Demented Farmer Burns Family to Death. REGINA (Canada)
While his wife was at a party, Joseph Jost, farmer, set fire to his home, burning himself and five children to death. Only a 15-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1936
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Skeleton Weed an Effective Eradicator Discovery by Quandialla Farmer
That remarkable results had been achieved during an experiment before representatives of the Jemalong (Forbes) Shire Council by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Tomato Crop
The quantity of tomatoes despatched from the Echuca railway station for the month ended January 30, 1936, was 9423 cases a decrease of 9802 cases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Standard
The f.a.q. wheat [?] South Wales’ wheat for the 1935 wheat harvest was fixed at [?] [?] bagged and [?] wheat at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop Competitions
Consideration was recently given by the R.A.S. to the championship field wheat competitions recently conducted by the Society…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Land for Lucerne Importance of Thorough Preparation
The first matter to be considered by farmers proposing to grow lucerne is the question of weeds. Young lucerne plants grow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Levy for Publicity and Research Growers' Recommendation
The joint conference of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council and the Graziers' Federal Council passed a resolution that a special fund for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Sheep Sales
At the Newmarket fat sheep sales on Tuesday, 22,000 were offered. The penning comprised a veryt indifferent lot, prime pens, both wethers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Urana Special Sheep Sale
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Corowa, in conjunction with J. M. Smith, of Urana, report holding a special sheep sale at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oaklands Special Sheep Sale
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., in conjunction with K. Rourke, Oakland's, report holding a special sheep sale at their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Award Unchanged for Next Year
The general secretary of tho Graziers' Association (Mr. J. W. Allen) said in Sydney on Monday that the Commonwealth statistics which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Geelong Wool Sales
Dalgety and Company Limited, Albury, are in receipt of the following telegram from their Geelong office in reference to the wool sale in that…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Melbourne Wool Auctions
The Melbourne woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold m Melbourne during the week ended February 1, 1936, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
Dalgety and Company Limited, Albury, report having received the following cable from their London office regarding wool sales at that centre:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Wool Average
The average price of wool sold in Melbourne last week was 15.62d. a pound or £19/1/8 a bale on an ave[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Sheep Sale at Moulamein
Messrs JOHN McNAMARA & CO. Pty. Ltd. report:—We submitted 7400 sheep at our Moulamein special sale on Friday, January 31, to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →48,000 Sheep Yarded at Wagga
Reminiscent of their huge Special Sheep Sale at Wagga in December, 1933, at which 51,100 sheep were penned to a record crowd, the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market Sydney Wool Sales Greasy Merino to 23¾d
Values for best fleece and skirtings at the Sydney wool sales on Monday were from par to 5 per cent, higher. The demand was spirited,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Control of Weeds By Prevention of Seeding
Weeds, particularly annuals, frequently infest the land so completely that entire destruction is impossible, except when the land can be placed…
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