Three Escape From Prison Farm
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Police and warders are searching heavily-timbered country near Castlemaine for three escapees from Castlemine…
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Irrigated Dairying Progress in Berriquin Area
Officers of the Division of Dairying of the Department of Agriculture, have given much assistance to dairy farmers in the Berriquin Irrigation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Weevils
The use of dusts for controlling weevils in wheat is discussed in Bulletin 225, issued by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Out of a total of £10,024,893 worth of wool sold during the Geelong sales during 1947, £4,774,855 worth was…
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ARDLETHAN, Tuesday: Fifty-six bags of wheat, which was stacked ready for delivery to the silo, was stolen from Mr. D. Stewart's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: An application today for an increase in wool classing rates was made in the Federal Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Team of Farmers for World Tour
The three practical New South Wales fanners who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Competition from 105 contestants will leave early this year on a six months' world tour. They were: Mixed wheat, and sheep section, Mr. W. A. Meares, of Bogabigal, Forbes; dairy farmer section, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interesting Sidelights on Team of Farmers To Go on World Tour
The three practical New South Wales farmers who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer competition from 105 contestants, will leave early this year on a six months' world tour. The three winners were: Mixed wheat and sheep section, Mr…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday: More than £1,500,000 worth of wool will be offered at Adelaide wool sales, which start next Tuesday…
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The London spot market has been operating for so many years now that its existence and functions are sometimes taken for granted; but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bright Wool Outlook America's Large Consumption
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. write: Reports from abroad favor the view of buoyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford, the United States and on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Storage Space Filled at Local Mill
Commenting on the wheat position at the local mill, the manager of the Murrumbidgee Milling Co., Ltd. (Mr. R. H. Shaw) stated…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: A number of farmers in the western district stated that it would only be a waste of time to strip the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doings with the Man Bright Wool Outlook America’s Large Consumption
Reports from abroad favour the view of buoyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford, the United States and on the Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Planning
While it is important that the paddocks used for cropping shall be as near as possible to the farm buildings, it is also advantageous to have the…
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Flies are carriers of many infectious diseases and the refuse in which they breed—decaying vegetable matter, old rags and paper,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fears for Tumut River Millet Crop
The President of the Millet Cooperative Society (Mr D. Fuller) the millet crop this year be as big as last year’s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seventy Per Cent: Loss on Cherry Crop in Orange Orchards
Extent of the failure of the cherry crop at Orange is shown by railway freight figures. So far this season only 55,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deaths Amongst Tumut Dairy Herds
Tumut dairy farmers have suffered heavy losses through contagious abortion in the herds. The diseases is caused through a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Several Men Quit Work at Gundagai Asparagus Farm Demand 40-Hour Week at Stop- Work Meeting Batlqw Co-op. Has Signed 44-Hour Agreement with A.W.U.
Fifteen casual and three permanent worker at the asparagus farms at "Dalkeith", Gundaigai, quit their jobs on Monday last following a stop-work meeting. The meeting was called by the men who demanded a 40-hour…
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