Minister Too Busy To Be Farmer
Now holding four Federal Cabinet Ministerial portfolios, Sir Fredrick Stewart is too busy to look after his stud farm at Dundas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1940
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Dairymen Want Margarine Colored
"Any move by the Commonwealth Government to lift the ban on the color of export margarine will be vigorously opposed by primary producers."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Land Stockdales. Higher Sheep and Lamb Values. Cattle Still Dearer
Prime sheep and lambs were again dearer at the Flemington saleyards yesterday. The stock showed evidence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Royal Show Dairy Cattle. Outstanding Teams. Illawarras and Ayrshires
Dairy cattle entered for the Royal Easter Show will furnish tangible proof of the progress being made by this industry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Appraisal Well Advanced
By the end of March the quantity of wool appraised in Australia is likely to be 2,750,000 bales, leaving about 18 per cent. of the season's supplies to be dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Susan Sheep Sizes Up the Situation
SHEEP went to Paris and found she was altogether out of date in her shaggy coat with no swing, no bustle, no peplum, nor had she an umbrella. She got busy with the scissors and feels a new woman in her yards and yards of smooth velours de laine and with her umbrella handle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Saturday, February 24, 1940, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Marketing. South Africa's Position
The wool world has seen some quick changes shire the war started. In Januaty Canada suspended for four months her 10 per cent. antidumping duty on wool. That step was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Purchase. Appraisements of February 22
Appraisements of clips on Thursday, February 82, have been supplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association. Two catalogues comprised the day's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Wool for Japan. Sales by Britain. Canberra
Some benefit will accrue to Australian woolgrowers by Britain's sales of Australian wool to Japan. Under the contract between the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmer Found Shot Dead. Orchardist Seriously Wounded. BRISBANE
Robert Hedlefs, 67, a well-known selector, was found shot dead at Ravenswood to-day. Earlier, Gordon Stewart Pask, 50, orchardist, had been seriously wounded. He is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Strong Protest by Dairymen Refused Permission to Form Union GAYNDAH (Qld.), Feb. 20
The action of Mr. Bulcock, Minister for Agriculture in the Smith “Labor” government, in refusing to permit dairymen to form their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Methodist Conference. Pastoral Session
The pastoral session of the annual Methodist conference opened yesterday at the Lyceum, under the chairmanship of the Rev. E. E. Hynes, president of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Friday's Wool Appraisements
Appraisements of cups on Friday, February 23. have been supplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association. Two catalogues comprised the day's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding: local and overseas wheat values and sales:— All overseas quotes are for Monday, February 26. 1940, and are to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool in War Time Canadian-american Position
Wincheombe, Carson's report:— The wool world has seen some quick changes since the war started. In January, Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Trade. United States Recovery. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26
Domestic wheat prices have recovered because the unsatisfactory crop conditions in Europe have increased foreign demand for united States wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report. SYDNEY, Feb 26
Our cable this week, reviewing International wheat markets, reads:— "Europe milder—crop reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Reduction Poultry Farmers and Electricity Charges
Dundas Councils last week decided not to reduce the price of power electricity for poultry farm Incubators…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Apples and Pears. Crop Acquired. Government's Measures Canberra
The Commonwealth to-day acquired practically all the apples and pears held m Australia and the crops that have not yet been harvested…
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