2000 Wheat Farmers Position to Be Considered
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) said that it was expected that Cabinet would next week deal with the position of about 2000 wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Farming & the land, 1936
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Sheep Blowfly Some Aspects of the Problem
An interesting summary of the findings to date in relation to the sheep blowfly problem was given by Dr. I. M. Mackerras, of the Council for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Losses in Riverina Cause of Disease Found
The disease of sheep commonly known as "yellows," and correctly termed toxaemic, or haemolytic jaundice, has caused very heavy losses in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Levy Fixed to Yield £750,000
Woolgrowers will pay a levy of sixpence a bale, threepence a fadge or butt, and one penny a bag this season for research and publicity. This…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Australian Wool Greatly Curtailed Purchases New Modifications
Japan's consumption of wool would be educed by one-third this year as a result of the Australian tariff, according to Mr. T. Fujiwara, of F…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bulk Handling of Wheat Big Saving in Annual Cost
An annual saving of more than £35,000 in the cost of the scheme for bulk handling of wheat is one of the features of the bill, the second…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turning Back the Files. . . 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times” July 9, 1926)
BANK MANAGER. - Mr. A.S. Selle has arrived from Newcastle [?] taken over the management on the Bank of Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales Merinos 5 Per Cent. Up London. July 17
The fourth series of the 1936 London wool sales was concluded to-day. A few days before the series commeced a noticeable improvement was recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Wheat Acreage New South Wales Figures Over 4,000,000 Acres Sown
In the season 1935-36 the total acreage sown to wheat, as estimated by the Government Statistician, was 4,039,800 acres, according to a report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only One Act So Far Affected Dried Fruits Licences Wheat Plan in Danger
So far the only Commonwealth legislation already in force that is upset by the judgment is the Commonwealth Dried Fruits Act, passed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Position Op Dairy Industry
Mr. A. M'Kenzie, president of the Victorian Dairymen's Association; commenting on the Privy Council decision which renders the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Farm Home White Ants Treatment of Infested Buildings
When wite ants (termites) have gained access to a building, treatment with white arsenic, paris green or sodium silico-fluoride dust is…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Young Farmers Tumut District Clubs Active
Mr. J. W. Webb, instructor of the Department of Agriculture and junior farmers clubs, paid a visit to Tumut district, and found that adverse…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Brocklesby Farmers and Settlers
At a meeting of Brocklesby branch, of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. L. W. Drew gave a report of the Corowa District Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Farmers Cease Work Properties Deserted London July 22
Notwithstanding the Government's appeals several agricultural strikes have been begun in various parts of Prance. All the agricultural laborers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce From the Dominions Abandonment of Tariff Plan London, July. 21
In the House of Commons, Major Dorman-Smith (Con.) asked the Minister, for Agriculture (Major Elliot) and the president of, the Board of Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Feeding of Dairy Cows
The dairy farmer who knows his business knows that adequate feeding is every dairy cow's due. "I would sooner touch my hat to a good dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Dairying Worth While When Milking Importance of Clean Hands
Emphasising in a recent address' to farmers the importance of cleanliness in the dairy, a departmental instructor quoted the case of a supplier to a…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →South-west Farmers Cabinet Conisders Committee's Report
The report of the sub-comrnittee which inquired into the disabilities of the south-western wheat farmers, which was presented to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crop Prospects Uncertain Australian Cargoes in Demand London, July 18
The commodity markets were quieter than the previous week, there being a natural reaction after the sharp rises since the beginning of June. Wheat…
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