Heavier Sheep Supply; Cattle Prices Ease
HEAVIEST supplies of sheep and lambs for several weeks were penned at today's Homebush sale. Buyers were offered 27,106 head, of which 17,771 were sheep and 9335 were lambs…
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Butter for Japanese
Sir,—I noticed in your paper on Friday a picture of the Japanese steamer Daikai Maru and read that the crew were loading butter for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spinning Wool for Britain Export Drive Plan
A plan by which Australia could help Britain's export drive is to be submitted to the Federal Government by Mr. W. H. Mather, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On The Land Wheat Policy Grower Replies To Criticism
If wheat stabilisation could be Achieved under the plan now before the country it would mean an epoch in the history of Australia, said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bid to Save Empire Food Cuts Britain-U.S. To Discuss Wheat
LONDON, Sunday.--The British Food Minister (Sir Ben Smith) will fly to Washington to discuss the allocation of world wheat supplies with the Combined Food Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Progressive Farmer Nine Finalists
At a meeting of the panel of adjudicators of the Progressive Farmer Competition in Sydney at the weekend, the finalists weie narrowed down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rationing Affects Wool Consumption
It will eventually become necessary to consider how long clothes rationing can continue without bad effects on the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wheat Quotations. Overseas and Sydney. Monday, March 4
All overseas quotes are for Saturday, March 2, 1945, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Falling Dairy Output Men Leaving The Farms
WEST MAITLAND, Monday.— Milk and butter production in New South Wales had reached such a stage that it might become…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crop Doubled, Profit Assured
Twice the tonnage of the previous season's crop had already been picked this year, said the chairman of East African Coffee Plantations, Ltd. (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →On The Land Water for the Small Farmer To Defy Dry Times
The provision of farm water supplies as distinct from major catchment and irrigation projects holds wonderful promise, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stud Beef Cattle Fair
Schedules were issued yesterday for this year's stud beef cattle fair, which is to be held at the Commonwealth Wool Store, Pyrmont, from May 3…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Huge World Wheat Shortage
LONDON, Tuesday.--The world wheat shortage was now estimated at 8,000,000 tons, and the rice shortage 3,000,000 tons, said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Quotations. Overseas and Sydney. Tuesday, March 5
All overseas quotes are for Monday, March 4, 1946, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →8,000,000 Tons Short World Wheat Deficit
LONDON, March 5 (A.A.P.).— World shortage of wheat is now estimated at 8,000,000 tons and the rice shortage at 3,000,000 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Labor Government Honors Promise to A.W.U. Good News Poor Pastoral Workers
Members will remember that in November last I made representations to the Minister for Labor and National Service, Mr. Hamilton Knight, in respect to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Move For A 40-Hour Week Court Grants A. W.U. Application to Intervene in Printing Industry Claim Cases Pending in Pastoral and Other Industries
THE Full Commonwealth Arbitration Court, in Melbourne on Monday, granted leave to 38 Unions, including the Australian Workers' Union, and other interested parties to intervene in the application by the Printing Industry Union's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bad Eggs Sold to Traders" Egg Board Complaint by Poultry Farmers
Members of the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia at a meeting at Blacktown on Monday expressed alarm at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Free Training in Poultry Farming
Free training in poultry farming is to be provided at the Seven Hills experimental farm. This was revealed to-day by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hills District "Can Carry on Only As Slaves" Poultry Farmers and Egg-prices
If the retail price of eggs were reduced to 1/6 a dozen, poultry farmers "might as well shut up business," the president of the…
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