Airfields Converted to Farm Lands
To-day, 300 of the 650 wartime airfields in England and Wales, which were so important a factor in carrying the war against…
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Farming & the land, 1946
920 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 28 of 46
Control of Crops Under Irrigation Commission's Powers Questioned
Discussing the power given to the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission to control crops to be grown by irrigation, Mr. J. A. Lawson (C.P., Murray) recalled that during the war, and even since, permission had been refused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Single Farms for Ex-servicemen Conflicting Information Given
In a series of questions in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. S. T. Stephens (C.P., Byron) endeavoured, to clear up, the question whether an ex-serviceman was able under the soldier settlement scheme, to take up portion of another…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shifting Starving Sheep
Because of the extreme shortage of railway trucks and the ravages of drought Bourke district stockowners have had to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Market
The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report: In spite of the gloomy predictions made through the press earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →District News Trangie British Breeds of Sheep
The growing importance of long-wool breeds of sheep, especially for fat-lamb raising, in Trangie and neighhouring districts, is reflected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Industry Registration of Growing Areas
Mr. Clarke: In view of the necessity for obtaining maximum production of wheat and the uncertainty that exists in relation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political Views From All Parties Water Supplies for Farmers £50,000 Made Available for Advances
In order that there shall be no delay in the practical application of the provisions of the Farm Water supplies Act, 1946,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narromine Sheep and Wool Classes
Sheep and Wool Classes will be conducted until further notice in the Showground Pavilion at Narromine on Thursday of each week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd., reported on the 1st August:—In spite of the gloomy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Relief From Road Tax Temporary Measure For Farm Produce
Where the railways could not reasonably meet requirements road transport tax was lifted on farm produce provided the necessary permit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Water Supplies for Farms £50,000 Made Available For Advances
In order that there shall be no delay in the practical application of the provisions of the Farm Water Supplies Act, 1946…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers And Settlers Conference Grave Shortage of Wheat Trucks Wheat Stabilisation Scheme Opposed "A Piece of Political Trickery" Sydney, Friday Night
A shortage of railway wheat trucks promises to bottleneck the storage of the 1946-47 wheat harvest, and may lead to the stacking of thousands of bushels of wheat in open paddocks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seizure of Farm Woman Seeks Redress CANBERRA
When Members gave no sign of response to a petitition presented on behalf by Mr. Corser (C.P., Queensland) in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Farmers Threaten to Withhold Supplies Dissatisfaction with Farm Prices LONDON
Following the refusal of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Williams) to meet the National Farmers' Union on revision of farm prices, two of Surrey's War Agriculaural Executive Committees temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mechanised Farming Goes Ahead in Britain
From the office of the High Commissioner for U.K., comes the following: "The stimulus given to mechanised farming in the United Kingdom by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Top Prices. South African Trade
On present indications, a revision in prices for Bradford tops will be necessary when wool auctions commence. Existing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wheat Industry Minister's Evasion
Commerce Minister Scully, replying in the House of Representatives to Mr. Rankin (Country Party, Victoria) admitted that Mr. Noel Barrett…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Man On The Land News and Reviews Sheep Pelts Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report
Sheepskin pelts which were making 1/2d to 2 1/2d per lb. are now realising 2d to 9d. The pelts carrying a small amount of wool are, to some extent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers' Association Meeting of Dubbo Branch
A well-attendetl meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Red Gross Tea Rooms on Saturday afternoon. There were seventeen members present, and the President (Mr. J. E. Druitt)…
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