Boys for Farming
Twenty-one boys between the ages of 15 and 18, who arrived from England in the Larges Bay yesterday under the Dreadnought immigration scheme, will be trained for farm…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming & the land, 1939
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About Frances Farmer
The most interesting thing about Frances Farmer's trip to Hollywood and fame is the route she used getting there. Miss Farmer travelled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local Butter Consumption
The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended February 17 23,637 boxes of butter manufactured in New…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wheat Bounty
PAYMENTS to farmers under the wheat bounty scheme began In New South Wales this week. The Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plain Bread and Butter
"THERE seldom had been such a tea as that, iced cakes and fruit cakes, layer cakes and sponge cakes. The table looked like the shop window of an…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool Market Firm
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports that yesterday the market was firm at the previous day's rates for all descriptions, and good clearances were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Few Wheat Sales; Prices Ease
In sympathy with a decline in overseas options, the local wheat market eased to-day. Sellers asked 2s 5[?]d a bushel compared…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Slight Fall in Wheat Prices
The local wheat market had an easier tendency yesterday in sympathy with a weaker Liverpool market. Sellers were not pressing and buying…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barley for the Wheat Areas Suggested Alternative Crop of Many Uses which Should Pay
BARLEY is suggested by Mr. A. C. Wenholz, director of plant breeding, as a suitable crop for production in favorable districts during a period of low wheat prices. Apart from the market offering amongst brewers, barley is a most suitable stock…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep Breeding Plan For the South-West
DISCUSSING at a recent farmers gathering at Tullibigeal the lines of sheep breeding suited for the south weat the departmental instructor for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Good Prices at Wool Sales
Up to 19[?]d was paid by a Yorkshire buyer at the second portion of the Sydney wool sales to-day for outstanding lots of the Merryville clip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide
At the wool sales to-day competition was Keen for all classes, and good clearances were effected. Bradford was the principal buyer, followed by France, Australian mills, and Germany. The top…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Future of Wool Japanese Position
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that the absence of International tension has accentuated the briskness of competition for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Users Of Wool Replenish Light Stocks
Keen demand for wool, within price limits, at sales to-date is attributed by an English authority to the fact that trade stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →More Activity In French Wool Trade
TOURCOING, February 11.--Expanded activity has been fully maintained this week. Spinners have taken up big parcels of tops. Prices are practically unchanged, and, if anything…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Imports of Butter Q'land Fears U.K. Cut
Fears that Britain intended shortly to restrict Australia's dairy produce exports to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Worms in Sheep Veterinary Officer's Advice to Flock Owners
JUDGING by the many enquiries received recently for information on worm Infestation. It would appear that this complaint isaga is becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sth. Africa's Wool Exports London, February 22
South African wool exports for January totalled 30,959,000lb. greasy and 752,000lb scoured. Germany took 13,184,000lb. and 266,000lb…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Restoration of Soil Fertility. on Wheat-growing Areas
In the restoration of impoverished wheat lands, it was evident that it was necessary to put back into the soil some thing of the substances that were…
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