Potato Crops Not Promising
Reports received by the Department of Agriculture indicate that the potato crops in the main producing districts are anything but promising…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farming & the land, 1939
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POULTRY. Starting a Farm. Prospects Never Better
Typical of the misunderstanding of conditions at present and for some time past in the poultry industry is an inquiry whether to start a poultry farm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Party of Young Migrants. Farm Lads and Domestics
A party of 40 farm lads and domestics, brought out by the Salvation Army, is due to arrive in Sydney by the Orontes on February 23…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →— on the Land — May Seek Legal Aid. Rice Growers' Fears. Grave Threat to Crop. Griffith
Rice growers on the Murrumbidgee irrigation Area may take legal action to protect themselves in the event of water supplies being cut off by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Scene in Cooma District
On Bredbo Station, a well-known property of 18,200 acres, the sale of which was reported last week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Average
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death of Sheep Breeder. Goulburn
The death has occurred of Mr. Wallace Wheatley, 41, a member of one of Goulburn's leading families. He was a successful sheep breeder for many years, and won grand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Market. Absence of Demand. Values Steady
The Sydney wheat market was stagnant again yesterday, and prices showed practically no change Millers appeared to have sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wool Trade. Wide Competition. Diminishing Stocks
Spirited, well distributed competition was experienced at this week's Sydney wool sales. Values for the better grown, attractive fleece wools were at times 5…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle Industry's Future. Optimistic Forecast. Rust-resistant Wheats. Bingara
At the concluding session of the Agricultural Bureau conference to-day Mr. H. Gordon Munro, a member of the cattle council of the Graziers' Association, said he thought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swollen Wheat Sends Ship to Doom New York
The British freighter, Maria de Larrinaga, sank during a terrific storm last night with her crew of 37. There were no survivors. Shipping experts consider that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Best Thing That Ever Happened To Us!" Digger-Farmer Wins £5 a Week for Life, Says: Security After Bitter Years Of Struggle
JAMES JOSEPH McGRADY, SHARE FARMER, OF GOORIANAWA, NEAR BARADINE, NORTH-WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, WAS PLOUGHING WHEN NEWS WAS BROUGHT TO HIM THAT HIS JOKE SUGGESTION HAD WON HIM £5 A WEEK FOR…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fodder Supply Inadequate. National Emergency. Farmers Perturbed. Coolamon
As a result of recent Ministerial pronouncements on the gravity of Australia's position, and the increasing dependence of agriculture on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fate of Suburban Dairies. Farmers' Concern
Country farmers who supply metropolitan dairymen with large quantities of lucerne hay, lucerne chaff, and oaten chaff, are alarmed at the possibility that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Migrants Arrive. "Dreadnought" Party. FREMANTLE
A party of 20 youths, whose ages range from 15 to 18, who are migrating from Britain to New South Wales under the Dreadnought scheme, passed through Fremantle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Rugging. Graziers' Opinions. "Growth of Wool Increased."
A recent statement by the Department of Agriculture dismissing the rugging of sheep as being of no economic value finds little support from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter
The London butter market is quietly steady. Quotations: New Zealand, choicest salted 122/- to 123/- per cwt., unsalted 125/-;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat
Trade at the local, wheat market has been rather slow during the past week. Parcels of silo wheat were sold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool
At last week's sales developments were very satisfactory, a keenly sustained demand leading to full clearances. The selection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interstate Butter Markets
Reviewing the interstate and London butter markets, Prescott, Ltd., reports: Victoria.--In most districts dry-weather continues, and production is declining. Arrivals…
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