Wool Sales
The Australian Mercantile Land and Financo Co., Ltd., reports:— We offered a catalogue of 5406 bales on Wednesday, which consisted…
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Farming & the land, 1931
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Grade Your Seed Wheat. For a Clean and Uniform Crop
It is very important in the sowing of wheat that only graded seed be used. Grading not only removes wild oats and other foreign seeds, but also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral. Pasture Improvement. The Value of Harrowing
The importance of harrowing as a means of pasture improvement is not yet fully realised by landowners in this Slate, writes the Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Foe the Man on the Land
These notes ate issued every week, by direction of the Hon. the Mini. of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cost of Wool. Cheap Raw Material
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The upward trend in wool values has been maintained and with the closing of London sales, Australian markets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Return. Producers' Plight. Sheep Yields 1/4. NEWCASTLE
While politicians are concerned about "the standard of living" as it applies to metropolitan and city town-dwellers, the man in the country who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For the Man on the Land Maize and Summer Crops. Experiment at Roxburgh
The experiment plots of maize at Mr. Harold Lambert's farm were again the meeting place of farmers and the district instructor on the 31st. ultimo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Values Farmers' ReqUest Minister's Reply Sydney
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) agreed with a suggestion made by a deputation from the Farmers and Settlers'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Industry Criticism of Board Mr. Meare's Review
In a review of the dairy industry, Mr. C.E.D. Meares, general manager of the Producers' Distributing Society, criticised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Industry How To Assist It Two Aspects
In the current issue of the "Agricul-tural Bureau Record," there appears a paper by Mr. G. S. Stokes, manager of the Kerapsey Butter Factory, read at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Profitable Dairy Herd Care of Heifers and Growing Bulls
In order to appreciate the needs of growing dairy cattle it should be pointed out that growth is principally controlled by the organic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General Gloucester Dairy Co., Ltd
For the month of January the Gloucester Dairy Company, Ltd., manufactured 166,7571bs. of butler, for which suppliers were paid at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Stephens Oyster Farmers' Association
At a meeting of the abovenamed' Association the members present signed an undertaking to subscribe to a fund for the following purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Orchard. Fruit Fly. Protection of Late-ripening Crops
Application of foliage poison spray for control of fruit fly should commence about five weeks before the fruit is harvested, but growers of late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Losses of Calves. As a Result of Insanitary Oalf-pens
It is usual to provide some small shelters for calves when feeding, and to have a small yard attached thereto, but the condition of such places often…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Earthquake Shocks Farms Destroyed
There were further heavy carthquake shocks at Napier and Wairoa (N.Z.) on Monday, one of which was just as heavy as that of Tuesday week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers' Plight Minister Told. Relief Sought. Sydney
A deputation from the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association placed before the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) to-day, the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Necessitous Farmers Request for Financial Assistance the Minister's Promise
A deputation representing the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which waited upon the Minister for Agriculture (Mr Dunn) yesterday, asked that financial assistance should he immediately given to necessitous farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Tocsin" (By "The Wombat.") Farming Friends and Fellow Countrymen !
Since I last wrote you, conditions have rapidly become worse, even though the oracle has returned to us— I refer to the Prime Minister, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Dairying Industry Review by Mr C. E. D. Meares
Over a period of five years, the average export of butter from the Commonwealth to all Oversea markets may lie given as 43,000 tons, calculating the…
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