Bradford Wool Tops. London, Feb. 29
Many firms at Bradford have received their allocation for the next rationing period, but most of them have not obtained the quantity they anticipated. New business will be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farming & the land, 1940
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Aid for Wheat Growers. Federal Grant. MELBOURNE
The Commonwealth Government decided to-day to grant £500,000 for distribution among New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wheat Trade. Record World Surplus Probable. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29
Officials are puzzled at the independent strength of American wheat in recent weeks, which is 25 cents above the competitive basis of Argentine. Australian and Canadian grain…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Threat to Our Food Exports British Butter Rationing Helps Margarine LONDON
Following the disclosure that Australia's wool trade may suffer as the result of British control of stocks, it is revealed that the market for our butter may also be seriously affected after the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Wool Control. Australian Critic. "Export Prices Too High."
"Australian woolgrowers have good grounds for being dissatisfied with the apparently selfish and short-sighted policy which is being adopted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →On the Land Speedy Disposal of Wool. Bulk of Clip Appraised. British Resale Prices
More than 80 per cent, of the wool available in Sydney this season has now been appraised. As the offering of catalogues did not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ploughing at Night. Farmers Busy in Britain. LONDON, March 1
In the last few days of fine weather, ploughing has been going on in Britain right through the night under artificial light…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Tragic Story of Youth's Job on Country Farm
THIS is the stark story of a 15-year-old boy who accepted a job in the country under the auspices of an organisation known as "Boys on Farms." The boy is dead--from pneumonia allegedly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Train Trucks Derailed
WRECKED. When couplings of a wheat train parted on a down grade at White Bay yesterday, the front truck was derailed, smashing two others and putting five more off the line. No one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No protest on wool policy
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- No formal protest has been made by the Commonwealth Government against the handling of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charged Into Bushfire Girl's Ride to Save Sheep
Despite the menace of a raging bushfire sweeping towards her, a girl of 10 determinedly galloped her…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →U.S. Wool Men Oppose Treaties WASHINGTON
More manufacturers, headed by Mr. Arthur Besse, president of the National Association, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Angry Farmers Want Hunting Stopped, Claim Crops Ruined LONDON
British farmers are complaining angrily about hunting in war time. THEY say they are unable to get sufficient food for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grant to Help Farmers
PROPOSED grant by the Federal Government of £500,000 to assist in moving unsuccessful wheatgrowers off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inquiry Into Death of Farm Boy
The death of a 15-year-old boy, sent to work in the country by the Boys on Farms Movement, Sydney, will be investigated by the movement's executive. Secretary of the movement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Report
N.S.W. Arrivals this week show a slight improvement over those of the previous week (states Prescott Pty., Ltd.'s report), but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Market
The Sydney wheat market was featureless on Saturday. Demand, excluding a few small orders booked by produce merchants was nonexistent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Butter and Cheese Quotas
The Minister for Agriculture on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board, has determined the following quotas to operate during the month of March,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Threat To Butter--Yet
Increased consumption of margarine in Britain is unlikely to affect the Australian butter trade during the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Valuable Sheep Saved In Fire
ORANGE, Sunday.--Six hundred valuable stud sheep were saved yesterday afternoon from a fire which swept Wellwood…
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