Wool Prices British Policy Explained Based on Replacement Costs LONDON
Mr. Liewellyn, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, replying to questions, stated in the House of Commons: "After allowing for the…
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Wool Treatment to Prevent Shrinkage New Method Kept Secret Sydney
A secret method of treating wool whereby shrinkage is practically prevented has been successfully tested The Minister for Supply and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bits and Pieces Home and Abroad Interesting Happenings at Demand for Used Wool
Supplies of raw wool available to the civilian trade have been so scarce in Britain since the outbreak of war that very high prices are being paid for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experiment Farm First Term Opens Many Improvements Made
Students at the Wagga Government Experiment Farm began work yesterday, when the first terra for this year opened. The manager (Mr. A. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science and the Soil Work of the Chemists Protecting the Farmer
Nowhere is the association of science and the land more clearly shown than in the work of the agricultural chemist. Every branch of agriculture owes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fruitgrowers' Forum Cannery Return ol Peach Crop Estimates
IF any growers have not yet serif in their poach crop estimates they are requested to complete these without further delay and send them in to the Fruitgrowers' Registered Office. It is very Important that the cannery should have the complete figures at their disposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caustic Soda Burns On Face and Legs Child Injured on Leeton Farm
SEVERE burns about the face and legs were received by a five-year-old girl on Monday when she accidentally pulled a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marrar News. (From Our Correspondent.) FARMERS & Settlers’ Assn
A meeting of the Marrar branch of the above was held in Winterâs Hall ON Friday night last. The President, Mr. J.F. Gaynon, was in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Appraisements
Dalgely and Co. Ltd. report that at their appraisement on Tuesday and Wednesday last 6286 bales were submitted. The selection included a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Henty Farmers and Settlers Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Henty F. and S. Association was held on Tuesday evening, when Mr. K. R. Morison presided over a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Batlow Fruit Crop Apples and Pears Growers Dissatisfied with Pool
The assessment of crops under the apple and pear acquisition scheme has been almost completed in the Batlow district. Mr. P. B. M'Kenzie, the local…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →140 Sheep Smothered
A large number of sheep forming part of a mob of about 1000, which had been placed in Young trucking yards on Tuesday night, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Power of Wool
The breed, feed, and health of sheep are shown in the fibres of wool which each animal produces, for the lack of any one of these three factors portrays…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Deal Suffers Money to Aid Farmers Estimate Cut by 178,000,000 Dollars Washington
The New Deal suffered a blow to-night when, despite the Administration's warnings that cuts would impair national agricultural economy and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Batlow’s Fruit Crop. Apples and Pears Dissatisfaction with Pool
The assessment of crops under the apple and pear acquisition scheme has been almost complete [?] the Batlow district. Mr. P. B…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundagai District’s Maize Crop Will Be Worth Over £12,000 Best Growth In Years Thousands of Acres Under Corn
THE wealth of gold won from and that still lies hidden in the hills of Gundagai, is not comparable to the riches stored in the valuable Murrumbidgee flats—where to-day is growing the best maize crop seen for years, and it is conservatively estimated by experts that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial WOOL
Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report on 2nd February: "Solid progress is being made with the work of wool appraisement in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative. Co. reports on the 26/1/40: Our appraisement Catalogue No. 12, comprising 10,838 bales, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat at Oaklands
Advice has been received that the Australian Wheat Board has given their decision in connection with wheat at Oaklands as follows: "Bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool From Wyangle
The Nindethana clip, from J. C. R. Pearce, Wyaugle, was appraised in Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney catalogue last Thursday, the ewes making…
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