Wartime Vegetable Crops Commercial Possibilities
With their limitation of overseas supplies of various primary products, wartime conditions have also opened up certain possibilities for local…
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Farming & the land, 1940
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District Crops Instructor's Report
In his report for September, the district agricultural instructor (Mr. G. T. Dawson) states that good follow-up rains were recorded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boon to Farmers Rain Stops Caterpillars
Farmers in the Millers’ Forest district are hopeful that recent rainfall will help to rid them of the enterpillar pest which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifting Dairy Output in Australia Sir Earl Page’s Plan To Help Britain
Sir Early Page again [?] the importance of lifting the dairy production of the Commonwealth to [?] in restoring the British butter ration and at the same time [?] the heavy [?] of [?] and beef [?] in Australia…
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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operaDive Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd instant:— We submitted our Appraisement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Singleton Wool
The Toronto clip from Estate Richard Butler, Broke, was appraised in Winchcombe Carson's Sydney catalogue last Friday at hoggets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Useful Rains Benefit to Dairy Industry Coastal Districts
Pitt Son a Radgeary, Ltd is a view of the dairy industry report that home forther useful rains have fallen on many of the coastal dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assistance for Drought-stricken Farmers Commonwealth Considering Allocation of Money
Following a conference between the Minister for Commerce (Mr Cameron) and representatives of State Governments, the Federal Cabinet is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Butter Quality
The chief of the Division of Dairying, Mr. D.C. Ballhansen, stated yesterday that during the week ended September 27. 89.4 per cent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Report
The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd instant:—We submitted our Appraisement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Prices Highest for 19 Years
Cattle prices reached the highest level for 19 years at Cannon Hill (Brisbane) stock sales on Thursday. The cause was the acute…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BUTTER - - EGGS Quantities in Store SYDNEY
The State Marketing Bureau reports the following quantities of eggs and butter to cool stores to New South Wales:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Future of Wool Gloomy Picture Fainted
Dr. I. Clunies Ross, on arrival in Brisbane this week after his return from London, where he had acted as Australian representative on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →270 Miles in Cattle Truck Sick Man’s Ordeal DARWIN
Having been carried 270 miles front Katherine in a cattle truck, the only conveyance available a man who is seriously ill has been admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STOLE £3073 From Farmers’ Box BRISBANE
Charged -with having stolen £3073 from John Paulus, farmer, of Delaney’s Creek, near Woodford, who had the money in a wooden-box in his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Quality
The Chief of the Division of Dairying Mr. O. C. R[?] reports that, during last week, 89.4 per cent. of the boxes of butler [?] by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Subdivision of Paddocks
It might be asked what relationship landc[?] subdivision of a propierty bore to animal health, observed the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snake in Sheep's Fleece
While a merino sheep was being shorn at Geeron station, near Forbes, a snake rose out of the wool and poised itself-to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dipping Sheep Dongers To Be Avoided
Don’t dip sheeps [?] after they have [?] their fill, [?]…
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