Forbes Special Cattle Sale
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Forbes branch report a yarding of approximately 500 head of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1949
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Fat Sheep and Lambs for Legacy
Farmers and graziers of Wagga and district are reminded by the selling agents that at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Values Since Devaluation Pacific Freights Up
SOME CONTRASTING experiences have been noticeable in wool values since devaluation of sterling and other currencies occurred. In Australia and other sterling areas prices moved upward. The New York Futures Top market trended downward because, as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of Wool in Man’s Suit
The price of wool in a man’s ready-made three piece suit selling retail at 13 guineas is approximately £1/12/9 or 12 per cent of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Prices Up At Gundagai Sale Keen Demand for Fats and Stores
BUYERS OPERATED FREELY AT YESTERDAY’S GUNDAGAI CATTLE SALE, AND PRICES FOR BOTH FATS AND STORES ADVANCED APPRECIABLY ON RECENT MARKETS. THE SALE HAS BEEN CLASSED AS ONE OF THE BEST EVER HELD, IN…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Washing Dairy Utensils the Necessary Procedure for Best Results
In washing and sterilising dairy utensils, advises a departmental pamphlet, the best results are obtained when the following routine is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Cannot Nationalise Farms, Says Dr Evatt
The Commonwealth had no power to nationalise industries such as the steel or coal industries without the expressed permission of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gundagai Asparagus Being Cut This Month Pea Crops Should Give Excellent Yields
THE CUTTING of asparagus at the “Dalkeith” farms commenced this month. This was stated by Mr T. S. Rudkin (District Agronomist) in his monthly report. Stating that further hybrid maize trials were being conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leeton Cattle Sale
The monthly market at Leeton held by W. J. Fulton, Licensed Auctioneer, on Tuesday, 4th October, was most successful. A lighter yarding than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Cattle Compensation Bill
"Any promise I have made I have honored! What I said was that consideration was being given to the establishment of a Cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Farmers’ Loss Concessional Sales to Other Industries
The Commonwealth Government had exploited the wheat farmers of Australia up to No. 11 pool for more than £70,000,000 net…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Wool Prices
There were further rises at wool auctions during the week. At Geelong yesterday the top price was 108½d. compared with 103d. at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Increase In Price Of Butter
Although fresh evidence supporting the producers application for an increase in the price of butler had been claimed, the Prices…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PM Criticised Over Butter Price Promise
CANBERRA, Thursday: Mr. Chifley had failed to honor bis promise to implement the Joint Dairying Advisory Committee's recommendation for an increase of 3d. lb. in the price of butter from July 1. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Prices Seem Certain to Rise
Although there has been no spectacular lift in Australian wool prices since sterling was devalued, all the portents are for a substantial rise before the year is out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and the Dollar Pacific Freights Up
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:--Some contrasting experiences have been noticeable in wool values since devaluation of sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Riverina Wheat Than Last Season Ram Will Enhance Figures Further
It is estimated that the 1949 wheat harvest in the Riverina will exceed last year's crop by 1,385,292 bags…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Items Farm Produce Section at Wagga Show
No material changes will be made to the farm produce section at the 1950 Wagga Show. A meeting of the Farm Produce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer's Night Out
On Tuesday night a well-known sheep and rice farmer from the river country was invited to Mr. Bill Townnsend's place in Yarran Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut District Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee
The monthly meeting of the Tumut District Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee was held in the Tumut Intermediate High…
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