More Support For U.S. Farm Prices
WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): The House of Representatives today approved a bill to provide an additional 2000…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Flood Relief Sought For Owner-Farmers
When they visited Maitland today members of the State Flood Relief Committee promised to give sympatheic consideration to a request that grants be made to owner-farmers similar to those given to share…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Wheat Crop Below Needs
WASHINGTON: This year's U.S. wheat crop, currently forecast as one of the smallest in recent years, may fall below…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hunter Unlikely To Adopt New Butter Process
A new process of triple vacreation in butter-making, which Port Curtis (Queensland) Dairy Association claims can give a 100 per…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flooded Farmers Can Still Smile
Farmers in the Hunter Valley who have been surrounded with floods for a fortnight are still cheerful. I found this yesterday when I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Help for Farmers Urged
The plight of the farmer-owner who was not catered for under the charter administered by the State Flood Relief Committee was emphasised when members of the committee were urged at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Corruption By Farmers In Russian Areas
STOCKHOLM, Fri. (A.A.P.): Corruption among bureaucrats is becoming a serious problem in Soviet Russia according to newspapers from Moscow and other parts of the country reaching here…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Early Decision On Wool Levy Needed'
CANBERRA, Friday.—The rate of the proposed levy on wool growers' returns in the coming wool season to enable the post-Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured Farmer Three Days Without Aid
SYDNEY, Friday.—A farmer aged 69 crawled 200 yards to his home with a broken thigh and then spent three days trying to attract…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Shortage Of Butter Expected
Shortage of milk and cream will not have any immediate effect on butter supplies. The manager of the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Price Better in Sydney
SYDNEY, Monday.—Values of some descriptions of fleece and skirtings, when dry in condition and light fault, improved up to 5 per cent. at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Halfway Mark Passed For Wool Selling
A total of 202,349 bales of wool was sold in Newcastle from June 30, 1949, to June. 1950, the Chairman of the Newcastle Centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Values Maintained
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The market at the Sydney wool sales to-day was generally maintained at yesterday's level…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Utility Wool Cloth Price Jumps To New Levels
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.): Bradford has officially announced that, the maximum selling prices of utility wool cloths in the British home market will be permitted to be increased next week by 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →118¼d Top Wool Price
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Under good conditions from all sections of the trade, the market at the Sydney wool sales to-day ruled firm on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shearer Will Get £5 For Each 100 Sheep
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Shearers in all States, except Queensland, will be paid £5 for each 100 sheep they shear…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commonwealth Suggests 4d Rise In Butter
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government has asked the State Prices Ministers to raise the price of butter from 2/2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Values at Best Point
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The wool sales closed to-day with a good tone and values ruled at the best point of the week for the better types of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Urgent Need For Fodder For 50,000 Starving Cattle
SYDNEY: With at least 50,000 cattle on the verge of starvation, dairy farmers on the North Coast face ruin unless given help immediately. In the Richmond district…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tons Of Fodder For Starving Cattle
Hundreds of tons of fodder to feed cattle isolated in north coast flood areas are being moved by road from Newcastle, a spokesman for the Flood Relief Committee said today…
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