Sheer Waste To Grow Unwanted Crops, Says U.S. Sec'ty. of Agric
THE war's impact on American agriculture may require additional large-scale shifts in crop production and an overhauling of the new deal farm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1941
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Women and Farm Work
The British Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Bevin) has agreed that women are unfitted for farm work; and only 10,000 will be conscripted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Thursday, February 27, 1941, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DALGETY & Co., Ltd. Wool Report
Appraisement No. 43 under the scheme, and the twentieth for this season, was finalised on Tuesday last, 25th inst., when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Wool Season Closes. Speedy Turnover. 1,115,884 Bales in Sydney
The main 1940-41 wool season finished in Sydney this week, turnover totalling 1,115,884 bales. The quantity handled shows that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Music on the Farm
COWS lulled into contentment by music give more milk, and hens lay more eggs. The cows do not seem to mind what class of music is offered. Singing…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Hardships of Farmers. Minister's Tour. Appeal for Aid. From Our Special Reporter. Weethalle
A mass deputation of farmers from a radius of 100 miles around in the West Wyalong district to-day told the Minister for Lands, Mr. Yeo, that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Minister Would Cut Farm Rents West Wyalong
Instead of having continually to wipe off rent arrears, it would be better to fix rents that farmers could pay, said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifteen Hundred Young Women Farmers in N.S.W. The answer to the women's land army controversy whether trained women, if needed, could successfully replace men on farms, is supplied by--
FIFTEEN HUNDRED Junior Girl Farmers in New South Wales, are now running farms of their own,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Butter Decline. Canberra
Australian production of butter in factories and on farms during the first half of the 1940-41 season amounted to 1,833,420cwt. This was the lowest for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barren Wheat Lands. Failure in the South-west. Deserted Holdings
The failure of the Government's closer settlement scheme in the south-west has been revealed by gatherings of settlers at every stopping place on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bright Potato Prospects. Sound Inland Crops. More Rain Wanted
Prospects for the coming potato crop range from good to excellent, those areas already dug having yielded satisfactory returns of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Dairying Days. First Separators. South Coasters' Enterprise
The modern type of cream separator, which revolutionised dairying in New South Wales in the early eighties of last century, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Products Quotas
The Minister for Agriculture, on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board, has determined the following quotas to operate during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Market
Inquiry was again fairly quiet in the Sydney wheat maiket yesterday. The lack of interest in wheat for produce use was particularly evident…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Saturday, March 1, 1941, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Production. Seasonal Decline Not Likely
On present indications it is unlikely that Australian wool production this season will show any reduction in the number of bales on last season's total…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →400 Wool Men May Lose Jobs
"A serious position, which has already resulted In the dismissal of 200 men is developing in the fellmongering industry at Botany," said the secretary of the Wool and Basil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Higher Wool Prices. Safeguarding Growers. Mr. Killen Explains
The president of the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia, Mr. E. L. Killen, said yesterday that the increased wool prices to local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Labour Shortage. Universal Training Factor. Exemption Question
Fears have been expressed in many districts that the growing shortage of farm labour may seriously affect production in the near…
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