Season's Millet Crop In Need of Rain. Some Good Yields
The general outlook for the season's crop of broom millet is very variable. Some stands have already been harvested, and have given fair to good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1940
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Fruit Crops in Danger
Unless rain falls soon, a large percentage of fruit will be undersized, the Director of Marketing, Mr. A. A. Watson, reported during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →— on the Land — Stock Sales. Sheep Cheaper; Lambs Dearer. Weaker Cattle Market
Prime lambs were dearer at the Flemington saleyards yesterday. Good and medium wethers were cheaper; good ewes furn at last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thursday's Wool Appraisements
Appraisements of clips on Thursday, February 8, in connoction with the purchase of the Australian wool clip by the British Government, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fears of Mice Plague. Wheat Country Danger Warning to Farmers
There is growing evidence that mice are multiplying so rapidly in the southern wheat country that they may reach plague proportions by the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speculation in Wool Rights
The executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, at a meeting in Sydney, [?]ded to request the Central Wool Committee and the Minister for Commerce to make illegal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Saturday, February 10, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn Wool Appraisements. Goulburn
At the wool [?]menls 1,972 bales were submitted. The top price was 24d for five bales of sup com [?] account T. D. Croker, Fullerton. Others included: J. A. Baxter, AAA e /23, AAA h /20;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Value of "Rights." Wool Purchase Scheme
The British wool purchase and appraisement scheme has been subjected to some criticism in Auslialla, and cilt[?]cs have also been plentiful regarding the allocation of supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bradford Wool Tops. London, Feb. 12
The consumption of wool and tops is being well maintained at Bradford. The Wool Control Board is showing preference for the export t[?]ade in tops by issuing permits for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Trade Dull. Flour Increased by 5/-
Because of the increase in the flour tax last Saturday, the p[?]ce of flour for local cons[?]tion will be raised to-day by 5/ per ton to £12/12/6. The most recent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.s.w. Wool Clip May Be Record
The quantity of wool received at the seaboard of New South Wales so far this season is 20 per cent, greater than at the same date a year ago…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →More Silos Wanted. Risks of Bulkhead Wheat. DUBBO
Talbragar Shire has decided to support Boree Shire in its request to the Government to have the silo capacity at country sidings increased. They believe the temporary bulkheads built…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle Tick Menace. Sir Earle Page Suggests Voluntary Dipping. GRAFTON
In view of the occurrence of tick fever at so many different points on the Richmond and Tweed Rivers during the last few months, Sir Earle Page urges that the Government should…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer's Arm Torn by Pig
Frederick Walker, 55, farmer, of Wallacia, had his left arm ripped by the tusk of a boar on a pig farm near Liverpool on Sunday, Twenty-eight…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Shipments
The wheat industry is still more concerned about the scarcity of shipping space than any other export industry in Australia. With more than half the trade year gone the wheatfarmer cannot yet see signs of improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Market
A further absence of any sustained general inquiry was reported in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Produce merchants occasionally took small trueles at late rates, but…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Quiet Wheat Trade
Produce merchants continue to operate steadily, but wheat trading otherwise is inactive. Millers are now practically working…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Friday's Wool Appraisements
Appraisements of clips on Friday, February 9, in connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clip by the British Government, have been supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →1939-40 Wheat Harvest
CANBERRA, Tues.--The 1939-40 wheat harvest has now been estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician, Dr. Roland Wilson, at…
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