Fertiliser Delay Worries Farmers
ADELAIDE.—Deliveries of superphosphates are 120,000 tons behind schedule, and farmers face the possibility of substantial losses on the…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Butter Production Falls Heavily
CANBERRA, Monday.—Butter production in Australia during February this year showed a drop of 12,664 tons, compared with 74,152 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gympie Cattle Get St. Vitus' Dance
BRISBANE, Monday.—A mystifying discase among dairy cattle, affecting their nervous system is causing alarm in the Gympie district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vigilant U.S. Patrol Against Cattle Disease "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, April 14.—Old cow hands along the Rio Grande are back in the saddle again. Riding to safeguard the big cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Market In Sydney Firm
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Greasy merino fleece sold to 65d for 11 bales of LAC/Uralla/New England and five bales of WL/MP/Yass at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sol Green Sells Stud Farm
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The famous racing stud farm of Sol Green, situated near Bacchus Marsh, about 30 miles from Melbourne was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Poultry Farmers Oppose Breakaway Move
A motion that poultry farmers in the Hunter Valley break away from the central executive in Sydney and form a Hunter Valley District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Make Fat Sheep Drive for Britain
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to-night to make a drive for food for Britain. A letter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Wool Not Too High at 2/- Lb"
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The price of 2/ a lb for greasy wool was not too high a value for the world to pay, Dr. E. Booth, Chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dingoes Kill Sheep Near Singleton
SINGLETON, Friday.—The menace of dingoes was so increasing that they were entering homestead grounds and killing sheep, it was reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Charged With £33,000 Wool Theft
MELBOURNE: Following five weeks of investigation by Collingwood detectives of big losses of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain May Use More Australian Wool "Herald" Service
BRADFORD, April 20.—The additional demand created by the scheme to use surplus German machinery to process…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairymen Seek Decision On Claim For Rise
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Milk Zone Dairymen's Council sought a decision from the Prices Commissioner on the application for all increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →54d For Merino At Sydney Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Monday. — Greasy Merino fleece sold to 54d for eight bales of Little Plain/CD/Yass, at Sydney wool sales to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shotgun Explosion Kills Ex-Farmer
SYDNEY.—A man whose right arm had been shattered by a charge from a shotgun died in Ryde Hospital yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Retrospective, If Price of Butter Increased
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Any increase in the price of butter decided upon as a result of the investigations of the Joint Dairy Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Consider New Wool Centres
A sub-committee appointed by the Federal Government has visited Moree and Dubbo to investigate the practicability of conducting wool…
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A major Sydney firm of woolbrokers has acquired land at Newcastle and will build a large wrool store when materials are available…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →200 Sheep Deliberately Burned To Death W. Aust. Police Believe
PERTH.—Police investigations into Monday's fire at the shearing shed at Boodarie Station, 16 miles from Port Hedland, in which 200 sheep perished, are being continued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Post-War Wool For Japan Is Now In Newcastle
The first post-war shipment of Australian wool to Japan will be carried by the steamer Eastern, which arrived in Newcastle this…
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