Soviet Crops Good
LONDON, July 6. A.A.P.—Bumper corn crops were expected in the Ukraine, Tass, the official Soviet news agency,…
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Farming & the land, 1953
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Drought, Pestilence Hit American Farmers "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 6. — American farmers are struggling against the worst scourge of drought and pestilence they have faced in 20 years. The drought is turning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Shipment For Britain
The British India vessel Chantala is due this week from Port Kembla to load 12,000 bales of wool for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Laws For Marketing Of Wheat
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Australian Wheat Board will be able to market New South Wales wheat for another three…
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NEW YORK: The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that wheat stocks of 840-million bushels stored in the United States are second only to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Output Sets Record
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Australia's wool production for 1952-53 is expected to be a record. Production is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmer Scholarship
SYDNEY, Wednesday. —The Milk Board will provide a scholarship at Hawkesbury Agricultural College for junior…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LETTERS To The Editor Farm Costs
MAY I reply to points of your editorial ("N.M.H.," 30/6/53)? The increased production of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rains In The North Have Saved Crops
More than an inch of rain which fell in northern districts of New South Wales yesterday has come as a crop and pasture saver for farmers, for in many places the rain was the only worthwhile fall in many months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drifting across the Paris fashion screen come new models in what looks like chiffon or voile—floating and gossamer-light. But it is wool, used by fabric designers in Europe to make new, super-light materials which have all the qualities that go with sheers, plus warmth. Italians Turning To Lightweight Wool
Italian mills are turning out wonderful lightweight wools. Some of these have been starred in the Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To the Editor Farm Costs
IN my letter ("N.M.H.," 9/7/53), one sentence should have the price.—"The statement that the price of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmer 80 Years
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.)—Amos Becketts, who died in Buckinghamshire yesterday, had been a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain for Wheat Is Forecast
BRISBANE. — Weather forecaster Mr. Inigo Jones today predicted rain the N.S.W. wheat belt within a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep For Pacific Island
The freighter Pacific Liberty will carry an unusual deck cargo when it leaves Newcastle tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Shipment for Pacific Island
The first large shipment of sheep to leave Newcastle will go in the Pacific Liberty to-morrow. A flock of 200 ewes will be loaded to-morrow morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truckload Of Wool Missing
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police are searching the metropolitan area for a semi-trailer loaded with 75 bales of wool, worth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Semi-Trailer (Minus £7500 Wool Load) Recovered
SYDNEY.—A semi-trailer which disappeared yesterday with a £7500 wool load was found in a lane at Brighton-le-Sands this morning—minus its load. The wool is owned by a Victorian woolbroker,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale Of Wheat Now At Standstill, Growers Told
SYDNEY: The sale of wheat seemed to have come to a standstill for a time and the position of the flour market was disturbing, Mr. J. Cass, a N.S.W. member of the Australian Wheat Board, said today. Mr. Cass told the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Corn Crops
A Maitland produce merchant said yesterday it had been an excellent season for corn. Lucern, he said, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Farmers Visit Overseas
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Three young New South Wales farmers including a girl, are to leave Mascot for the United…
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