Casual Labour Pay Lies At Root Of Wool Store Dispute
The Storemen and Packers' dispute is holding up wool in Sydney. In this article an employer in close touch with the wool and hides industry says the basic…
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Riverina Area Is Rabbit Plagued Dry Weather Conditions Causing Some Concern Cattle Industry Prosperous
GUNDAGAI, Monday.—An extremely dry. season is causing many graziers concern between here and the Victorian border, and rabbits have reached plague proportions. However, there is a fair amount of dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Average Wool Price; 49.49d 1b.So Far This Season
FOR the seven months of the present wool selling season, to January 3l, the average price realised for all greasy wool sold was 49.44d per lb. The average for January was 56.03d a lb. Announcing these figures the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers says, as anticipated, they constitute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5th Advance of 1/6 a Bushel on No. II Pool Wheat
A FIFTH advance of 1/6 a bushell has been approved on the 1947-48 crop wheal in the No. 11 Pool. This payment will bring total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Wheat Silo Storage Handle 70 Mill. Bush. In Bulk Minister's Statement
WELLINGTON, Thursday.—It was the Government's intention to build additional silos in New South Wales to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Growers, Shippers Hit By Wool Store Ban Thousands Of Bales Held-up
THE strike of storemen and packers has caused suspension of the present series of wool sales in Sydney, held up the shipment of thousands of bales of wool and also held up payments to growers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Wool Supply Still Short Overseas Flocks Below Pre-War Strenght High Prices For Raw Materials Are Causing Worry To Millmen
WOOL generally has continued to sell readily and any change in prices for Merino fleece and that of the finer crossbred has been upward. It is apparent that most millmen find themselves inaflequately stocked with raw material. Flock numbers in England and other countries have not recovered pre-war levels. America's domestic clip has declined to a low…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldiers' Farms Available Al Mouiamein
Seven farms on "Chowar" Estate, about 20 miles from Moulamein, are being made available for application by members and ex-members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →£2,000CONTESTFORDAIRYMEN Govt, Factories, Plan to Lift Dairy Production
A State-wide dairy production competition, with almost £2000 prize money, which began on July 1 last and ends on June 30 next, is part of the N.S.W. Five Year Plan to improve the efficiency…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Showground In Picturesque Setting 1/3 Bus. Payment on 1947-48 Crop Oats
A THIRD advance of 1/3 a bushel has been approved for 1947-48 crop oats delivered to the Australian Barley Board. The advance will…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Candelo Show Reflected Fertility, of This South Coast Dairying District
THE variety and quality of exhibits at the 63rd show of the Candelo A.H. and D.F. Association reflected the fertility of a rich dairying district which is capable of producing a wide variety of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Demonstration Farms In Hunter Vallev
FARMS selected in the Hunter River Valley for demonstration purposes under the Commonwealth dairy grant scheme are being…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farm Building and Construction Waterproofing Agents For Cement Mixtures
The constituent parts of plaster material (or mortar) were described in "The Land" last week, It is necessary to add some details about waterproofing (damp-proofing) agents so that the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Demand Silo Space Rationing Farmers Seek Support To Bring Pressure On Minister
WEST MILBY branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will seek the support of all branches asking that they "bring pressure to bear on the Minister for Agriculture" to have all silo space rationed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Produce the Week's Markets Reviewed (Sussex Street Wholesale Markets)
The State Marketing Bureau reports: BUTTER: Production has shown a slight decline, but supplies are sufficient to permit a surplus to be placed in cold…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →ON and Off the Farm Secretary And Exhibitor
Candelo's show secretary, Mr. F. M. Roberts, figured in a dual capacity at this year's show. While he was attending to the hundred and one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Need 3000 Big Tractors F.S.A. Demand for More Dollars To Buy Machines
WHILE farmers and graziers urgently needed 3000 heavy tractors for essential [?]ural work, an official threat had been made to cut the imports of these machines by 25 per cent, a speaker said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Breeding Farm. Stock. Veterinary To answer your question our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. All inquiries should be addressed to "The Land" Newspaper, Box 1558, G.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. Mistakes Are Common in the Wound Treatment in Animals
AT different times many articles have been written in "The Land" on the subject of wound treatment in animals. In spite of the information given the same mistakes seem to be as common as ever…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A Farmer Who Feeds Sudan Grass to Cows
Recently I contacted a wellknown farmer who was very insistent that Sudan Grass could be fed without danger to cows…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →D.D.I. Spray Effective on Cows, Dairy Sheds
D.D.T. spray had killed flies and mosquitoes in the Hunter River Valley and prevented a fall in milk production, Maitland Dairy Officer,…
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