Bulldozers, Bullocks Build Farm Dams
Mechanical equipment has enabled farmers in the top portion of the Lower Hunter, particularly around Branxton and Greta, to build large dams to irrigate new cultivation areas…
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Farming & the land, 1948
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Against Butter For Palestine
The Federal Government, through the Federal Council of the A.L.P., will be asked by Hamilton A.L.P. "to inquire into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Values Higher
SYDNEY, Monday.—Good length merino wools and best brokens brought from par to 5 per cent. higher prices to-day compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mice Undermine Wheat Stack
BRISBANE, Monday.—Seventy-five thousand bushels of wheat in Yangan grain shed collapsed during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Helps Wheat, Grazing Areas
SYDNEY, Monday.—Extensive and heavy rainfalls over the Western and Riverina districts in the past few days have relieved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Sentenced to Death
SYDNEY, Monday.—A farmer was sentenced to death to-day for having wounded his step-daughter with intent to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal in Wheat Acquisition
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In its fight to have the Commonwealth Government's Wheat Acquisition Regulation declared invalid, the Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Profit "Could Vanish"
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—It would be impossible for anyone to determine accurately what the Federal Government would pay back…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Didn't Keep Secret" 2 Wheat Board Men Accused
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) in the House of Representatives to-night accused two members of the Australian Wheat Board with breaches of "top secret"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →280 Sheep Brought 102,000 Guineas
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the final bid was made to-day at the stud merino sheep sales graziers from every State in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan Dominates Newcastle Wool Purchases
A buyer operating on behalf of Japanese interests dominated the market at the concluding wool sales for the 1947-48 season, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Million Bushels Wheat To Newcastle
TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—To get away to Great Britain and India as much wheat as possible before the International Wheat Agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'No Breach of Wheat Board Secrets'
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Deputy Leader of the Australian Country Party (Mr. McEwen) said to-night that Mr. J. Teasdale,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Wheat Shipment For Dublin To-day
The biggest of 17 shipments of bulk wheat from Newcastle will leave to-day when the Atlantic Captain sails with 9500 tons for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proceeds From Wool Sales Doubled
Proceeds from Australian wool sales for the first 11 months of the current season more than doubled figures for the same period of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rabbits 'Farmed' By Some Landholders
There had been a tendency in the Hunter and Central Coast areas to "farm" rabbits, the District Veterinary Officer (Mr. R. Hall)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Dairy Board Appointed
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The President of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation, Mr. G. C. Howey, of Victoria, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Output "Cut In Half"
SYDNEY—floods in the north and the inundation of low-lying areas in all dairying districts will cut butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warning on Wheat Trailer Danger
Sleeping drivers of wheat trailers on New England Highway were a menace to other traffic, a spokesman for the Associated Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bright Future For Wool Industry
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P)—The world still greatly needed wool and the industry had a good future, the president of the…
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