New Wheat Lands Rabbits Are Replaced Extensive Developments
A new wheat province is being carved out by sturdy settlers, in the undeveloped country between Cargelligo and Hillston, on the Lower…
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Farming & the land, 1927
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Commercial Continental Wool Consumers Present Mainstay of Prices
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date, May 12, 1927: — Both French and German buyers have latterly purchased scoured skin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural Notes. Foot-rot of Sheep How to Treat the Conditio
Exceptionally wet weather made foot rot particularly prevalent last autumn. Weather conditions so fat this year have been less co[?] to the trouble,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£1 Per Farmer To Combat A.W.U. F.S.A. Appeal
The General Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has issued the following appeal:— Dear Sir,—An appeal was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Austrlaians Farming
Mr. E. S. Twigg writes:—About a week ago my son (Charles) sowed fifty acres In one day and completed in four days with a 20-hoe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1926-7 Wheat Yield. Was 47,288,600 Bushels
Final returns issued by the Government Statistician show that the N.S.W. wheat harvest for 1926-27 was 47,88,00 bushels, or an average of…
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Supplies totalled 43,000 sheep and lambs at Homebush last Thursday. Bidding was irregular, but rates were not quotably lower. Winchcombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About Wool
We are in receipt of the 38th Annual Wool Review, published, by Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., in which is contained much useful information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mallee Wheat-growing Farmers and Departmental Experiences
The progressive extension of the wheat belt into the drier Western districts is one of the most interesting features of our present day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WHEAT 5/9 SYDNEY Produce Markets (By Wire)
Wheat, medium, 5/9. Potatoes: Local 5/6 to 6/3, Tasmanian 7/- to 8/6. Maize: Yellow, and white, 6/-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Cheaper Homebush Stock Sales (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening
At Homebush sales to-day, 23,300 sheep were penned. The quality was only medium, and values were from 1s. to 1/6 cheaper…
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"The Advocate has received a copier "Present Day Australia," a magazine published by the Australian- Made Preference League, and edited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Feeding Sheep in Droughty Seasons
In an article on the conservation of fodder for wheat and sheep farmers, published in the latest issue of the Agricultural Gazette, pastoralists are advised to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Horse or Tractor? Horse More Profitable on Wheat Farms
During the last few years tractors have been used on many wheat farms, but there is a great difference of opinion among farmers as to their efficiency, also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural on the Wheat Farm. Maintaining the Humus Content
The question as to whether it is best to plough in the straw left after harvesting, or burn it is sometimes settled by the farmer deciding that in ploughing under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
These Notes are Issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. POULTRY…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Continental Wool Consumers. Present Mainstay of Prices
Winch[?]mbe Carson, Ltd., report Both French and German buyers have latterly purchased scoured skin wools privately in Sydney at rates equal to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying Feeding of Poddy Calves The Risk of Digestive Derangements
The practice of collecting milk for calves in wooden casks and feeding from wooden troughs cannot be too strongly condemned. So long as these conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Killers
Many move sheep were found to be dead or in a bad way, and Mr. Terry now estimates his loss at fully £200. Mr. W. Shepherd, who adjoins…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
Schute, Boll and Co., Ltd:, report:— Latest cables appear to indicate a tendency towards recovery of lost ground at the London sales, so possibly more…
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