Prime Sheep Were Unchanged; Others Down
Daigety's News Service reports that at Homebush sales on Thursday 37,049 sheep and lambs of good quality were penned. Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
744 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 31 of 38
Sheep Unaltered To Lower At Forbes Sale
Edward Weaver & Company, auctioneers, Forbes, report that about 8000 fat and store sheep were penned by the Associated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Wool Sales Up: Local Clip Prices
Under increased and predominant Continental pressure, particularly from Germany, strong support from Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dry September Conditions Affect Dairying
In his report on conditions during September the Dairy Officer. Mr. N. J. Salkeld, stated that during the month mainly mild…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Last Year's Favored Wheat Types
Results of a survey of areas sown to specified wheat varieties for the 1952-53 season shows an increase of 3.85 per cent, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm & Station British Farmers Helped By Subsidies
THEY have ways of handling grain on the farm in England that could be of use in this country. Grain if stored an an extended period in Queensland is difficult to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Wool Sold
The "Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. yesterday: The longest period of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oakhurst Wool Realises 124d
Reporting on their sales in the third series of wool auctions in Sydney, the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Don Pollock State's Star Junior Farmer
Twenty one years old Quandialla junior farmer, Don Pollock, was yesterday named New South Wales' Star Junior Farmer for 1953…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Star" Junior Farmer
Don Pollock, 21-years-old Quandialia farmer, this week became the "star" Junior Farmer of New South Wales for 1953. He defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WARROO Crops A Total Failure The Coming Rodeo WARROO
We have had a mixture of weather during the past week--bursts of warm sunshine, accompanied by [?]cy winds and cold nights. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Bags for Wheat Harvest
Attention is directed to the advertisement in this issue by the Stale Superintendent of the Australian Wheat Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Improved Outlook For 1953-54 Wheat Harvest
Despite uncertainty earlier in the season the outlook for the 1953-54 wheat harvest now indicates a reasonably good grain yield for the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Outlook Not Without Hope
THE wheat crop position is not exciting in the words of the State's cereal specialist. The consumers hold more cards than the growers-- but Australia is more favorably placed than most selling countries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Period Wool Auction Stability
The longest period of continuous price stability in wools' auction history was maintained last week at Sydney sales, with all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strong Wool Demand Local Clip Prices
On Tuesday, September 29, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 5982 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Market 'Sound As A Bell"
With a clearance of nearly 800,000 bales after six weeks' selling, the market steadily trending in growers' favor, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop Comp. Entries Close On
Anyone can grow a good crop in a decent season, but it takes a good farmer to produce a worthwhile crop in a bad one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With Right Cows Dairying Pays
From time to time The Advocate has referred to the small-holding developments at Tongala, Goulburn Valley. Victoria. Here, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Defence Against Skeleton Weed
Spraying wheat crops with 2.4-D should be regarded as the second line of defence against skeleton weed. Sowing subterranean clover…
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