Wheat to Israel Increased
LONDON, Weds.—The International Wheat Council has decided to increase the allocation of wheat to Israel from 120,000 to 140,000 tons…
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Deniliquin Wheat Fallows Weedy
FALLOWS for next season's cereal crops in the Denilliquin district were generally weedy and wild hellotrope (Barooga…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Higher British Wheat Price
ENGLISH wheat farmers will receive more for their wheat than paid under the international Wheat Agreement, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Increasing Wheat Storage Space
A PERSONAL inspection of temporary wheat bulk handling facilities in Victoria will be made by the N.S.W. Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Week's Wool Sales
WOOL sales were held in Sydney on Monday and at Newcastle for the three remaining days. There were no startling developments and values at both selling centres were firm on the previous week's closing rates…
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GOULBURN, Thursday.—Prices were fully firm at late rates at the Goulburn wool sales to-day. A record N.S.W. price of 174d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increase in U.K. Sheep Population
Statistics issued by the U.K. Ministry of Agriculture in December last quote the sheep and lamb population at 9,122,000. This is an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Tribute To Retiring Wheat Commissioner
A WARM tribute was paid to the retiring Wheat Commissioner (Mr. I. S. Harrison) by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →80 Million Bushel Wheat Harvest
N.S.W. 1949-50 wheat receivals to date total 74,630,000 bushels—bagged 31,090,000 bushels, bulk 43,548,000 bushels. With more than 6,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →The Wheat Agreement at Work
CANADA and the United States, it appears, have the necessary two-thirds vote required under the International Wheat Agreement for the admission of new members and they are reported to have agreed to admit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Presentation to Retiring Wheat Commissioner
TRIBUTES to the services Mr. L. S. Harrison had rendered as Wheat Commissioner and Manager of the Government Grain Elevators were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supply of Bulk Wheat Trucks
BULK wheat trucks were sent to country silos only at the request, or as ordered, by the Wheat Board. This was reported to the Henty Branch of the P.S.A. by Mr. Padman,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →WHeat Fallows Up To Average
WHEAT areas lying under fallow were well up to average in the Parkes distric, according to agronomist there (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Big Sheep Dog Trial Event at Canberra
THE National Open Sheep Dog Trial Championship will be decided at the Manuka Oval, Canberra, on Friday and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wool Research Laboratory at Trangie
A NEW wool research laboratory at Trangie Experiment Farm is to be opened during a stock fluid day on March 15 by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Increasing Capacity of Country Wheat Silos
THE storage capacities of wheat silos at a further 12 country stations are to be increased in each case from the present 30,000 bushels to 150,000 bushels. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duke Still Keen On Sheep Dog Champ. Trials
ALTHOUGH now in England, the Duke of Gloucester is still keenly interested in Aus-tralian sheep dog trials, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →F.S.A. Branch News and Notes Farmers In Central West Want Action To Improve Wheat Handling
"IT'S time the farmers themselves took a hand. It's up to them to say how the wheat should be delivered and when it should be delivered." Mr. W. Gibbons said this at a meeting of wheat-farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Information and Help Dockage For Thistly Wheat
A LOCAL wheat agent imposed a dockage of 6d. on a grower for thistly wheat, which was placed in the stack of f.a.q. wheat. The grower queries the right of the agent to make this dockage…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →World Wool Output Up 10 Million lb
WORLD wool production in 1949 was 3,780 million lb., greasy, according to an estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…
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