Cost Woolmen Millions CSIRO Man on Private Life of Sheep Blowfly
Toll of the blowfly on Australia’s sheep flocks cost about £4 million a year in the 1930’s. At today’s higher wool prices it was much more…
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Farming & the land, 1954
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Millionaire's View on Farmers
The following article has been written by Mr. T. G. Retalic, State Secretary of the A.P.P.U. in South Australia, following comments by an…
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Stock to be fed sheep nuts should be gradually accustomed to the diet, the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of…
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: — Wool continues to meet strong competition at both the Melbourne and Sydney markets, with a hardening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Farm College Big Donations from Queanbeyan
Substantial, donations were made by some Queanbeyan and Bungendore folk at the official opening of St. Michael’s Agricultural and Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Prospects
In a week of spectacular competition for scarce lines of first quality export beef at Rockhampton, Cannen Hill and Homebush,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Poisoned by Old Footbath
Arsenic from an old disused footbath caused the loss of two young cattle in the district recently, the Stock Inspector (Mr. C. D. Gee)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World Wool Production May Increase
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— That world wool production will show a slight increase of about one per cent during 1954-55 is the official estimate…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: We sold 9,700 bales of wool at auction and privately at our Sydney sale…
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With offerings totalling 160,000 in NSW and several big yardings on the Queensland and Victorian borders, activity in the store sheep…
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Speaking at the Annual meeting of Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., on Thursday last, Mr. W. D. Wharton, Chairman of Directors of Winchcombe…
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At last Shire meeting, in reply to a letter from Council in connection allegations by Mr. Kain, whose sheep had been recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Wool Values Up 2½ to 5 % on Previous Sale
On Monday, 4th October, the second series of sales for the 1954-55 selling season at Brisbane opened, and were brought to a close on Thursday, 7th…
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Winchcombe, Carson wired us on Friday: — We sold 9700 bales of wool auction and privately at our Sydney yesterday. The closing market…
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Anthropologists at work high in the Andes gave wool durability another good boost recently when they brought to Santiago an ice-preserved body of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World’s Wool Output Rising
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— That world wool production will show a slight increase of about one per cent, during 1954-55…
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On Monday, 11th October, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 6,830 bales. The selection…
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Research workers in Texas believe that they have made an important discovery regarding the deadly "blue tongue" disease, which had killed large…
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: That at the slightly lower levels, competition was keen during the past ten days, and with the knowledge of stocks…
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An appeal has been made in the N.S.W. Parliament for removal of delays in inspections of diseased stock under the Cattle Compensation Act…
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