Junior Farmers at Morisset
The District Supervisor (Mr. A. I. Nicod) visited Morisset district to complete competitions held by the Junior Farmers' Club. After…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Gloucester Dairy Output
GOLOUCESTER .Sunday.— For July cream suppliers to Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., were paid 1/7¾ for choicest. No second grade…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Full implementation of the third leg of Labour's platform would mean Government freezing of private farm and…
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DARWIN: A witness told the Commonwealth Compensation Board today that field batteries had conducted gun practices over cattle in 1941, which spoiled their condition and made the beef tough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Asks Us For More Butter, Eggs, And Milk Foods
CANBERRA: Austerity moves for Australia to assist Britain in her dollar crisis are to be "double-barrelled," it was learned officially today. In addition to Australian imports…
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Eggs are now 3d a dozen cheaper. New prices announced by the Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) are—First quality, unwashed, 1/9…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Industry In Japan To Be Rehabilitated
TOKYO, Aug. 20.—Japan's wool industry will be rehabilitated to the [?]iterim capacity of 733,000 worsted spindles and 815 woollen cards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm College Quarantined
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A student at Dookie Agricultural College, who had contracted meningitis, has been removed to Mooroopna Base…
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SYDNEY.—The annual conference of Junior Farmers Clubs today declared that the State Government should finance farms…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A former Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Sir Louis Bussau, who died on May 5, left an estate in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Announces Higher Prices For Wool
LONDON, Aug. 27. A.A.P.—Wool Control announced increases some of which are considerable in the maximum prices of wool tops and noils…
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Slag wool being conveyed in a railway truck from Hamilton to Broadmeadow marshalling yards burst into flame as the train was standing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Factory's £20,000 Loss On Change Over
On the change over from butter to milk production at the Hunter Valley Dairy Co. there had been a loss of from £20,000 to £30,000, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.K. Heat Causes Beer Shortage, Spoils Sugar Crop "Herald" Service
LONDON, Aug. 27.—A beer short age is now officially admitted in England. It has been caused by the summer, the best in 14 years, which…
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Prices were 10/ a head dearer throughout the sheep section of the stock sale at Greater Newcastle Abattoir saleyards at Waratah yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kentucky Farmer Aged 99, Is Marrying Man "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Aug 28.—Mr. A. B. Farris, 99-year-old Kentucky farmer, is a marrying man. He proved it yesterday when he married Maggie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Better Off, Says Minister
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Primary producers were in a better position now than ever the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall In Exports Feared By U.S. Farmers "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—At a time when Government spokesmen are appealing for a tightening of American belts so that more food can…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prices Advance On Most Wool Grades
SYDNEY, Monday.—Highest price paid to-day at the Sydney wool sales was 51½d for eight bales of JM/Milo (Moree) and 18 bales of Milkin…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The total butter production for Australia for the year ended June 30 last was 138,408 tons, compared with 145,571…
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