The Golden Fleece How the Goulburn Wool Sales Started (Contributed)
Sixty years ago anyone who had 50 bales of wool for sale and did not send it to England to be sold, was classed by his follow graziers as being mad…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Wool Report
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C., Ltd. report:— On Monday the 29th September we brought forward a representative…
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Spirited competition from Yorkshire, Continental and American buyers, and very strong support from local manufacturers resulted…
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Wool, the greatest contributor to our export revenue, has escaped the disturbing set-backs it experienced after the 1914/18 war. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strong Wool Position U.s.a. Mills Busy
Winchcombe, Carsen, Ltd. report:—Millmen in the United States have found and continue to find a ready demand for the goods they are…
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The selections of wool available for purchase in New South Wales and Queensland this season have been a factor in the prices secured…
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New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd, report: At the third series of wool sales in Sydney last week approximately 45,860…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Worms in Sheep Prevention of Infestation
Measures for the prevention of infestation, of sheep with worms of the stomach and small intestine are based largely on the life history of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Yielding Wool Less Merino Sheep
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The selections of wool available for purchase in New South Wales and Queensland tills season have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Sheep Loss Germ Causes Death of 200 Sheep Within 48 Hours of Shearing
A germ which infected sheep through open cuts received during shearing operations, causing "gas gangrene" to set in, killed approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Wool Cut? 900 Wethers Average Nearly 18 1/2Lb
What is believed to be a State if not an Australian record, was established is shearing operations now completed at Fontency Pty. Ltd's. property…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wyalong Farmer Found Dead in Tub
Some time during Sunday, Sept. 23, Mr. John Bowe, a 62 years old farmer, of Rocky Glen, near West Wyalong, collapsed and fell head first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Possum Farms Suggested Breeding for Fur
"Possum farming for the commercial production of fur would be introduced in Mew South Wales if an application before the Chief Secretary, Mr…
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At the Sydney wool sales yesterday there was a particularly keen demand for fine wools and good skirtings, values ruling firm at late rates for…
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We submitted a catalogue of 5,207 bales on Thursday, 9th instant, drawn largely from the mid-Western areas, the North-Western Plains, Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stronger Wool Demand Local Mill Activity
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—More widespread competition for wool has resulted in a general buoyancy in values for lines extending from 50's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“The Farmer’s Daughter”
Politics and romance are blended to make “The farmer’s Daughter” thoroughly enjoyable entertainment This R.K.O. Radio comedy-drama…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enormous Wheat Harvest Expected
Estimates of Australia’s wheat harvest are still rising. Official figures came in yesterday from all States, and the total rose to 260 million bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Silos and Taxation Mr. Vernon Treatt Pleads Cause of Farmer
A strong plea that the taxation law should make an allowance to the farmer on silo construction was made in the Legislative Assembly by the…
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