Sheep Losses Mount in North
TAIMWORTH, Sunday.—Losses among recently shorn and starving sheep are increasing tremendously in the North-west, following the rain…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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More Wheat As Poultry Feed
SYDNEY: Extra wheat is to be made available immediately for poultry feed, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cold Snap Kills Shorn Sheep In Thousands
SYDNEY: Thousands of recently shorn sheep in north western N.S.W. have died in the coldest snap that followed last week's drought breaking rains. Mr. Reg Thompson, stock and sta-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extra Wheat For Poultry Farmers
SYDNEY, Monday.—Extra wheat would be issued to poultry farmers immediately, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Loaded On Katoomba
SYDNEY, Monday. — The two-months-old black ban on the former Australian liner Katoomba was lifted to-day by the Trades and Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Wool Sales Oct. 15, 16
THE second series of Newcastle wool sales will be held on October 15 and 16, when 20,631 bales will be offered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electrification Of British Farms "Herald" Service
LONDON, September 23.—A £72,000,000 scheme to electrify 150,000 farms is planned by the power authorities and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prices Maintained at Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The improved price level established yesterday at the wool sales was maintained to-day. Competition from Continental…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£700,000 Wool Fire In N. Zealand
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday: Wool worth £700,000 was destroyed by a fire which broke out at Rongotai early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool on Truck Slipped; Two Men Hurt
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a semitrailer truck loaded with 10½ tons of wool from the Griffiths district overturned on Liverpool-road near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Wool Price at Sydney Sales
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A record. price for all sales since the postwar wool auctions were resumed was established to-day when Mt. View…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Exports Up 100 Per Cent
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Exports of greasy wool from Australia in July and August were nearly 100 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£600,000 Loss in New Zealand Wool Store Fire
WELLINGTON, Wednesday.— wool estimated by the Minister for Finance (Mr. Nash) to be worth more than £600,000, was destroyed early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Clash With Italian Farmers
MILAN, Sept. 25. A.A.P.—Police, with tanks and armoured cars, restored order when 3000 farmers protesting against an order to deliver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Banks Pledged to Save Farmers
LONDON, Wednesday. Britain's five principal banks have pledged themselves to save the hard-hit British farmers from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Advance Payment on
Payment of the sixth advance of 3.9d per bushel on wheat delivered to No. 7 Pool (season 1943-44) will be available to growers from Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Record Wool Price At Sydney Sales
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A new season's record price of 48½d was paid at to-day's session of the Sydney wool sales for 10 bales of Victorian greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suburban and District Toronto Poultry Farmers Lack Water Points
Poultry farmers who lived in Awaba-road, Toronto, were concerned at the water shortage, said Mr. M. Halsey at a meeting of the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soviet Farm Officials to Be Prosecuted
LONDON, Sept. 26. A.A.P.— Moscow Radio states that the Russian Cabinet has ordered the dismissal and prosecution of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Egg Board Candidates to Address Farmers
Six candidates, who will contest the Egg Marketing Board elections in October, will attend a meeting of Newcastle branch of the Associated…
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