Country Conditions Farm & Weather Notes Bedgerabong, Wed
The weather, as far as heat is concerned, has decidedly improved, but for dust the least said the better. Sunday was a day to be remembered…
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Farming & the land, 1940
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Wheat Yield
The Australian Wheat Crop for 1939 40 season is expected to approximate 204,000,000 bushels. In 193233 the crop reached the record figure of 214…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report under date of 2nd February, 1940:-- Solid progress is being made with the work of wool appraisement in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forbes Special Sheep Sale
Edward Weaver and Co. (Forbes), and The Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co Ltd. (Sydney), auctioneers to conjunction, report that they yarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Appraisements. Local Prices
Messrs. Pitt Son and Badgery report under date of January 31 that the following prices were included in their. 12th appraisement catalogue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Appr Aisements District Lots
"The Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs. Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. on Friday:—At our Sydney wool appraistehiiKJts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condobolin Experiment Farm Wheat Variety Trial--Early Sown -- Grain Section, 1939. E. W. BOWMAKER, H.D.A. Experimentalist
This experiment was sown on 19th April, in a moist seedbed, using 50 lb. seed and 70 lb. superphosphate per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports on Farmers' Experiment Plots. Cereal Experiments, 1939. South-Western Slopes District—Cowra Centre
Cereal experiments conducted in unions [?]arious portions of the district comprised variety trials with wheat (20), oats (15) and barley (1) while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →70 Per Cent. Fuel Saving on Farms in N.s.w
Evidence obtained by the producer gas committee appointed by the State Government, shows that operating on full load, a saving of over 70 per…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FELL 80 FEET Crawled to Farm Man's Terrible Ordeal! (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Katoomba states Douglas Edward White, aged 39 years, lay unconscious, from Saturdayuntii early thismorning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condobolin Experiment Farm Experiments with Winter Cereals at Condobolin Experiment Farm. E. W. BOWMAKER, H.D.A., Experimentalist
Soil. The experiments were conducted on a medium red loam soil overlying a moderately retentive subsoil. Originally the area had been timbered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oat and Wheat Trials Bencubbin on Top
Results from wheat experimental plots in the Western District (Dubbo centre) in the season just ended show that Bencubbin again was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flemington Quotations. Cattle and Sheep Sales
A telegraphic report from Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. states that 2046 cattle were yarded at Flemington sale yards on Monday. Fewer prime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burcher Cattle
A draft of 51 bullocks from T. C. Hackney, Burcher, made to £15 2s, averaging £12 17s 4d at Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auction last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →140 Sheep Smothered
A large number of sheep, forming part of a mob of about 1000, which had been placed in Young trucking yards on Tuesday night, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Wheat Company's Special Wheat Report
Our cable, reviewing international wheat markets this week reads:— "F.O.B.values—No.1 Manitoba Atlantic ports 35/3 per quarter; No, 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The World's Wool Empire Proportion
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- The world's wool clip including merinos, crossbreds and carpet types is estimated to be the equivalent of 13…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bordan Wheat Tops the District's Poll
Some interesting comparisons are given of the average yields of standard wheat varieties from the harvest just completed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Grading [?] To the Editor "Advocate")
Sir,—Having noticed an advertisement in your columns, re wheat grad ing, I would like to say a few words on this matter. The owners of wheat…
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