Dairy Cattle at Show Best for Many Years
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 6
The dairy cattle classes at this year's show were the best and most numerous in memory at a Wagga Show, and reflect great credit on the exhibitors. The classes were both larger and better prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep and Wool Training Final Examination Results, 1949 Stage H., Country Centres Passes for Cootamundra Students
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2
Three Cootamundra Technical College students who recently sat for their Stage 2 examination in the sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Exhibited Uphold Previous High Standards
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 5
All breeds of sheep at the Wagga Show yes-terday were well up to the high standard of previous : years, in the opinion of experts. A MONG the [?] vaster…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania Gets High Prices for Wool Interesting Review of Comparative Figures
Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 3
Tasmania with the fine merino and crossbred wool she produces secures a higher average price for her clip than any other State in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grazier Failed to Report That Sheep Had Part of Ear Cut Off Interesting Court Case Heard at Goulburn
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2
A case of considerable interest to all graziers was heard at the Goulburn Police Court this week when well known Laggan grazier, Stanley A. Cullen, pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed to report to authorities that he had a wether with more than a quarter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Cattle Outstanding at Wagga Show Red Hill Lives Up to Its Name As the Home of the Herefords
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1
Cattle bred in the Gundagai district recorded outstanding successes at this week’s Wagga Show and in the Hereford Section Red Hill bred entries recorded several firsts. It can be claimed that Red Hill lived up to its name of “the Home of the Herefords.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Don't Work in South Africa C.w.a. Lecturer Tells of African Life
Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 4
South Africa is very like Australia in many ways, but there are striking differences. For instance, farmers in South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Prospects in Europe (From “Wheat Board Gazette”)
Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4
A report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture says rain in May and June improved European crop prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Shearing Riverina Title to Wagga
Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
FOR the second year in succession, Jack McMullen, of Roma Street, Wagga, defeated his brother Mick in the Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No. 12 Wheat Pool Second Advance
Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2
The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) announced last Friday a second advance of 1/6 a bushel, involving a total payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coota Field Day Given Instruction on Corriedale Sheep
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 8
Junee students were amongst those who last week paid a visit to Mr. L. "F. Bennett's Corriedale stud at Wallendbeen for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes M.I.A. Wheat Yields Should be Higher Experiment Farm's 17 Bags an Acre
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 3
Many sowings of a wheat pasture combination have been made on the M.I.A. this season in addition to wheat sown alone, and the question being asked by farmers throughout the Area is whether a spring irrigation is necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Wool for China Large Shipments Despite Civil War
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2
Considerable shipments of wool have been made to China from Australia despite the civil war, says Messrs Winchcombe Carson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Show Ends; More Records Go Ring Events, Shearing and Sheep Dog Trials Thrill Crowd
Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
A record third-day crowd of 12,000 in ideal weather yesterday saw the 1949 Wagga Show draw to a successful conclusion. The crowd of 35,000 who attended the show during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For the Man on the Land Anxious Eyes on Next Week's Wool Sales
Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4
If the wool-selling season which opens in Sydney next Monday justifies half the optimism that has been expressed regarding it, Australia will be in a happy position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers' Notes Attention, All Poultrymen! Special Prize for Shew
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2
Mr. Len Hulands, of Murrami Junior Farmers' Club, who has been a successful exhibitor in our shows for many years, has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Production at Lowest Level
Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 5
Milk and cream production has reached its lowest level, according to a report by the Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →F. and S. A.new State President Mr. W. R. Scilley Digger-farmer Who Made Good
Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
A Digger of World War I and a successful in the Narrandera district, Mr. W.R. Scilley, newly elected president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Effect of Exchange on Farm Income (From a special correspondent)
Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 6
In 1931 when the Australian pound was unexpectedly devalued in terms of sterling there were many law suits over payment for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep-Shearing in England
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 4
ON THE PICTURESQUE farms of England's lovely Lake District, flocks of North-Country sheep are being driven dawn from the tells for shearing. Much Ume Is saved by the farmers helping each other to shear their flocks. During the shearing season…
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