Knitting Wool
KNITTING wool manufacturers could greatly help knitters if they made up 12oz, balls of wool. Such a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1950
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U.S. Wheat Crop Down, But Huge
THE smallest wheat crop for four years—834,658,000 bushels —is forecast by the U.S.A. Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Carting Rates
"Riverina": From October 28, 1949, the following rates apply: The maximum rates per ton for the cartage of wheat, rice, oats, maize or…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Faulty Sheep Are Better Discarded
EVERY breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his clock— in many cases the increase in feed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Black Point" Wheat Disease
The disease of wheat known as "black point" is on the increase in many wheat-growing districts. Infected wheat grains show a distinct…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Wheat Industry Defence Fund
Amount previously acknowledged, £8,506/11/8. Mr. G. A. Beck, £2/-/-. Total: £8,508/11/8…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Load of Wheat
Mr. R. Rosser, well known Forbes carrier, established a new wheat carting record last week when he delivered to the stacking site, 540 bogs of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Wheat
"SYDNEY: January 5: Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat. Board are: Millers' lots: All prices for export on application to the Board. Value of all wheats for…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Wool Demand Exceeds Supply
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—Wool consumption per head of population probably has not varied to any marked degree compared with pre-war…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Sydney Conference To Consider Butter Price
BRISBANE.—A Prices Ministers' conference in Sydney on January 20 will consider the dairy industry's application for an increase of ½d. per lb. in the price of butter to cover higher manufacturing costs, the Queensland Minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Canadian Wool Clip Declines
The 1949 Canadian wool clip, according to the Dominion bureau of statistics, totalled only 7,595,000lb. compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mallee Wheat Average 66½lb
MR. S. WOOD, chief inspector of the Australian Wheat Board, claims that the wheat in the Mallee districts in Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Almost 55m. Bus. Wheat Delivered
Wheatgrowers in N.S.W. had delivered 54,663,000 bushels of this season's crop to the Wheat Board up to last Monday, a Wheat Board spokesman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strong Wool Market At Bradford
BRADFORD reports one of the strongest wool markets since the war. New Zealand crossbreds appear to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat Board Sells 40,000 Tons Flour at Equivalent of 15/- Bushel Wheat
THE Australian Wheat Board had sold 40,000 tons of flour to Ceylon at a price equivalent to about 15/- a bushel for wheat. Australian Wheat Board secretary (Mr. Dorman) said this in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Entries of Wheat Exhibits for Show
Entries of wheat exhibits for the Royal Easter Show, to. be held between April 1 and 12, 1950, will close on January 9…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Entries of Wheat Exhibits for Show
Entries of wheat exhibits for the Royal Easter Show, to be held between April 1 and 12, 1950, will close on January 9…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homebush Stock Markets Thursday Firm Demand for Cattle
The State Marketing Bureau reports: Slightly reduced supplies were submitted on Thursday, the yarding totalling 2,897 head, including 245 auctioned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Merribindinya—A Great Pastoral Property Goes By a Staff Correspondent
WITH the advance of closer settlement many of the great pastoral properties of the pioneering days are shrinking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →J.o. Wool Pile Sales Scheme
The Australian Wool Realisation Commission reports that in the second half of the 1949/1950 wool selling season 220,000 bales of Australian…
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