Farm Crops and Pastures Fruit Growing Progress
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 8
In his Presidential address to the N.S.W. Branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Dr. F. T. Bowman, Principal Fruit Research Officer of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, summarised…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5
Shipowners yesterday ordered all ships waiting in Sydney for wool to leave and complete their loading in other ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junior Farmers Tree Raising Flourishes In S.A.
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 12
South Australian Tree Planters' Association aimed to have a million trees planted by individuals and public bodies, excluding the Forestry Service, in 1949, to commemorate the Royal visit, and although this has now lapsed the tree planting project has not been abandoned, and many Young Farmers are hard at work raising tree seedlings…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm Quiz Box Question
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 12
According to the latest official statistics the average yield of corn in Australia is only 24 bushels per acre. What do you think is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The FARMER'S Wife Bea Pumpkin Eater
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 10
Many people find the pumpkin family unpalatable. Here we give you some recipes which should tickle the taste of even the confirmed non-pumpkin eater. Try them for yourself and discover that the pumpkin, and other members of its family,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bolts Rescue S.A. Grape Crop
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4
Without the Balts a great proportion of S.A.'s grape crop -- about 80 per cent. of Australia's total crop -- might have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Visit New Zealand And See How To Farm
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4
"Visit New Zealand and see how to farm," was the advice given by a prominent member of the party of N.S.W. farmers who recently returned from an educational and goodwill tour of New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Who Breeds Potatoes
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5
Fifty-five-year-old Austin H. Price, of Bannister, near Crook-well, N.S.W., is a rare example of a farmer who finds time to do plant breeding work. Mr. Price breeds potatoes and has produced several new varieties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seizure of Farms
Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5
PRAGUE, Saturday. -- The Czechoslovakian Communist Party announces that steps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No New Milk Price Yet Dairymen Impatient
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4
Dairymen would not tolerate Government delay in fixing the new price of milk, Mr. L. C. Turton said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Final Offer on Wheat Price
The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 3
WASHINGTON, March 5 (A.A.P.).—Exporting nations at the world wheat conference have made a final offer to accept 180…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool And Basil Strike Ends
The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Melbourne members of the Wool and Basil Workers' Union, who have been on strike since Monday…
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The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 1
Employers will dismiss all wool store employees who refuse to handle deliveries after Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Effort to Break Wool Ban
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 9
Wool brokers will meet today to attempt to break the deadlock on the wool loading dispute…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 4
Sydney wool-store employees would be dismissed immediately if they did not deliver wool from the stores to-morrow, said a broker last night. He said that employers…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 10
Australian wool exports to Russia in the seven months ended January 31 rose by £8,407,000. In that period Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers in London
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 4
These farmers rode around London on February 25 as a protest against the anti-blood sports bill. They are shown here in fashionable Regent Street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Concern at Snowy River Plan
Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 16
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Orbost residents will seek legal advice on whether the courts could halt the Snowy…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →European Wool Activity
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 5
Wool mill development continues in most parts of Europe, says Winchcombe Carson Ltd. in its weekly report…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plans for Wool Ball
The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 13
The Wool Ball will be held this year at Romano's on May 28--the Peter Pan Kindergarten Committee decided this morning. A prize for the best woollen…
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