Higher Cattle Prices. Dry Weather and War Influence. Scarcity of Supplies
Although there has been a substantial advance in cattle prices at Flemington in recent weeks, last week's sales have shown a cheaper…
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Farming & the land, 1940
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Threshing Wheat. In the Old Days. Forty Years Ago on the Manning
In the early days, wheat growing was one of the staple industries of the Manning district, and remained so until rust came along, and its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leaf-Eating Ladybird Beetle. Protection of Crops
The leaf-eating ladybird beetle (Epilachna 28-punctata), both, in the grub and the adult stage, attacks the foliage of potatoes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leguminous Crops as Soil Improvers Conditions Governing Nitrogen Building Ability
In any scheme of cropping designed to maintain the fertility of the land, the group of plants known as legumes (of which the best known are lucerne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Pays. Macleay Co-op. Dairying Company Limited
Suppliers to the Upper Maclcay Co-operative Dairying Company, Toorooka, for the month of December, received 1/- per lb. for choicest butter and 11d…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Telegrams. Butter Price Problem. Sydney
The problem of increasing the price of butter and cheese without stimulating the consumption of butter substitutes was discussed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shark Sensation. 14ft. Monster at Clarence Town. Cattle Dog Taken
A sensation, almost unprecedented, occurred at Clarence Town on Thursday morning, when a 14ft. shark was seen to devour a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions
At a meeting of the organising committee is was decided that entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions. conducted by the "Farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For Choicest Cream Some "Don'ts" for Dairy Farmers
The following advice was given to a gathering of dairy farmers by the manager of a North Coast factory some years ago, and it is still sound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers' Field Day
A combined Junior Farmers' Field Day will be held at Wingham Bacon Factory on Thursday morning next, 1st February. commencing at 11…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protect Crops Against Leaf-eating Ladybird Beetle
The leaf-eating ladybird beetle (Epilachna 28-punctata), both in the grub and the adult stage, attacks the foliage of potatoes, tomatoes, melons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heifer Calves Slaughtered on the North Coast. High Cost of Dairy Stock
Four abattoirs, three of them co-operative, on the North Coast last year slaughtered 222,267 calves from the dairy farms--mostly of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Butter Pay
Under the "Telegraph Point— Contributed" news last week, we erronously stated the butter pay to be 1/- and 10d. for choicest and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. White Ants
When white ants have gained access to a building the first step recommended is treatment with Paris green or sodium sllico-fluoride dust…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.A.S. [?] Stock Notes. High Butter-fat Production. A.I.S. COW's PERFORMANCE
Heading the list of Australian Ilia warra Shorto[?] senior four-year-old butter-fat productions completed in New. South Wales during December is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Butter Discussion at P.D.S. Meeting Menace of Margarine Sydney
The problem of increasing the price of butter and cheese, without stimulating the consumption of butter substitutes, was discussed at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maize Crop Outlook. Better Than Last Year. Rain Badly Needed
Although rain is needed urgently in many of the maize-Krowing areas of the State, the general outlook is considerably better than it was at this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local Cattle
District sales at Winchcomb, Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday included Shaw Bros., Gloucester, 13 cows and heifers to £8, avg…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Calf Killing Depored
"Country Life & Stock and Station Journal" hits out in this direction: The ceaseless slaughter of poddy calves in hundreds of cases of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Painting on the Farm. Treatment of Galvanized Iron
Under the heading of iron may be included roof iron, guttering, downpipes, tanks, and water pipes. In all these instances the iron is galvanized…
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