Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 120

Dairy Farmers Underpaid for Many Years Survey Committee's Findings

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2

A complete survey of production costs on Australian dairy farms shows that for many years producers have been underpaid…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Australia's Record Wheat Harvest 228, 000,000 Bushels Equals £170,000,000

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 7

Australia would receive about £170,000,000 for 1947/48 wheat harvest Commerce Dept. officials have forecast. This is £35 million…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Wheat Stabilisation to Be Discussed at Canberra Meeting (From Our Canberra Correspondent)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday: Important discussions on the future of the Commonwealth Government's wheat stabilisation plans will be held next week in Canberra at a meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council, which opens on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Holbrook Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

Dalgety and Company Ltd., of Holbrook, held a successful special sheep sale on Thursday last, when they submitted a most attractive…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool Appraisements

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—We sold 6900 bales of wool at our Sydney auction en Wednesday. Values were strongly maintained at recent levels…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited report: We submitted a catalogue of 7,164…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wheat Germination Tests

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

Since the publication in the "Irrigator," Jan. 30 last, of the Departmental article on "Testing Wheat Germination," many enquiries have…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Today's wool sales opened under keenly sustained demand in whie: all sections shared. Values ruled from par to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Rice Machinery Saves Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

The use of rice harvesting machinery to handle wheat on wet ground this season is believed to have saved any thousands of acres of wheat in…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fadden Attacks Government on Butter Price

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: "The chifley Government's rejection of the dairying industry's majority recommendation of 2 11/2 a pound…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Minority's Plan Adopted on Butter Price

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

In granting an increase in the price of butter to dairy farmers last year, the Federal Government followed the minority recommendation of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool Report 4th February, 1918

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Insurance and Agency Company Limited reports:— We submitted a catalogue of 7,164…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Roberton Sees Rejection of Wheat Plan

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: The president of the Australian wheatgrower's federation (Mr. H. S. Roberton) today…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Leeton Farm Hand's Body Found in Room

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

LEETON, Tuesday: Clad only in a pair of trousers, the body of a 26-year-old farm laborer, was found lying across a bed in a Corbie Hill farm…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Body of Leeton Farm Hand Found in Room

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

LEETON, Monday: Clad only in a pair of trousers, the body of a 26-year-old farm laborer was found lying across a bed in a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

American Messages to Junior Farmers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

Junior Farmers throughout the State should listen-in to messages that will be broadcast through 2FC and Regional stations at 11.50 a.m…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

The N.Z.L.M.A. Co. report that they brought forward a good average selection, chiefly of topmaking descriptions. Also figured in the offering…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Little Hope of Wheat Plan From Canberra Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The possibility of a Commonwealth-wide stabilisation plan eventuating front the annual meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council was un'ikely, according to an official who attended the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

£200 in Prizes for Essays on Wool Industry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Australian Wool Board is offering' prizemoney of £200 in an essay competition on Australia's wool…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Quality of Wheat Five Classes of Grain Segregated at Receiving Stations

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

The Chemists' Branch of the Department of Agriculture has received many enquiries as to the value for milling into Hour of the various classes…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →