, one of England's great cercal growing areas. suffered the worst blow of the season when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gloucester Butter And Milk Bonuses
GLOUCESTER. Sunday. — Last month. cream suppliers to Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Company were paid 1/75½ for choicest and 1/5½ for second grade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Extra Wheat To Poultrymen
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister For Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) will not increase the quota of wheat to the poultry industry in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lightness in British Wool Fabrics
LONDON: New British wool fabrics include one weighing only one ounce to the square yard. In spite of its lightness it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →States Endorse Federal Wheat Scheme
CANBERRA, Monday.—State representatives at the Agricultural Council to-day agreed to support the Federal wheat scheme after the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drop in Egg Prices Make Farmers Quit
SYDNEY, Monday.—Commenting on the reduction in the wholesale price of eggs to 1/7 a dozen from to-day, the Secretary of the…
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