State Record of l70 3/4d for Wool
SYDNEY Thursday: A State record price of 170 3/4d. was paid at the Sydney wool sales today for greasy merino fleece…
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Canadian Wheat Sale to U.K. AT 12/6 (Aus.) Per Bushel
The 1949-50 wheat price under the four-year Britain-Canadian contract will be two dollars (12/6 Australian) a bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Wheat Acreage Restrictions Growers Can Now Sow Any Area They Like
SYDNEY, Friday: Growers will be able to sow unrestricted areas to wheat this year, the Minister! for Agriculture. Mr. E. H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Expects to Pat Less for Wheat But U.S. and Canada Hold Out for No Changes
(A.A.P.) WASHINGTON: Brit-ain yesterday served a note on the conference that It [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colinroobie Farmers Join Blitz on Rabbits
Although the Colinroobie district is comparatively free from rabbits, the landholders in Colinroobie are joining in with other farmers in this part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia-Wide Pig Farmers' Organisation
SYDNEY, Thursday: A decision to set up an organisation which could speak for all pig farmers in Australia was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flying Farmers of the M.i.a
AIRCRAFT are coming into greater use in Australian agriculture, and planes engaged in cropsowing and spraying from the air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insignia Wheat Gives Highest Yield at Wagga Experiment Farm
In wheat variety experiments carried out at the Wagga Experiment Farm during 1948, Insignia topped the list with a yield of 33.5 bushels per acre. In the mid-sown hay trial, Baroota Wonder led…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Chairman Diet Suddenly
Mr James Francis Murphy, CMG, chairman of the Wool Realisation Commission, died recently at his home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain Expects Big Cut in Wheat Price Under any New Pact
WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.): Britain has served notice on the world wheat conference that it expects a substantial reduction in prices under any new international agreement. HOWEVER, Canada and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall in Wool, Wheat Prices Would Hit Aust
CANBERRA, Monday: Deep Government fears that a decline in overseas prices for, wheat and wool might throw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.g.u. President on Tour Talks with Farmers
Mr. L. G. Burke, General President of the Wheatgrowers' Union and the Union's representative on the Australian Meat Producers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Watkin's Report on The Rice Crops Low Temperatures Retard Growth
THE senior agricultural instructor, Mr. Watkins, on Thursday last, made the following comments on the rice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Noxious Weeds Farmers must Eradicate
Mr. Burman, newly appointed noxious weeds inspector, reports that his first week inspections revealed that most owners and occupiers had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Realisations
N.Z.L.M.A. Co. report: On 26th January we brought forward a fully representative selection of merino, comeback, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Argentina to Join Wheat Pact
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Argentina has joined Russia in telling the world wheat conference that it is willing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Classing Classes to be Resumed In Junee
Mr. B. H. McCormack was In attendance at the Scouts Hall this morning to enrol students for Ore Junee wool classing casses, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tarcutta Mystery Farm Owner Threatens to Sell Out If Problem Not Solved
If the mystery of the "flying plate" milking machine at Tarcutta is not soon solved, Mr. Laurie Wilkinson, owner of the farm on which the machine is installed, will sell out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Combine to Aid District Overcame Drift to City by Unique Means
Two years ago farmers of Washington County, Georgia, U.S., decided they needed industries to achieve stability and hold farms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sustained Wool Demand The Sheep's Staple and Cotton
Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. report improved volume of buying on United states account, in addition to strong purchasing by…
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