Big Drop In Wheat Crop
The New South Wales wheat yield for 1940-41 will probably not exceed 23,000,000 bushels, the Agricultural Department estimates…
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Dairy Cattle Demand. High South Coast Prices
The changed seasonal outlook, combined with Great Britain's demand for practically all dairy products, is forcing up the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase in Butter Output
Butter production in New South Wales, having benefited from recent rains, is now above that for the corresponding period last season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Modern Sheep Dip
Recently-shorn merinos emerging from one of the new rotary power spray dips which have been erected on a number of stations this season. The photograph was taken on the property of Mr. W. Giles, Temora. The sheep enter at one side,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse Killed Over 100 Sheep Warren
A Nevertire grazier has been concerned by the death of more than 100 of his sheep and injury to others of the flock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bagged Wheat Dearer for Produce Trade
Bagged wheat for the produce trade will be /2½ per bushel dearer to-day. The new rates[?] which were announced by the Wheat Board on Saturday are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Butter Production
Production of butter is being well maintained at recent levels in New South Wales and Queensland, according to a report, issued by Prescott Pty. Ltd., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interstate Butter Markets
Prescott Pty., Ltd., reports on the local and interstate butter markets as follows:--NEW SOUTH WALES.--Production is being maintained at about recent levels, arrivals…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Country Revival. Pastures Abundant. Increasing Butter Output
Now that the dairy instructors of the Department of Agriculture have had an opportunity to inspect their districts since the break of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wants Better Wheat For Better Bread
Better bread could be baked if farmers were encouraged by the State Government to grow wheat more suitable for making bread, said Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEIGHING F.A.Q. Wheat. Perth
The joint grain committee of the Perth ana Fremantle Chambers of Commerce decided to consider what steps were necessary to secure the adoption…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prussic Acid Poisoning. Weeds to Blame. Sheep Die in North
Hundreds of sheep and some larger stock have died in northern New South Wales as the result of eating weeds which, in their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aiding Wheat Growers. Task for Council. Meeting To-day
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, said yesterday that the Agricultural Council, which would meet in Canberra to-day, would consider…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat As Pig Feed. Request to Minister. WAGGA
Mr. E. H. Graham, of Wagga, New South Wales p[?]gbreeders' representative on the Federal Council of the Australian Pig Breeders' Association, received a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Consumption in U.S.A. Record Mill Activity
In October the United States mills conmimed [?]2,450,0001b of apparel wool, the largest quantity ever consumed in the United States in a month. It is the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floodwaters 20 Miles Wide Town Isolated: Farmers Row for Food
For 12 days floodwaters have completely surrounded the small settlement of Enngonia, 63 miles north-west of Bourke. The township is situated on top of a sandhill, 200 yards from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maximum Price Exceeded. Wheat Firm Fined. Sale of Bags to Farmers
Lindley Walker Wheat Co, Ltd, were fined £25, with £5/13/ costs, in the Central Summons Court yesterday, on each of three charges of having sold…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Monday, January 27,1941, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Wheat Production Reviewed by Canadian Bank
The December "Commercial Letter" issued by The Canadian Bank of Commerce contains a detailed review of the wheat situation. It gives three points as facts emerging from the limited statistics now available on wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.W.U. Pastoral Award Variation Rates to Operate as from 1st March, 1941
The following variations in the Pastoral Award will come into force from March 1: (1) Elsewhere than in Western…
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