Tumut Corn Crops Likely to Recover After Floodings
TUMUT, Wednesday: Although farmers along the Tumut River from Gilmore to the Tumut-Mur-rumbidgee junction had feared vast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1948
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French Designers Hail New Wool Jersey
Biggest fabric story in Paris just now is the appearance of a wide range of wool jerseys which leading designers are using for dresses and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Report on Dairying Conditions
The district report of seasonal conditions for Riverina and Southwest Slopes for December, 1947, as relating to the dairy industry, reads:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tumut Crops Likely To Recover After Floodings
Although fanners along the Tumut River from Gilmore to the Tumut-Murrumbidgee junction had feared vast crop damage through the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Price in Wagga 2/; Stores Warned
Wagga shops selling butter at 2/0½ a lb. are committing a breach of the prices regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fears For Tumut Millet Crop
The president of the Millet Co-operative Society (Mr. D. Fuller) said yesterday that the millet crop this year would not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working Hours in the Pastoral Industry
"There are entirely unfounded rumors that a 40-hour working week for station hands began on 1st January", says Mr. S. Ick-Hewins, General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →30/2 for Argentina Wheat
In contrast with 17/ - a bushel fixed under the new wheat agreement between Great Britain and Australia the Argentine is charging 30/2 a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record December Rain Rain Tumbled Down Every Second Day Wheat Harvest Held Up -— Corn Crops Benefit
December 1947 was the wettest in Gundagai's history. The official reading discloses that rain fell on sixteen out of the and that 504 points were recorded. The December of 1920 almost most equalled last month total with 494 points…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →5 Bales of New Wheat Bags Stolen
Five bales of new wheat bags, valued at £180, were stolen from the Barmedman railway siding between 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Example of Efficiency As a Mixed Farmer
An outstanding example of a virile, modern, and efficient Australian farmer is 39-year old Mr. J. D. McClintock, of Dinyah, Cootamundra, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stabilisation
Sir,—The Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation is in a position to do historic service to the wheatgrowers of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Working Hours In Pastoral Industry
"There are entirely unfounded rumours that a forty hour working week for station hands begins on the 1st January", says Mr. S. Ick-Hewins,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Packs
Concerned at the prospect pf a shortage in the supply of wool packs due to the uncertainty of jute imports, the Graziers' Federal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine Wool Production Smaller Supplies
Australia is now growing annually only about 116,000 bales of merino Wool of 70's to 90's quality. The number of bales of choicest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Harvesting Operations Good Yields From Irrigation Area Some Losses Anticipated
UP till New Year's eve, before the last rain fell, there had not been one consignment from irrigable land in the bulkhead at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers on World Tour Competition Winners Announced
The three practical New South Wales farmers who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Competition from 105…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Contagious Abortion In Tumut Dairy Herds
Tumut dairy farmers have suffered heavy looses through contagious abortion in the herds. The disease is caused through a germ named…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fears for Tumut Millet Crop
The President of the Millet Co-operative Society (Mr. D. Fuller) said at the week-end dial the millet crop this year would not be as big…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Single Farms for Ex-servicemen But Minister Issues Warning
An inquiry into the activities (or otherwise) of the minister for Lands and his Department regarding settlement of ex-serviceman reveals a…
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