N.z. Wool Sales Record Figures
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.-- Prices at the third Auckland wool sale today were on an average 20 to 25 per cent, higher than those which ruled at the second sale here in November. Today's…
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68.3M. of 77M.bus Wheat Delivered
NEW SOUTH WALES farmers [?] delivered to the Wheal Bord 68,384,000 out of an estimated 77,000,00 bushels wheat crop, a spokesman for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Low Quality Wheat Coming From N.W.
A LOT of under-quality wheat grain, some running as low as 50-1b was coming from the North-West, said the cereal specialist…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Pinnacle Wheat Yields 68-Bush. In Competitions
FEATURE of the Wimmera and Northern District (Vic.) wheat crop championships, just completed, was the high yields…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Albion Park Opens Show Season With Grand Cattle Display
ALBION Park A.H. and I. Association opened the 1950 series of South Coast shows with its 56th annual exhibition last Friday and Saturday. Exhibits of dairy cattle were the beat for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evidence of Rabbit Drought In Some N.S.W. Pastoral Areas
THE dry spell which set in suddenly early last month in N.S.W. pastoral districts has been followed by evidence of a rabbit drought in some parts. This is stated by the Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Training Scheme For U.K. Wool Industry
DETAILS of an ambitious labor training scheme, believed to be the first of its kind in British industry, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£124M. for Wool First Half Of Season
Wool sold in the first half of the current season realised £124.7 million, an increase of £39.2 million, or 36.5 per…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Griffith May Have Bigger Wheat Stack This Year
A SATISFACTORY condition in regard to the present season wheat crop is reported from the Griffith rail head. Blacking of the new season…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Week Of Records, Soaring Prices On Wool Market
With further 5[?]rise in prices yesterday the Sydney wool market reached its highest level. Two records were broken—…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Prices Rise 25 to 30 per cent
SINCE Sydney wool sales re-opened on Monday the market has risen 25 to 30 per cent, over the last 1949 sales, held just before Christmas. Prices at the last pre-Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Season's Wool Cheque Record Should Be Exceeded
TOTAL wool sales in Australia for the first half of the current season were 1,775,000 bales, realising about £120,000,000. This compares…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federation Proposal For Future Wool Marketing Commended To Growers
WOOLGROWERS in the organisations affiliated with the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation would do well to give active support to the organised wool marketing plan put forward by that Federation, laid Mr. C. D…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burrcutter and His Mate When Hungry Gully Held Its Sheep Dog Trials
INOTICED your mate getting around with a beaut black eye," remarked the publican, seting a glass of beer on counter,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →All-Time Records Smashed At July-December Aust. Wool Sales
AUSTRALIAN sales for the first six months of the 1949-50 wool selling season, July 1 to December 31. set all-time records. The National Council of Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Wool Marketing Scheme Needed By July 1, Says Minister
ANY new scheme to supplant Joint Organisation for wool marketing should begin by July 1, the start of the wool year, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) told a conference of woolgrowers' representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →F.S.A. General Secretary's Letter Change in Wheat Cartage Rates; Some Questions For Prices Authorities
DEAR MEMBERS.—Frequently during the harvest this office is asked by branch officers and individual members for information on many matters. These range from silo receivals, or lack of same, to duplicate…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Owners Hanging On To Store Stock High Prices For Meat, Wool Are Causing Supply Lag
WHILE there are many buyers especially for Merino wethers, sellers are not anxious to do business and are holding their stock. Good rains that fell practically…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Record Level At Wool Sales Prices Rise 20 To 25 Per Cent On Last Year's Figures Future prospects Are Bright
WOOL prices jumped to their highest level for the current season at the Sydney wool sales this week. Last year's final sale prices, the highest of the season, were well beaten when prices rose by a further 10 to 15 per cent, on the first day, and a further 5 per cent, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →University Course For Girl J. Farmer Scholarship Winner
EIGHTEEN- YEAR- OLD Barbara McQueen, of "Dowan Hill," Wiangaree, near Kyogle, was recently…
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