Team of Farmers on World Tour Rural Bank Plan
SYDNEY, Thursday: The U.S.A., Canada, and Great Britain will be toured by three New South Wales farmers under a plan of the Rural…
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Henty Farmers Strongly Support F. and S.a
At a branch meeting of the Henty Farmers and Settlers' Association the president (Mr. D. A. Kendall) reported that 40 members…
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Speakers at a recent Hanwood Extension Group meeting were convinced that an organisation to deal with the reconstruction of farms was of paramount importance to present and future M.I.A. plantings. The lessons already…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FARMERS & Settlers' Assn. Meeting of M.I.A. District Council
A meeting of the M.I.A. District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in Leeton, when delegates were present from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina Round-up Mass Meetings [?] Atom Bombs and Farmers [?] Fifty-Fifty [?] Printed Silk [?] Air Service [?] Pay Up [?] No Prosecutions [?] Appeal
SHOP assistants from more than 60 country towns have held, or will hold, mass meetings to decide how the 40-hour week will operate…
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SYDNEY, Friday: There was a good demand for light supplies of forage and vegetables on offer at Alexandria saleyards, and the…
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Mr R. Sinclair Smith, who nat been re-elected president of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia. He is…
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Sheep breeding methods in Australia were criticised at a meeting of scientists in Sydney by the lecturer in charge of sheep arid wool at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumblong Sheep Grows Grass on Its Back
On Mr M. G. Smart’s property at Tumblong, is a Corriedale wether, which, besides growing wool, is also spotting an excellent crop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Classing Characters Desirable ma a Flock
However small the flock, periodical classing should be a feature of its management if it is to give maximum returns. 'The following desirable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat for Jute Australia and India
Australia will probably send increased supplies of wheat to India in exchange for Indian Jute. The (Minister for 'Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romnelet Sheep New Type of Crossbred Developed in Canada
An A.A.P. message from Manyberries, Alberta: The Dominion Experiment Farm at Manyberries has developed a new type of sheep called the Romnelet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crops Seem Assured After Rain, States P.p. Board Inspector
Owing to the recent general rain throughout the Wagga Pastures Protection District, sown crops had improved vastly and this year's wheat harvest seemed assured, Mr. T. K. Ryan, stock inspector of the Wagga…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Wheat growers in New South Wales will sow 5,195,000 acres for the 1947/48 crop, an increase of 10% on last season's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Failed to Destroy Bathurst Burrs 22 Farmers Fined at Griffith
TWENTY-TWO cases of failing to destroy Bathurst burrs were heard at the Griffith Police, Court before Mr. A. V. Quiggin,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Junior Farmers' Clubs
JUNIOR Farmers' Club members are showing signs of spring activity. Events in certain clubs have been moving with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd., report: Business in the wool trade at present is very quiet, and the position is not likely to show any…
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SIR,—Earlier in the year. Dr. Gordon O. Robertson, of Tumblong. N.S.W. wrote to the chairman of the Wheat industry Stabilisation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tumblong Sheep Grows Grass on Its Back!
On Mr. M. G. Smart's property at Tumblong is a Corrledale' wether which, Besides growing wool, is also sporting an excellent crop or grass,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Million Aches of Wheat!
The Government Statistician confirmed a recent estimated by the cereal specialist that five million ac[?]es would be harvested for wheat grain in…
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