Maize Crop Grown by Electricity
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 13
Mr. Harry Stephenson, a dairy farmer of Leeds, England, grows highspeed crops by electricity to provide fresh food for his cows in mid-winter. In an electrically-heated shed he produces a "summer heat," thcrmostatic control keeping the temperature at 75 degrees or more. Grains of wheat,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmer's Annual Summer Sale
The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 19
FARMER'S annual summer sale commences tomorrow morning. Farmer's hold only two general store wide sales a year-- in winter and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Baronet Dies on Farm Tractor Accident
Daily News · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1
TAMWORTH, Tuesday.--Sir Hussey Burgh Fairile-Cuninghame. 48, an English Baronet, who for 13 yean has been farming at Murrungul. Rushes Creek. 21 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Red' Farmer Became Boxer To Dodge Work
Daily News · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 9
Easily recognised by his shock of Titian hair, American boxer, "Red" Farmer, who is Fred Henneberry's next opponent, took up…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Good Oil to Govt. Power From Crops
Daily News · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5
THE annual convention of the Australian Workers' Union yesterday urged upon the Federal Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquest Opened Into Woman's Death On Farm TENTERFIELD
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 8
The inquest into the death of Constance Sommerlad, 35, was formally opened today by the Coroner (Mr. N. H. E. Jennings)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Promotes Wool Growth New Health Oil for Sheep
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 13
A NEWLY discovered fish oil, "Pilchardone," a health promoter for sheep, is guaranteed by the Canadian Government to be rich in vitamins A, D, and F,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Butter for Export
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 8
During the week ended Feb. 4, the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following Quantities (in boxes) of butter:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Fixtures
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4
According to a cable received from London, the following full cargo wheat fixtures have been made:— Two vessels from New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Other Sheep I Have."
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 10
May Cath admit admit God would give the grace of conversion to a sect holding but part of Divine Revelation? No. We can admit that God may give…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Paris Sponsors Wool
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 15
THE International Wool Secretariat represents a combination of woolgrowers from Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Commercial. Wool Sales
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 45
Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company Limited, Sydney, report:—We offered a catalogue of 4173 bales on January 31, which included a…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →In the Southern Cattle Country
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 14
MR. NEIL ROSS, of Stonehaven Aberdeen-Angus stud, Holbrook, finds silage and wheat grain the balanced ration for stock. The grows his own…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Cargoes for Shanghai
The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 2
Three large consignments of Australian wheat have been purchased for Shanghai-- two cargoes totalling 16,000 tons from New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Bounty Payments Soon
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 10
FIRST payments under the wheat bounty scheme are likely to be made very soon, states Mr. A. H. McDonald, director of agriculture. Arrangements, he says, are well advanced. Applications are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Cinderella" Wheat District. North-west Advances. Educating the Farmer. Bingara
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 7
"I congratulate the farmers of the north-west on their efforts last year in producing a record harvest," said the State president, Mr. J. Cavanagh,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Keen Competition; Wool Firm
Daily News · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 3
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports: Under strong competition from all sections of the trade the market ruled very firm, at the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Cattle Entry at Liverpool Show
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5
THERE were only three exhibitors of dairy cattle at Liverpool show on Saturday. The poor support was attributed to confusion in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oberon Show Sheep Pens. Oberon
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 7
The Oberon Show Association's sheep pens are under construction, and will be completed before the forthcoming show. The pens, which cost £300, are 80 in number, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 6
The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…
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