Saved 1300 Sheep
A party of duck shooters in the vicinity of Mickabil Station, below Condobolin, were responsible for saving 1300 sheep from a watery grave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1928
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Wool Report
Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: —Have you been to the tin hares? Well, sitting in the rostrum during the present excited state of the wool…
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N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report under date 29/2/28:— We held our second sale of the present series on Tuesday last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maize for Sheep. Storage Scheme Suggested
The cost of producing maize in the Manning River district was estimated at 6/- a bushel, but even at this figure it would pay pastoralists to feed to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australia's Wheat. Need for Standardisation
James Ruse was responsible for producing the first crop of wheat privately grown in Australia. That was about 130 years ago. All that has happened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Growing. Costs of Production
A valuable contribution to the evergreen controversy regarding costs of production of wheat has been made by Professor A. J, Perkins, Director of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Root Grub. Problems of Control
It is already apparent that the control of one of the most recent of the pests affecting wheat—the small beetle larva known as wheat root grub—will…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Are Lice on Sheep a Disease? Full Court to Decide the Legal Aspect. Knotty Problem
Are lice-infested sheep suffering from disease under the terms of the Stock Diseases Act? The question was argued before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Agricultural
A series of experiments are in progross at Roseworthy Agricultural College, in South Australia, to determine the relative merits of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On the Land Pastoral Store Sheep Market. Prospects Are ENCOURAGING.[Specially written for the “Free Press”]
Pastoral authorities will tell you that they anticipate a good strong store sheep market. They are of this opinion because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Wool
Bidding was most animated at last Wednesday’s Sydney wool auctions. Sales by Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., included: A. W. Humphrey,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Country Wool Selling
Sir Graham Waddell, President of the Graziers’ Association, draws attention again to the fallacy and menace of selling wool in the country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →2/- DEARER Sydney Sheep Market
We received the following wire from the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., yesterday evening: "The sheep market opened to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Knotty Problem Are Sheep Lice a Disease?
Are lice-infested sheep suffering from disease under the terms of the Stock Disease Act?. The question was argued before…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Wool Sales Keen Competiion Upward Trend of Merinos We received the following wire yesterday from Winchcombe Carson Ltd:—
"We sold 6,500 bales of wool at our Sydney auctions on Wednesday. Competition was keen from France, Germany, Yorkshire, Japan, America,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Runs Amok Sensatio non Farm (By Wire) Sydney
A man caused a great sensation at the home of a farmer near Casino yesterday when he started firing a revolver indiscriminately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Temora Experimental Farm Last Season's Results
Mr. Leonard Judd, Manager of the Temora Experimental Farm, has kind ly supplied us with a comprehensive report of the experimental plots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.a.s. Judge’s Opinion of Messrs F. C. Rowlands and Sons’ Crop
Mr. Stenning reported as follows with regard to the above: Waratah again figured as the third-prize winner. It was an even, dense crop with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Farmer Found Out
Once upon a time a farmer had 1500 bushels of wheat which he sold not to a grainery, but to 1500 different dealers, a bushel each. Now, a few of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Report
Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: —Excited competition persists in the auction room, every section of buy-ers having, more or less extensive…
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