The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Wool and Suit Costs
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Although slight fluctuations have been experienced for some types of wool, competition has been strong and…
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This Week's Wool Sales
THE fourteenth series of wool tales has finished in Sydney after a record-breaking season. For the eight months to February 28 average price per lb. and total proceeds for any eight-month period set new records…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Where Meat Beats Wool
IN the whole of the United States only about six holdings are exclusively devoted to the raising of wool, according to a lending Australian sheepman who…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Cattle Tick Discovered in Bonalbo Area
TWO outbreaks of rattle tick have been recorded in the Bonalbo locality reports the N.S.W. Division at Animal…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Wool Worths Sales Increase
Woolworths, Ltd., report a substantial increase in sales for the year ended January 31 last. Benefit derived from the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Record Cattle Entries For Royal Show
TOTAL cattle entries for the Sydney Royal Show—to begin on April 1—are 2436, exceeding the 1949 record by four. This result has been achieved, despite the condition that all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Polled Dairy Cattle Within 10 Years? New England Support For Modern Methods In Scientific Breeding
POLL dairy cattle will be making their appearance on all progressive dairy farms within 10 years, if Dr. G. F. Finlay, animal Genetician of Sydney University can convince sufficient, stud breeders during the coming Sydney Royal Show. He plans to form an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keen Cattle Girl to Get Show Trip
A YOUNG stud groom's dream to view the beef cattle display at the Sydney Royal Show will be fulfilled this coming Show…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cattle Breeders Break Their Royal Show Record
CATTLE breeding, as part of Australia's pastoral history, dates back to the earliest days of settlement around the shores of Port Jackson, and has kept pace with national progress to make the herds of the Commonwealth of major importance because of the meat and milk they produce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-time Wool Price Records
FIGURES for the eight months of wool auctions in Australia to February 28, released by the National Council of Wool Selling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong Show "Quiet," But Good Dairy Cattle Described As "Best Yet" Keen Competition Between The Leading Studs
WOLLONGONG show was reported as "quiet" on the second day—one of the most important. It opened on March 8, and continued over Saturday, March 11. Wollongong A.H. and I. Society held the first show in, 1845. This year, popular secretary, Mr. J. B. Wells, resigned after 33 years' service…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Profit on Wool Disposals
AUSTRALIA will get £40,000,000 stg. out of a total of £113,000,000, representing profits from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London wool market is firm
LONDON, Friday. -- Opening of the second series of wool sales yesterday featured a very sound market…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Wool Sales Up By Millions
Wool sold in the first eight months of the current selling year realised almost £186 million—a rise of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap. Sterling Shortage Cuts Wheat Purchase
A Tokyo cable this week stated that the Japanese Government had decided to shelve plans for the purchase of an additional £1,600,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany a Member Wheat Council Report
LONDON, March 16 (A.A.P.).—Reuters' Financial Correspondent learned from an authoritative source to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool market sets two Aust. records
Sales of wool in Australia for the eight months ended February 28 last made all-time records for average price a lb. and total proceeds realised for any eight months…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Wool Chief Firm on Textile Labelling
LABELLING of all textiles is as necessary to protect the public as the Pure Foods Acts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Livestock Review Store Sheep Prices Maintained At Week's Auctions
About 200,000 store sheep were sold by auction in New South Wales in the past week. Although there is a scarcity of sheep for sale by private treaty, saleyards are being well patronised…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stud Merinos and Beef Cattle Were Outstanding At Barraba Show
THE best stud Merino sheep section ever seen at Barraba was a feature of the 1950 Annual Show held last week. Other sections which attracted wide support were the stud beef and fat cattle, wool and horse events. Barraba showground is also the…
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