Farmers Blame Bakers for Bread Quality
SYDNEY, Thursday: Speakers at the Farmers and Settlers' Association's annual conference in Sydney today blamed bakers for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1950
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Farmers brave rain for field day See how to deal with major pests of stone fruits
Growers numbering between 30 and 40 turned out in heavy rain to attend a spraying demonstration at Yenda when infestation of many peach blocks of Green Peach Aphid reached plague proportions last year. One grower sprayed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crops on M.I.A. and adjacent dry area Informative Report by District Agronomist, Mr. W. R. WATKINS
The unusually wet winter and its effect upon wheat and other crops makes the following report to the Department, prepared by Mr. W. R. Watkins, the district agronomist, interesting and informative reading. This report is for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes M.I.A. farmers to demonstrate inventions Gadgets which minimise farm chores
Among the districts of the M.I.A., Hanwood has emerged as one of the most inventive. Farmer's at Hanwood have perhaps a bigger variety of gadgets around their properties than any other group of growers on the M.I.A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cost Tribunal For Dairying Industry
The Federal Government intends to establish an independent cost-finding tribunal for the dairying industry. Minister for Commerce, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cold May Kill Last Surviving Sheep in N.w. Plight of Flooded Towns Worsens
SYDNEY, Friday: Cold weather, forecast tonight by the State Weather Bureau, is likely to kill most of the sheep which escaped death from drowning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Board Chance
CANBERRA, Sunday: The appointment of Mr. Cullen as chairman of the Australian Wheat Board ends tomorrow, it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Synthetics Challenge Wool?
The slogan. "There is no substitute for wool," is good propaganda to promote sales of woolen fabrics, but Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sale Result
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., reports. During the week a very good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Wool Demand Bright Outlook
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Often in the off-auction period between wool selling seasons, a lull in values occurs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Stabilisation Protest Meeting. Growers Oppose Proposed New Scheme
A meeting of wool growers of Dalton and district considered action to be taken in opposition to the proposed Wool Stabilisation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Levy Only Moderate, Says Fadden Government Not Imposing Scheme On Graziers
[?] no time and in no way had the Government sought to impose the Post-Joint Organisation scheme of wool reserve prices on growers, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr Fadden) said last week. The initiative in protosing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Yields Anticipated From Maize Crops District Agronomist Surveys Stock And Pasture Conditions
AREAS in the Tumut and Gundagai Districts are being prepared for maize sowing during the coming season, and it is anticipated that a great increase in the area under maize will be sown during the 1950/51 season —particularly in Gundagai. Sweet corn areas will also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Sheep
Values for sheep at the Homebush auctions last Thursday, showed it rise of 3/ to 5/, the penning totalling 12,784. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Cattle Sale
The Fortnightly Cattle Sale conducted by the Associated Agents, was held at Leeton on Tuesday, August 1st when a good attendance of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Self Sown Wheat
Where last season's wheat was stacked in the railway siding at Leeton while waiting to be trucked to Sydney a young crop of new wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Scheme Ballot "Dangerous"
SYDNEY, Monday: The president of the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation (Mr. F. E. Hitchens) described a proposal to hold a ballot on Post-J.O. wool marketing as extremely dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Board Refuses Bag Request
SYDNEY, Monday: The Australian Wheat Board has refused to agree to a request from the Flour Millers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Referendum Sought on Wool Body
MELBOURNE, Monday: The Federal Government may be asked to conduct a referendum among woolgrowers on a new…
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