Sheep Firm, Lambs Lower at Homebush
Dalgety's News Service reports that at the Homebush yards on Monday 12,929 sheep and lambs were yarded, of fair quality…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1951
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Voting Compulsory On Wool Plan
Voting will be compulsory at the referendum of growers on the proposed minimun reserve prides plan for wool. The ballot will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Plan For Steady Wool Price
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Details of a joint plan to stop violent fluctuations in the price of wool were published today by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price Freeze Will Not Delay Wool Sales
The Sydney wool sales, due to start in a fortnight, will not be delayed by the State price-freeze order the Prices Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Breed of Beef Cattle Developed Expected to Produce More Meat
Tile Santa Gerturdis breed of beef cattle, developed at King Ranch, in South Texas, U.S.A., and named for the Spanish land grant that is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40-Hour Week for Dairymen Claim Granted in Victoria
SYDNEY, Thursday—A 40-hour week in the dairy industry of N.S.W. would increase the production cost of butter from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Number of Farms for Soldiers Soon
There will be more farms allocated to soldier settlers next year than in any year s nce the scheme began, the Minister for Lands (Mr Renshaw) said, opening the RSL Soldier Settlement Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Of Interest to Farmers
Woolgrowers are advised to lodge their orders for this season's requirements for wool packs not later than August 31…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Encourage Farm Storage" Wheat Subsidy
At its meeting last week, the Liberal Party's State Rural Committee reaffirmed its resolution that 3d per. bushel subsidy should…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Withholding of Butter, Cheese Supplies
LISMORE, Friday—A mass meeting of over 500 dairy farmers at Lismore decided to ask factories to withhold butter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Successful Clearing Sale Record Prices for Dairy Cattle on the M.i.a
P. Grace, O. J. Washington and P. E. Thomas, auctioneers of Leeton, report conducting, as selling agents in conjunction, a highly successful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three States Support Menzies' Butter Proposals
Three States have accepted the Commonwealth Government's proposals regarding the price of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Withholding of Butter, Cheese Supplies Urged
LISMORE, Thursday: A mass meeting of over 500 dairy farmers at Lismore today decided to ask factories to withhold butter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Should International Wheat Agreement Be Renewed?
The International Wheat Agreement is again under fire because of wheat compliance with its conditions is costing Australian farmers. This is a natural reaction in these days of rising costs and high prices for wheat on the free market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Buyers Want Safe Buying Basis. British Government is Confident of Future?
Ample private enquiry for local fellmongered wools has prevailed, but the. number of transaction recorded has not been large,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter at 5/- Ib. forecast Soon In N.S.W. If State Follows Victorian Wage Lead
SYDNEY, Thursday: Consumers will [?]e to pay 5/ lb for butter if there is no [?]ease in the present subsidy and if 40-hour week is granted to the dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For the Man on the Land How Will You Vote in Wool Referendum
We are now on the last lap of the Post J.O. Wool Marketing Stakes, with tempers getting hotter in some quarters and anxiety increasing in others. IF you haven't sent in your…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Warned to Check Soil Moisture On Irrigation Area
A warning that farmers could make or mar their crops at this time of the year was given this week by Mr. Jack Da vison, Extension Officer, Yenda, who pointed out that the tuning of the first irrigation was vitally important. Indications were that there was sufficient moisture in M.L.A. soils to last out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boosting Fat Lamb Production 200 Farmers See Trial Results
About 200 farmers from the Murrumbidgee irrigation Area, Wagon, Finly, Berrigan, Cootamundra, Denillquin and Narrandera…
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