The Blow Fly in Sheep Combating it Scientifically
The recent statement of the Chairman of the Council of Industrial and Scientific Research (Sir George Julius) before the Public…
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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
(These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land Notes Government Gazette, 20th Decem. Homestead Farm Areas available on 10th February. 1930
Land District Gosford, Co. Northumberland, Parish Kooree.—Block C of 120 acres; D of 175 acres; and E of 235 acres. Situated about 11…
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Botany council has decided to ask the Prime Minister to prohibit the export of unscoured wool. It was stated that hundreds of thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Deficiency Diseases in Cattle
In a booklet in which he discusses the composition of pastures, Dr. J. B. Orr, director of the Powlett Research Institute, Aberdeen, states that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saffron Thistle for Sheep
The Illabo Shire Council has for many years refused to declare saffron thistle a noxious weed Councillor W. R. Heffernan, who has a large area…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Alleged Theft of Sheep
For the third time, Hector M'Dougall, aged 38 years, was remanded at the Albury Police Court on Monday on charges of having stolen a sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Barbary Sheep in London
Six Barbery sheep, whoso parents were brought from the mountains of Northern Africa, have ?been born at the Zoological Gardens, London…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →South Australian Wheat
The official harvest forecast for South Australia has been issued by the Government statist (Mr. W. L. Johnston). The estimated yields are as…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Marketing Butter Proposed Compulsory Branding
The Commonwealth and five of the States were represented at a meeting of the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board, at which Mr. T. F…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →World Wheat Crop 3,415,000,000 BUSHELS Washington, December 22
The world's wheat crop for 1929, apart from Russia and China, is estimated by the Department of Agriculture at 3,415,000,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Wool Production Reported Decrease
Referring to the report that the world's wool production is expected to show a decline this season, the president of the Graziers' association (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Returns From Irrigated Wheat
Some splendid wheat crops are being harvested on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, where on irrigated land yields of twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sheep Blow-fly Handling of the Flock
DESPITE the dry times generally, there has been sufficient humidity following light falls of rain in districts to bring again into…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Reduced Pastoral Wages Queensland Saving £170,000 a Year
Mr. A. Coldham, an executive officer of the United Graziers' Association, estimates that the saving to the wool, industry as a result of the new award…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Seed Wheat Rail Concessions in Victoria
The secretary of the Victorian Railways department (Mr. E. C. Eyers) wrote to Mr. Pennington, M.L.A., the former Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Danger From Rock Fern Its Poisonous Effect on Sheep
ON more than one occasion specimens of rock forn (Cheilanthes tenuifolia) have been brought under notice as possibly, the cause of shivers or…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Wool Sales Sydney Market Firm. Sydney
Wool sales were held to-day, when the quantity catalogued was 9895 bales, and sales, including private transactions, amounted to 10,260 bales. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Crops Affected by Frost Farmer and Expert at Variance Mr. Benno Seidel States Case for Walbundrie
Mr. Benno Seidel, of Walbundrie, does not agree with the reports of Mr. G. C. Bartlett agricultural instructor, regarding the small damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Will Be a Dressmaker Sunshine Dairy, Wagga
DEAR Uncle Jeff,—There is no need to say that this is my first letter to the "Banner" as you will notice that my name has not appeared on…
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