French Designer More "Wool-Minded"
GLITTERING or brilliant contrasts against a smooth background, such as provided by wool fabrics, is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farming & the land, 1948
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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Wool and Top Prices Japan's Mill Output
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Although prices for tops in Bradford have moved upward recently, their advance has not been as great as recent rises in…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Still Harvesting In Some Wheat Districts; Rice Headers Strip Flat Crops by Our Special Representative
BAULKED repeatedly by bad harvesting weather, some farmers in isolated, rain-soaked pockets of the Temora-Narraburra-Grogan-Milvale-StockinbingalMorangarell districts do not expect to get their wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Can Help In Working Out Bold Plan (To the Editor, "Farmer and Stiller.")
Sir: Your editorial, "Bold plan needed to save Britain," merits nation-wide approval. It voice the opinion of leading thinkers in Great…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →What Is a Bushel of Wheat?
Sir,—I was particularly interested (in "Star Letter." in "The Land" of February 13, by G. M. Jones, of Griffith, N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Growers Praised For Excellent Wheat Effort
PAKING all the circumstances into consideration, fixing the F.A.Q. wheat standard at 60½-lb was not "unsatisfactory," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Quotations Overseas. Thursday, February 26
All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, February 25, 1948, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Price Plan Britain Suggests Alternative
WASHINGTON, February 26 (A.A.P.).—Britain yesterday notified the second International Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Stock Markets Monday Firm Demand for Cattle
The State Marketing Bureau reports: Consignments showed a considerable reduction, 1,566 head being penned, including 303 sold in the store section…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Copper Deficient Pastures Cause "Steely" Wool
ADELAIDE—One hears a lot about "steely" wool nowadays, and rightly so, because it is a menace. It is caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Increase In Wool Price Average
WOOL sold in Australia during January averaged 42.23d for greasy and 49.89 for scoured, according to figures released by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers. For the first seven months of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Board Men For London Meeting
Mr. Douglas T. Boyd, Chairman of the Australian Wool Board, and Mr. H. K. Nock, a member of the Board, will represent Australia at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wool Sales Upward Trend In Brisbane
WOOL sales this week are being held in Brisbane where current high prices are being fully maintained and on some…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →N.S.W. Wheat Receivals Slow Down
UP to last Saturday, practically 80,000,000, bushels of wheat had been received by the Wheat Board in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.k. Wants New Price on Wheat
NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Britain is objecting to a draft agreement on wheat prices at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →States Still Silent On Wheat Stabilisation Plans
NO intimation had been received from Ministers for Agriculture regarding the attitudes of their States towards wheat stabilisation, said the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard)' in the House of Representatives At the recent meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Value of Wheat In Loaf of Bread
SEVERAL inquiries have been received from farmers by head office of the Farmers and Settlers' Association concerning the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →F. A.Q. Wheat Grading System Attacked
PRESENT grading system of wheat, known as Fair Average Quality, failed to meet the requirements of a sound commercial trading system, declared. Dr. G. L. Sutton, when broadcasting over the A.B.C. on "Australian Wheat Grading…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Break Down In Wheat Talks, Claims Pollard
SPEAKING in the House of Representatives, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) said that contrary to the impression created by the press, discussions on wheat stabilisation at the meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council did not break down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Calool Shorthorns Should Make Good Display at "Royal" Cattle Exhibition
SHORTHORNS from the Calool Stud of Mr. W. R. Raper, Culcairn, should again make a striking display at this year's Sydney Royal Show. During 1946 "Calool" topped the…
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