Farmers Declare War On Erosion
SYDNEY, Thurs. — The New South Wales Soil Conservation Commissioner (Mr. E. [?]. Clayton) said that 2600 farmers,…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Farm Delegate Dead in Bed
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Mr. Archibald Winter, 26, of Tharwa, near Queanbeyan, died in his sleep yesterday morning at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sugar Crop Endangered Korean War Cuts Off Supplies of Fertiliser
BRISBANE, Thursday—inability to secure sulphate of ammonia as fertiliser for the sugar cone crop of Australia is proving a major problem. The sulphate of ammonia has been coming from Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Appreciate Supplement
The dairy supplement published monthly by the “Dally Mercury” is popular among primary producers. The extra demand for the June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scone Store Sheep Sale
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Scone, report having conducted a successful sale of store sheep at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inland Wheat Depots
Work started at Junee this week on the first of four inland wheat depots to be built in New South Wales, said the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Outlook Sound
A good inquiry has been current for fell-mongered Merino, comeback and finer crossbred wools, but some hesitancy has…
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MELBOURNE: "In the corning wool season, it is expected, the aggregate wool production of Australia, South Africa and New…
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A £5,000,000stg. scheme to open up large areas of Northern Australia for cattle raising is part of the proposed new meat agreement between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →T.b. Cattle Not for Open Sale
SYDNEY, Friday.—Cattle known to be suffering from tuberculosis in any form could not be sold in an open saleyard…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— Australia’s wool cheque tor the year was £286,000,000—an all-time record. The previous best was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Grant Expenditure. Minister to Seek Wider Scope
The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said he would take up at next month's meeting of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →M.Z.D.C. Plan To Offset Farmers' Losses Proposals Made to Federal and State Governments
Members of the Milk Zone Dairy men's Council at a special meeting in Sydney decided to present to the Federal and State Governments the…
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A special meeting of the executive Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 12th July. Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bad Farmers Rob the Soil Agronomist Warns On Uneconomic Methods
SYDNEY, Friday.—Many Australian farmers were soil robbers, said Mr. E. J. Breakwell, senior lecturer in agronomy at Sydney University, addressing the conference of the Agricultural Bureau at Hawkesbury College…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swiss Have Big Strawberry Crop
SION (Switzerland[?].—A near record crop of strawberries is being picked, in Switzerland’s “orchard canton” of Valnis…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Department's New Bursaries in Agriculture and Dairying For Hawkesbury And Wagga Colleges
Bursaries provided by the and tenable in the Agriculture years) or the Dairying Diplo Hawkesbury Agricultural Col…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Singleton Farmers, Milk Rejected
A number of farmers had their milk reected this morning at the Singleton Co-operative Dairy Co…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gifts of Cattle Fodder Made to Farmers
SYDNEY. Sat. — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said that his department was making a gift of three trucsk…
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