Drastic Act By Farmer Saves Family
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Fearing for their safety, fanner frantically seized his trite and two children and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1949
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Farmers Must Cut Noxious Weeds Council Will Prosecute Those Neglecting
JUST, as the landholders in the adjoining shires have started a voluntarily blitz against their major pest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARMERS and Smallholders' All-purpose Tractor
The Public Health and Municipal Engineering Congress and Exhibition was recently held at Olympia, London. At the exhibition were many interesting exhibits, including this "Gunsmith" tractor that can be used for hoeing, spraying, cutting, hedging, and many other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.Z. Wool Not for Russia
WELLINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P. Reuter): Plans to load wool for a Russian Black Sea port on the former Liberty ship Wye…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Prices Obtained at Albury Wool Sales; Agents Reports
The first series of the second half of the 1948-49 wool selling season sales was concluded at Albury Wool Exchange on Thursday. A good attendance of buyers was present. Buyers representing Russian interests were also present but did not operate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nsw Wheat, Wool Menaced by Rabbits
The NSW wheat crop may be halved next season and wool exports drastically reduced if wire-netting and other materials are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →300 Sheep Die After Dipping
THE death of 300 fat sheep at Tullibigeal is thought to have been caused by steamy weather when they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illabo Wheat May Have Been Record
Information is sought whether Truclove Bros, of Illabo, established an Australian record. During the current harvest they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Sale of Wool to Reds
In the five months to the end of November last, Russia bought 15,711,857 pounds of Australian greasy wool, worth £3,798,000 an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bright Wool Outlook Consumption Exceeding Production
The outlook for the second half of the Australian wool selling season is promising. Great Britain and the Continent have purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Wool Sales May Be Off Wharf Strike Problem
SYDNEY, Monday—Woolselling brokers' representatives said last night that wool sales throughout Australia may be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Wool Sales May Be Off Indefinitely; Wharf Strike Problem
SYDNEY, Sunday: Woolselling broken' representatives said tonight that wool sales throughout Australia may be postponed indefinitely unless the Sydney waterfront tally clerks' dispute is settled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desert Turned Into Farmland
A rush of applicants for land in the 90-Mile Desert af South Australia has resulted from the successful soil experiments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Sheep, Die After Dipping
The death of 300 fat sheep at Tullibigeal is thought to have been caused by steamy weather when they were dipped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Branding of Cattle Some Practical Hints
The damage done to hides by faulty methods of branding and by branding on valuable portions of the hide is not yet fully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Disease in Qld. Wheat
BRISBANE, Monday: Queensland millers and the Government are concerned with an outbreak of disease…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers & Settlers' Association Narrandera Branch
A particularly enthusiastic meeting of the Narrandera branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday last, when there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sandigo Farmers Jgin Blitz on Rabbits
A meeting of landholders held at Sandigo on Saturday, decided unanimously to commence immediately a two-months concentrated effort…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep for New Luinea
The Acting Minister for External Territories, Mr. C. Chambers, in Lac said he would try to have shipping space made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL 1948 AND 1949 Prices and Stocks
Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. report that wool values show good prospects of continuing on attractive levels this season. Prices…
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