Burrendong Waters Proposals for 210 New Farms at Nyngan
Nyngan's proposals for the use of the Burrendong Dam were revealed recently, when the Burrendong Inquiry Committee heard evidence at…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Petrol Shortage May Delay Wheat Harvest
Wheatgrowers in three States fear that the 1949 harvest may be disrupted unless the Federal Government releases emergency supplies of petrol to growers from its defence stocks…
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Like prudent fanners, aldermen of the Narromine Municipal Council consider it wise to safeguard their wheat crop, and, determined to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter Wheat Experiment
A variety of wheat which can be sown as early as March and as late as mid-June and shows strong resistance to cold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freedom to Sell Wool
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said that soldier settlers were at liberty to sell wool, covered by a wool lien in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia Third Largest Butter Exporter Washington
Listing Australia as the world's third largest butter exporter in 1943—although still 20 per cent, below its pre-war volume—a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol and Wool and Devaluation
Among the many crippling shortages from which Australia suffers is the shortage of petrol. It shares with coal a vital and basic place in the industrial life of the nation. Yesterday, because of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sale Prices Rise Again. Brisbane
Prices continued to rise when the Brisbane wool sales were resumed yesterday. The general level of prices was slightly higher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Reserves of Wool Held by Mills
Although the demand for goods is the basic force in wool buying, the particular impetus behind the values now ruling is that the quantity of the raw material grown is not equal to the volume…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Wheat Crops Make Good Recovery Lower Yield Is Predicted
Late sowing, district wheat crops doing remarkably well and many, of the crops grazed early in the year Had made an excellent recovery as a result of the finishing rains in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Dairy Season
The betters than average rainfall in October, combined with scaking rains in September has assured one of the best…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Linseed Crop Competition
With about 40 entries—most of them in the north-west of the State—judging of the first linseed competition over held in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers Wheat Project Competition
The Gilgandra Junior Farmers' Wheat Project Competition was judged last Saturday by Mr. H. Gibbons, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep on Trefoil Country Suffer From Disease
Reporting to last Coonamble P.P. Board meeting, the Stock Inspector (Mr. E. G. Lowe) stated:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.s. and Their Wool May Sell Where Convenient
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said during the week that soldier settlers were at liberty to sell wool,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmers' Home Science Show. Splendid Exhibits of Cooking and Needlework
EXCELLENT exhibits of needlework and cooking highlighted the Wellington Junior Farmers' Home Science Show in the Agricultural Hall on Saturday last. The Show, which was the first held since the local Club was…
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Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report :— The fifth series of sales opened in Sydney last week, when this Company…
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The Country Producers Selling Co, Ltd. report t.— Wool sales were continued in Sydney throughout the week with values for…
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The wool market generally has shown strength at recent levels with particular emphasis on the demand for [?] shortage of supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Harvest May Start Soon Warn Weather Needed
District farmers told to-day that a few warm days will make it [?] for [?] wheat [?] to [?]…
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