Motor trailer to carry 250 sheep
A motor truck trailer designed to carry 250 sheep has been built by a 21-year-old Sydney returned soldier. He is Mark Wells, of High Street,…
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Big Milk Crisis Looming Dairy-Farmers Threaten To Withhold Supplies
KIAMA, Saturday.—By threatening to withhold milk supplies if the Federal Government does not accede to a subsidy increase of 1d per gal. to 4d for January, and retrospective allowance of 3d for last November and…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Great Work by Farm Home Boys
The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) yesterday paid tribute to the splendid work done by the boys of the Gosford Farm Home on farms…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Dairymen's request for higher subsidy KIAMA
DAIRY FARMERS have wired Prime Minister Chifley asking for a 3d a gallon subsidy for November…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The farmer- minus hayseeds
A radio station, a bank, and the Bureau of Agriculture this year will send a NSW farmer for a six months trip to see American farms. That will be the prize for winning a Progressive Farmer contest. NSW has some of the best farmers in Australia and some of the worst. This article outlines some of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prime Lambs, Sheep Up 6'
PRICES for prime sheep and lambs soared at Homebush today, and some sales were made up to 6s dearer. Practically all sheep and lambs were from 2s to 3s dearer…
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Some phenomenal prices obtained at Homebush today represented fictitious values for sheep and lambs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Quality Wool Scarce
Consumption of wool in the United States during the war and since hostilities ceased has been the greatest of any country in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sheep Dearer Prime Up To 6/Higher
There was strong competition for light supplies of sheep at Flemington yesterday. Pennings totalled 23.308 (14,932 sheep and 8.376…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Board Man Stands for Parlt
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Although his candidature has been challenged, Mr. A. C. Everett will go to the poll in the Wimmera by-election…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Pest Risk Denied
Officials of the Wheat Board and of the wheat department of the State Department of Agriculture denied yesterday that there was any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australian Wheat. Baking Quality Experiments
Experiments carried out since 1938 on the baking quality of South Australian wheat have shown that bushel weight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Stabilisation Plan Approved by State Ministers
A meeting of State Ministers for Agriculture in Canberra last week agreed in principle to the Commonwealth Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Starvation Threat In World Wheat Shortage By A Staff Correspondent In Washington By Beam Wireless
Wheat distribution into the war-ravaged countries of Europe and the East is emerging as one of the most perplexing and dangerous problems confronting the United Nations. Although it is unspectacular to the public mind, officials…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.W.U. Activities New South Wales Branch P.O. Address: 238 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. Telegraphic Address: "UNIONSYD." Telephone: MA 9367. Unusual Pastoral Claim Won by Union. Verdict for Full Amount
An unusual pastoral claim was heard at the Bungendore Court last week, when, acting on behalf of the Union, our solicitors, Messrs. J. J. Carroll, Cecil O'Dea and Company, proceeded against Doctor Pockley, of Pylara Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bren Carriers on Farms; Trucks in Army Parks
While farmers, desperately in need of transport, are using uneconomical Bren gun carriers, large numbers of vehicles in Army parks cannot be made available because of Lease-Lend difficulties. 'Floods of inquiries from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep, Lamb and Cattle Values Improve
VALUES of sheep and lamb improved further at today's Homebush sales, when light supplies again caused very strong demand. PRIME heavy sheep in places were…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sheep and Lambs Dearer
There was a further rise' in values for sheep and lambs at Homebush stock sales today. Sheep were generally firmer to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Wheat Plan
CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Premiers Conference today endorsed the Commonwealth Government's scheme for stabilisation of the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Wheat Plan
CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Premiers Conference today endorsed the Commonwealth Government's scheme for stabilisation of the wheat…
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