Butter
A continuance in New South Wales of dry weather in many districts is responsible for a decline in production (says…
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South African Wool Sales. London, Dec. 30
At the South African wool sales for the week ended December 23, 64's averaged /28 per lb. Competition was keen. The principal buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Trade. Australians in Demand. LONDON, Dec. 30
The wheat market displayed some uncertainty at the week-end, with a net result slightly in buyers' favour Australians, however, were again in good demand Bulk wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat and the War. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It was gratifying to read that a wheathandling expert, Mr. G. W. Walker, had raised objections to the Government proposal to restrict wheat-planting for next season…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trees on the Farm. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Referring to the paragraph on the desirability of saving trees from destruction, or planting more where they have been destroyed, to provide shade for the animals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improved Pastures. Junior Farmers' Contest
Master John Lattimore, of Wingham, has won the 1939 State championship in the sowing grasses and clovers project conducted by the Junior Farmers' Club Council for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Market
Owing to the holiday in Melbourne, no wheat prices were fixed by the Australian Wheat Board to-day. Quotations for export and local…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Butter Output Is Falling Off
A falling-off in output of butter in all of the four major butter producing Slates of the Commonwealth (N.S.W., Queensland, Victoria and South Australia) is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sheep for Inner Mongolia. Tests with Australian Stock. TOKYO, Dec. 31
The Oriental Development Company is preparing to send to Inner Mongolia in the spring 4,000 to 6,000 sheep bred in Korea from stock imported from Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heinkels Shot Down in Raid High Price For Three Dead Sheep LONDON
Germany lost two of her new and faster Heinkels to-day when they were sent to bomb British warships in the Shetland Isles, north of Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pneumatic Tyres on the Farm. Great Saving in Power
Test carried out at the Leeton Rice Research Station on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area have shown that many advantages, are to be obtained by fitting pneumatic tyres to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Fodder Crop
Three weeks' growth of lucerne in a two-year-old paddock on the Walters Estate at Kyogle. This dense growth was encouraged by renovation after every cut,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grazier Found Shot at Farm Cootamundra
Herbert John Loiterton, a well-known farmer and grazier of Kyra, two miles from Stockinbingal was found dead to-day with a gun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle?
I see mankind as a herd of cattle inside a fenced enclosure. Outside the fence are green pastures and plenty for the cattle to eat, while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Butter Quality
During the week ended December 29, 90.9 per cent. of the boxes of butter examined by the State butter grading staff was found true to brand description as being of choicest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Use Cotton-wool
Cotton-wool is excellent for applying metal polish to silver, brass, etc., as it penetrates all corners and crevices. The wool can be thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes arc for Saturday, December 30, 1939, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Butter-fat Production. Guernsey Record Broken
A victory for the Yarraview Guernsey Stud. Victoria, has been achieved by the imported Rose Gem of Maple Lodge in breaking the mature 273 days' milk and butter-fat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 1
Machinery continues to be well employed in the Bradford wool tops market, cither for the military or the civilian trade, but it is most difficult to obtain further deliveries of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germans Lose Two Planes. Shetlands Raid. Three Sheep the Only "Casualties." LONDON, Jan. 2. (A.A.P.)
Germany lost two of her new and faster Heinkel planes in a bombing raid over the Shetland Islands yesterday. The only "casualties" on the British…
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