Warning Given on Sheep Worm
A warning to graziers o£ Eastern Australia on the need for preventative measures to com- at increased worm infestation…
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THURSDAY Prime Heavy Sheep Scarce
The State Marketing Bureau reports:—On Thursday increased supplies were available, the yarding totalling 28,366 head of chiefly only fair quality. Wethers, and ewes…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Special Sheep Sale at Wakool
New Zealand Loan and Mercantlle Agency Co. Ltd. (inc. in England), Echuca, in conjunction with Robert Bradshaw of Denlliquin, report having…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →New Wheat Receival Record
Receivals of wheat from the current New South Wales harvest are now practically complete. A total of 74½ million bushels has been received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Recovery In Wool Values
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—Top markets abroad have moved upwards reflecting the recent recovery in wool values. It is a tribute to the strength…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Confidence In Wool Market Future Anxious To Pay Higher Prices For "Best Sheep Ever Offered At Goulburn"
CONFIDENCE of wool growers that wool rates would hold for some time was the main factor in the increased prices obtained for stud rams at the Goulburn Sales this week. Breeders stated that while the wool market had risen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This Sheep Dog Knows Her Duchs
SPECTATORS at last week's Tenterfield Show were treated to a novel entertainment when "Nell," a Border Collie sheepdog, gave an exhibition of "working" ducks instead of sheep. "Nell" is owned and trained by Mr. W. H. Rivers, of Tenterfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. wheat exports down
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has Again lowered its estimate of wheat exports to 375,000,000 bushels for the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wool Sales Brisbane Closes Firm
BRISBANE, Thursday.—The fifth series of Brisbane wool sales closed to-day with values for all grades of greasy fully firm, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Research Plans For Improved Bread
A START has been made on the erection of the £52,000 Wheat Research Institute at Wagga Agricultural Institute at Wagga Agricultural College…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool History in Figures and Story
The "Statistical Handbook of the Sheep and Wool Industry," published by the Commonwealth Bureau of Agricultural Economics, provides a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Post To Dr. M. Lipson
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Dr. M. Lipson has been appointed officer-in-charge of the Geelong unit of the wool textile research…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Wheat Fails In M.I.A.
The Victorian wheat, Quadrat, failed to yield good crops on the lighter country in the M.I.A., district agronomist (Mr. P. York) said in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Griffith Wheat Yield Will Be Near Record
TOTAL wheat yield from the Griffith district will be close to the record set in 1948-49. Grain is excellent and bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Strong Stand On Jap, German Wheat Agreement
AUSTRALIA had taken a strong stand against admitting Germany and Japan to the International Wheat Agreement on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Can India Overcome Prejudice And Build A Cattle Industry?
INDIA had the largest cattle population in the world, but many of the native cattle were approximately 60-lb. in weight—about the size of a big goat, said Sir Datar Singh, leader of the Indian Trade Delegation in Australia, recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homebush Stock Markets Monday Keen Demand for Lightweieht Cattle
The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Penning showed a further small decrease on Monday and totalled 1,990 head including 244 auctioned in the store…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Country Stock Sales Record Prices at Cowra Sheep Sale
Norman C. Bellamy and Co. report on their special sheep sale held at Cowra on February 21. An outstanding yarding of 14,000 sheep, consisting of all…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Britain's Wheat Purchases From Canada, U.S.A.
IN January, Britain bought nearly 2,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat at A16/6 per bushel F.O.B. Gulf ports and a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wool Prices May Stay High in U.s
WASHINGTON, Friday. -- Current wool prices ore wot expected to Show any substantial decline for the remainder of the season, according to the United States Department of Agriculture…
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