Farmers' Markets Alexandria Sales
Forage was more lightly supplied at Alexandria, and steady business was transacted Prices for most lines were steady at late rates, excepting choice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1929
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Dairy Industry Denman Factory Meeting. Amalgamation Proposal
The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Denman Dairy Co., Ltd., was held at the Parish Hall, Denman. Mr. H. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lochinvar. Boom in Dairying
Milk lorries are carrying capacity loads of cream and milk to the factories This is pleasing news after the bad time farmers had during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homebush Sales. Sheep Dearer: Prime Cattle Firmer. Sydney
Winchcome, Carson, Ltd. report. —Cattle: 3300 yarded, the bulk medium to useful quality. Good to prime beef was dearer at opening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Export Tax on Wool
A suggestion was made at a conference of the Storemen and Packers' Union that a tax be placed on the export of certain classes or wool and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral. Control of Fluke. Success of Carbon Tetrachloride. Treatment
"It is doubtful if any work of the Department has had such rapid results aa the recommendations regarding the treatment of fluke-infested sheep with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Pool Claims for Residue Money
In the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby), moving the second reading of the bill, to bar claims against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Butter Orient Company Contest. London, March 27
Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of state to the Dominions, Mr. T. Trumble, Secretary to Australia House, Agents-General, and a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These notes are issued avery week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sound Wool Market Japan's Growing Business
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 26th March, 1929:—The Sydney wool market closed for the Easter recess under gratifying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sound Wool Market. Japan's Growing Business
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The Sydney wool market closed for the Easter recess under gratifying selling conditions. Demand over the last few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Green Colouration in Wool. Investigations into its Cause
Though distinctly uncommon, it is not a very rare thing to see wool which shows a greenish discolouration, and at times a reddish colouration has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying. a Dairy Farm Competition. Points from the Judge's Report
In inaugurating a dairy farm competition, the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was responsible for something in the nature of an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral. "A Living Area" Official Idea Should Be Broadcasted Better Chance Wanted for the Settler
What is "a living area?" It varies from division to division and even from district to district. Pastorally, it must be defined by the carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural. New Objectives in Wheat-breeding. The Factor of Disease-Resistance
Farrer achieved such wonderful success in wheat-breeding in Australia, particularly with his variety Federation, which is still grown largely in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Wattle Farm."
Stewart Mack's musical and dramatic players will present the Australian comedy drama, "Wattle Farm," in their big canvas theatre on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trained Farmers. Overseas Settlement Announcement. London, March 28
The Overseas Settle me Department announces that the Government has undertaken, during 1929, tp place in guaranteed farm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Better Pastures for Dairying. Reduce Liability to Disease
If stock have access to succulent pastures they are less liable to become affected with such troubles as rickets, bone-chewing, etc., which are generally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stud Sheep Export
No fewer than six local committees suggest "that the Federal Government be urged to prohibit the export of stud sheep from Australia." Two other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— The concluding series of sales prior to the Easter recess terminated, on…
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