Of Interest to Pastoralists About Wool Marketing Graziers in Conference
Naturally the marketing of wool and meat came in for much discussion at the annual conference of the Graziers' Association. Time was when our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1928
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Miscellaneous Twigg's Figures. for a 300-Acre Farm
According to the figures Mr. E. S. Twigg put forward at the Agricultural Bureau debate on the price of wheat, a farm of 300 acres is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Government Franchise "Most Scandalous Thing." Forbes Farmers Want Repeal
When the franchise for Local Government elections was mentioned at the Forbes Farmers' and Settlers Association meeting on Saturday, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in Crops Over Insurance the Cause? Companies Are Blamed
Mr. H. G. Griffith, president of the Forbes branch of the Farmers' and Settlers Association, considers that 50 per cent. of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Stock Market The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. wired us on Monday afternoon:—
"Prime lambs were unaltered at Homebush sales to-day. All others were easier. The cattle market was firm."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sale of Commonwealth Ships Effect Upon Farmer
"Labor is trying to fashion the sale of the Commonwealth Line to Lord Kylsant for £1,900,000 into a weapon of attack against the Country Party,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rabbit Skins The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports:—
At the auction sales in Sydney on May 2 the rabbit skin market showed an all round advance of about 3d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Better Farming Trains
Major A. D. Reid, M.L.A., courteously forwards us the following letter, received from Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, Minister for Education,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report Less Sheep in South Africa
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report :--The full attendance of buyers seen at the Sydney wool auctions on Tuesday last demonstrates that consumers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Annual Wool Review
From Messrs. Winchomebe, Carson, Limited, we have received a copy of their 1928 "WooL Review." The publication includes a summary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →South Western Wheat. Larger Area Probable
Reporting upon conditions in the south-western portion of the wheat belt, Mr. G. Nicholson, the local argicultural instructor, states that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sheep Fly
In many districts the sheep fly has been particularly bad this year. The luscious season and the warm weather following on the mid-summer rains…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Report
N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date May 8th, as follows:— The local market has remained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial Good Quality Cattle
On behalf of Mr. F. D. Cobb, of Mandurama, Messrs. Brien and McNeilly sold at the Cowra sale yards on Tuesday, 1st inst. as fine a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brisbane Wool Sales
Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane offce on Tuesday: “Wool sales opened with average selection…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disease in Wheat Scientists Investigate
To study diseases in cereals, particularly "take all' in wheat, Miss Mary Glynne, a young scientist, arrived in the Orsova from London…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the Land Pastoral Noxious Weeds Question of Control
Noxious weeds have flourished exceedingly this season, and because of this fact, together with the change in the Local Government Franchise,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Western Wheat Larger Area Probable Damage from Grasshoppers
Reporting under conditions in the south western portion of the wheat belt, Mr. G. Nicholson, agricultural instructor, states that showery and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Humus Content & Soil Fertility In Relation to Wheat Production
By what means can the wheat grower guard against a dangerous depletion of the humus content of his soul? Space was given in these notes last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brisbane Wool Sales Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—
"Wool sales opened with average selection forward. Seed and Just greatly in evidence. Japanese competition keen for good fleece wools…
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