Wednesday's Wool Appraisements
Appraisements of clips on Wednesday, February 21, have been supplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association. Two catalogues comprised the day's…
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Wheat Storage Problem. Silo Position May Be Serious. Next Season's Crop
The danger of the wheat silos in New South Wales being, still full when next year's crop is being harvested was referred to yesterday by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Thursday, February 22, 1940, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →— on the Land — Higher Wool Returns. £17 a Bale Probable. Comparative Results
The greasy wool sold in Australia this season is likely to average about £17 a bale, compared with £13/2/ last season…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Scientific Farming
Cutting grass at a younger stage than is usual for hay and then drying it off very rapidly by artificial means is the latest scientific method. This dried grass…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Too Busy to Work Farm Stewart Sells Advice To City Men
Because of the pressure of public business, the Minister for Supply, Sir Frederick Stewart, offered for sale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irrigation Assures Fruit Crop
TO engineers, the Goulburn Valley (Victoria) and Murrumbidgee (N.S.W.) irrigation systems, are world-famous…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Half Normal Crops
SEASONAL influences in certain fruit crops in New South Wales have been severe. The prune crop in Young district, which produces the major part…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Wool Query
AT great expense, the Federal Government erected six huge sheds at Wentworth Park for the storing of wool. They have been unoccupied for…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →South African Wool Averages 14 3-8d
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Sales of 520,000 bales of South African wool have brought an average price of 11[?]d lb. South African (14 3-8d Aust.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Busy minister sells stud farm
The Minister for Supply and Development, Health, Social Services, and the Navy (Sir Frederick Stewart) has no time left to attend to his stud farm at Dundas He offered for sale yesterday a selection of his prize-winning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Report
N.S.W.: Production does not show any falling off this week, states Prescott Pty. Ltd.'s report, but if present weather conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Wheat Crop. 215,000,000 Bushels. MELBOURNE
According to figures furnished to the Australian Wheat Board by licensed receivers, the present wheat crop is a record for Australia, the chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crop Looks a Record Estimate By Wheat Chairman MELBOURNE
The Australian Wheat Board chairman (Mr. Clive McPherson) today said the present crop would probably…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Losses in Wheat Bushfires
WAGGA, Sunday.-- Having fought flames since Wednesday afternoon, fighters in the Tarcutta, Adelong, Batlow, and Tumbarumba districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.z. Wool for Australia
The United Kingdom Government has authorised the New Zealand Government to allocate New Zealand wool for Australian consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bradford Wool Tops. London, Feb. 24
Home demand for tops and yarns is quieter at Bradford, mainly because users have already covered their requirements in advance Exports of merino tops and botany yarns are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Must Increase Wool Exports London
Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary of the Overseas Trade Department, announces that he has asked the woollen industry to draw up a programme of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Production. World Estimate. LONDON, Feb. 24
The "London Grain, Seed and Oil Reporter" estimates world production of wheat for the 1939-40 season at 5,600,000,000 bushels, compared with 6,000,000,000 bushels in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South African Wool Exports. London, Feb. 24
Exports of South African greasy wool in January were 28,461,000lb. The United King dom took 5,717,000lb, France 5,524,000lb. Belgium 2,162,000lb, the United States 9,320,000lb…
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