Sheep Killed By Dogs In Lithgow Area
Since his report to the last meeting of the Bathurst P.P. Board almost a month ago, there was even greater sheep losses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1949
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U.S.A. Uses Less Wool Rayon Output Increasing
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The only country abroad in which the wool [?] shows uncertainty is America. Consumption in the United States mills has trended downward for the past two years while in Great Britain and Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Pleased with Rainfall
The men on the laud around Boorowa are very pleased with the rains. Boorowa had 202 points of rain for the week up to 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Intensive Cropping
Many farmers have already realised that some departure from the intensive system of wheat farming is necessary in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Working On Farms
Railway men who have been stood down by the Department are finding there is plenty of work available on district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Price of Butter
SYDNEY: The Minister for Prices, Mr. Finnan, said to-day that no rise in the price of butter would be announced until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fine Crop
Messrs A. H. and S. J. Price, of Bannister, got a splendid lot of Sequoia potatoes, some 60 bags averaging about 2¼ lb. The one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Survey of the Week
A study of the Australian Pastoral scene (says a report by Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd.) indicates with a few exceptions that a good season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers' Scholarship Competition
The Junior Farmers' Clubs' Council of N.S.W. has announced a Junior Farmer Competition for Scholarships to be held this year, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep and Wool Examinations
Final sheep and wool examinations were conducted at the Goulburn Technical College last week. Students examined were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Sheep Sale
W. M. Dwyer & Co. and Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. auctioneers in conjunction, will hold a special sheep sale of 4000 high-class sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Report
The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report on the 21st instant: Business in the wool trade is very quiet at present and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Silage Not Enough for Sheep Inadequate Without Supplement
Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture at departmental experiment farms have shown that, while silage can maintain life in sheep for fairly long periods, it is inadequate on its own and the animals can be expected to lose condition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bright Wool Fabrics Are Featured At New York
Bright plain shades of fuchsia, green, apricot and purple together with navy, beige, soft browns and greys for outdoor wear, in a variety of wool fabrics including novelty and textured…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Prices
Australian wool sales for the year 1948-49 topped all records. The clip brought £194,589,170 -- nearly five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Losses Feared in Snow Country Desperate Stock Position Reported
With vast tracts of grazing land on Monaro still covered by snow eleven days from the start of last week's record snowfall, heavy losses of sheep have already been reported, and unless there is a decided acceleration in the slow rate of thawing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Show and Sale
Goulburn Advisory Committee of the Australian Society of Breeders and British Sheep at a meeting last week decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Merino and Crossbreds Changes in Wool Values
"The merino sheep is now more in favour in New South Wales than for ten years. During the war fat lambs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Farmlets for Seasonal Workers Boorowa First to Receive Attention Under Scheme
Providing that he has legal power to resume such land for small farmlets, the Minister for Lands (Mr. W. F. Sheahan) has promised that Boorowa will be the first town to receive attention under the scheme. This information was contained in a letter from State Member Mr. Fred J. Cahill, M.L.A., to Boorowa Shire Council at last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merino and Crossbred Changes In Wool Values
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The merino sheep is now more in favour in N.S.W. than for 10 years…
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