Junior Farmers' Scholarships
Entries for the 1949 Junior Farmers' scholarship competition close on September 30. For a boy, the scholarship will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1949
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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes M.I.A. Has Place for Cinderella Crop Demand Exhausts Stud Seed Stocks
One of the Cinderella crops of the M.I.A. is grain sorghum, which, despite being excellent stock feed and equal to cereals in feed value, is sadly neglected and is, in fact, hardly grown at all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Report
The Immediate results of the decision to devalue sterling and Australian currency, as affecting woolgrowers, were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Biology Station For Prospect
CANBERRA, Friday: A Sheep Biology Station is to be established at Prosect, near Sydney, at an estimated cost of £324,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.S. Field Wheat Championships
The Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. will again conduct championship field wheat competition in N.S.W. this year. THE western divisional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Items Inspection of Subterranean Clover Crops
Discussing the inspection of subterranean clover crops yesterday, the District Agronomist (Mr. S. Rudkin) said that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Devaluation Affects World Wheat Prices
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.J.): "The full effects of Britain's devaluation are becoming apparent to businessmen," says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Prices Expected to Rise
MELBOURNE, Monday.—"For wool consumers in dollar countries and in those countries which have maintained previous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Prices Expected to Increase
MELBOURNE, Sunday: "For wool consumers in dollar countries and in those countries which have maintained previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Blow to Former South Gundagai Couple Son Drowned in Flooded Cattle Pit
Barry Smith, aged nine years, son of Mr and Mrs Ken Smith of Casula and formerly of South Gundagai was drowned in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raw Wool in Suit Only 12 p.c. of Total Cost
MELBOURNE, Sunday: An Australian Wool Board statement today denied that the cost of raw wool was the cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WAGGA P.P. Board Inspector Found Strangled Tragedy Recalls Sheep Stealing Disinfectant and Wine in Nearby Bottles
SYDNEY, Monday: With a string of Rosary beads clutched on his hand, Thomas, Keith Ryan, 58, former stock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Desert Dairy Fa[?] At Whyalla, South Austr[?]
“You can always get milk p[?] if you are prepared to pay[?] price”, states an article in the [?] Zealand Dairy Exporter, in de[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers’ Scholarship Comp
Entries for the 1949 Junior Farmers’ competition close on the 30th September 1949. The compettition, which is being sponsored by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marrar Farmer Dies in Junee Well Known For His Progressive Methods
At the age of 89 years there passed away in the June District Hospital yesterday morning a Well known resident of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
THE FARMERS & GRAZIERS' CO-OP, GRAIN INSURANCE AND AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED report on 16th September, 1949:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Estimated Live Weight of Sheep
Messrs Sid Evans and Charlie Purdue know their sheep, or rather the live weight of a fat lamb. At the Methodist Fair on Friday last, various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Enough Butter Soon For Local Consumption Price Factor Blamed for Decline in Dairy Output
Mr. J. T. Reid (C.P., Casino) predicted in the Legislative Assembly that, if the dairying industry was not helped, in five years time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL The Country Producers write
Series 3 commences in Sydney this Monday. Approximately 16,000 bales will be submitted for auction. During the series…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Wool Sales Prices Reached A High Figure
Mr. Chas Pike attended the Wool Sales held at Albury on Thursday last he states the prices reached very high figures, He returned with…
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