The Farm Home Tomatoes In The Home Garden Methods of Staking and Pruning
It is always advisable to stake tomato plants in the home garden, states a home gardening bulletin issued by the Department of…
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Farming & the land, 1944
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Effect of Meat Ration on Calf Sales. Farmers Lose £1500 a Week
The Sydney fall in calf prices due to the position of veal in coupon rating in the meat rationing scheme, has adversely affected…
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SYDNEY Saturday— The Manager (Mr. J. R. King) stated at the annual meeting of the Producers'’ Co-operative Dis[?] Society…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Appraisement At Newcastle
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., Newcastle, report having submitted to appraisement approximately 3500 bales drawn from the…
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SYDNEY Saturday. —“The dairy farmer is a specialist, and casual labour is no use on the farms,” said Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald…
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In his report for January, the senior agricultural Instructor for the district (Mr. G. T. Dawson) says that the month was…
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SYDNEY Sat.—The Division of Marketing, in a review of millet crop conditions, says that generally favourable weather prevails…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-war Wool Plans Discussed
ARMIDALE Mon.—Plans to meet the threat of synthetic fibres to the wool industry after the war were discussed at a…
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Wool is continuing to arrive into Darling Harbour and the various stores in great volume, which is quite a pleasing change when compared…
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Robert Parker, farm hand, was drowned while attempting to cross a flooded low-level bridge over the northern arm of the Tweed River…
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Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report: Our appraisement catalogue No. 126, which comprised an offering of 4634 bales, was…
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Messrs Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report that 1752 bales of wool were appraised at their Newcastle catalogue on Friday. Offerings…
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Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co. report holding their usual fortnightly cattle sale to representative buyers, who operated freely throughout…
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SYDNEY Tuesday —The suggested compulsory levy of 10 percent cent on Hid wool cheque of every woolgrower for three years to…
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"The dairy farmer is a specialist, and casual labor is of no use on the farms," said Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, member for Gloucester, at the…
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Maize crops look particularly promising, early varieties like Golden Superb being well out in cob. Some heavy crops are now being harvested…
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In his report for January, the senior agricultural instructor for the district (Mr. G. T. Dawson) says that the month was characterised by the…
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SYDNEY Wed.—It was stated at the annual meeting of the metropolitan branch of the UCP that in some Big stores in…
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SYDNEY Wed.—The Manpower Director (Mr Be[?]) visited Orange to investigate complaints that nearly 150…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Implement Auction Sale
Attention is drawn to an advertisement in this issue, in which Frank L. Smith notifies that he will be conducting an…
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