Prize Stories Prize of 5s to Thurley Brayne. D.O.S. (16), Farm 1286. Griffith. My Exciting Day
MY name is Paddy. Quite a respectable name I think, don't you? It suits me, too, seeing I'm a well-bred,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1942
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Butter Price Rise Move
As producers, dairy farmers were prepared to carry a fair share of the war load, but the farmer appeared to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marginal Wheat Lands
There is little possibility of an increase on the £300 now allowed to settlers who voluntarily vacate their holdings in marginal wheat areas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land Wheat Price Farmers Ask for More
The Farmers and Settlers' Association is asking for a higher price for wheat than that guaranteed under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Tick Campaign Postponement Urged
GRAFTON, Saturday.—Postponement of the tick eradication campaign in the Grafton-Maclean area, "until times are more appropriate" was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Foreigners Run Wool Scheme"
FOREIGNERS and sons of foreigners were running the wool appraisement scheme to the detriment of Australians, Mr. T. J. Collins…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Randwick Leger and Post Pictures FINISH — Farm Novice Handicap, 1¼ Miles
AT THE LEGER — GLENFIELD HANDICAP, 6 Furlongs FINISH — GLENFIELD HANDICAP, 6 Furlongs AT THE LEGER — WARWICK FEBRUARY HANDICAP, 1½ Miles FINISH — WARWICK FEBRUARY HANDICAP, 1½ Miles…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Hand Drowns in Cut Down Petrol Tin
Robert Jesse Johnson (20), Baffett St., Mona Vale, was drowned yesterday afternoon when, after suffering a heart attack, he fell face down on to a cut-down petrol tin containing less than a foot of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Confession In Farm Killing 'Put The Body Down In Hole'
DELORAINE, Monday.-- "I shot him through the chest, carried the body into the bush, where I remained till dark…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Hand Drowns in Round Water Trough
Robert Jesse Johnson (20), Baffett St., Mona Vale, was drowned yesterday afternoon when, after suffering a heart attack, he fell face down on to a round water trough containing a foot of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Hand Drowns in Cut Down Petrol Tin
Robert Jesse Johnson (20), Baffett St., Mona Vale, was drowned yesterday afternoon when, after suffering a heart attack, he fell face down on to a cut-down petrol tin containing less than a foot of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Hand Drowns in Round Water Trough
Robert Jesse Johnson (20), Baffett St., Mona Vale, was drowned yesterday afternoon when, after suffering a heart attack, he fell face down on to a round water trough containing a foot of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Confession In Farm Killing 'Put The Body Down In Hole'
DELORAINE, Monday.-- "I shot him through the chest, carried the body into the bush, where I remained till dark…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Hand Drowns in Round Water Trough
Robert Jesse Johnson (20), Baffett St., Mona Vale, was drowned yesterday afternoon when, after suffering a heart attack, he fell face down on to a round water trough containing a foot off water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Saturday, February, 7, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Land Farmers' Debt Heavy Writing-off
Nearly £66,000 has already been written off farmers' debts to the Crown by the Rural Reconstruction Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tomato Crop Taken Over To Be Canned For Forces
CANBERRA, Monday.—To supply the Navy, Army, and Air Force needs with canned tomatoes, an order was issued under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Growers Accept Crop "Freezing"
THE general secretary of the N.S.W. Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries (Mr. McDermott) said today that, though the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Feed for Dairy Cattle
Where rain had fallen recently in the dairying country, said an agricultural instructor yesterday, farmers should rush in a crop of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Harvest Official Estimate
According to the estimates made by official authorities in the various States, the production of wheat in Australia for the season…
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