Poultry Farming Outlook for 1948
Although the average price of eggs during 1947 was somewhat higher than in 1946, the increase did not keep pace with the greater cost of production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1948
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Columnist Scores in 6f Barrier Trial at W. Farm
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Columnist scored a brilliant win in a six furlongs barrier trial at Warwick Farm this morning, defeating Moorland by two lengths in 1.13 1/2. COLUMNIST, who leaves for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Government's Guarantee to Dairymen Defended
CANBERRA, Monday: The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) tonight defended the decision of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Special Cattle Sale
Approximately 900 head, the quality of cattle penned at Wagga on Friday 6th inst, by Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Plan Discussions Fizzle Out
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The annual meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council to-day failed to reach any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Lenten Pastoral From the Archbishops and Bishops of Australia
We, the Archbishops and Bishops of the Australian Church, desire to address you at this Lenten Season on the question of Sunday observance. We are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Single Farms for Soldiers
Mr R. G. Medealf, M.L.A. for Lachlan, has forwarded as the following letter received by him from the Minister for Lands [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Years Activity of the Junior Farmers’ Clubs (To the Editor)
Dear Sir.—On the 1st October, 1928, there was launched in NSW, a movement which has been very popular in the rural parts of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHEEP and Wool Classes
Mr. B. B. Bailey, teacher-in-charge of the Sheep and Wool Classes, held [?]der the auspices of the Technical College, states that the classes will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Prices to Dairy Farmers Fadden Attacks Government
"The Chifley Government's rejection of the dairy industry representatives' majority recommendation of 2/1½d. a lb. to farmers for commercial butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Sheep and Wool Classes Alteration in Class Day
As from next week, the Sheep and Wool Classes at Coolamon will be held on each, Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mr. Bailey, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool
On Monday the N.Z.L.M.A. Co. brought forward a good average selection, chiefly of topmaking descriptions. Also figured in the offering were a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Wheat Receivals
Up to 31st January last, 37,674,000 bushels of wheat had been received into the Government Grain Elevators…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers to Urge Erection of Wheat Silo at Bomen
Bomen farmers will ask the Department of Agriculture, through the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham), to erect a wheat silo at Bomen. THIS was decided at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Stealing at Ardlethan
At the Ardlethan Police court F. C. Freeman (22) of Ardlethan and J. H. Smith (22) of Griffith were sentenced to six months hard labor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Fall in Wheat Month’s Loss 3/1¼ Bushel
Last Friday, for the third successive day, basic food prices crashed on the U.S.A. commodity markets, wheat falling the full 10 cents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Merino Wool 120d at Goulburn
GOULBURN, Friday: Ex-super E greasy merino wool sold to 120d at Goulburn sales yesterday. This is the highest price obtained at Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 4th February, 1948
We submitted a catalogue of 7,164 bales on Tuesday, 3rd instant, drawn largely from the Tablelands. However, there were a good many clips…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrow Escape for Wheat in Belfrayden Fire
About 1.500 bags of wheat lying in a paddock on a Belfrayden property escaped damage yesterday when a fire swept through 30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farmers Underpaid for Many Years Government Accepts Minority Finding
A complete survey of the production costs on Austral in u dairy farms had shown that for many years producers hail been underpaid…
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