Wool Marret Favors Growers
Wool sales in Melbourne are summarised as follows:— Offered, 8000 bales; cleared 97 per cent; merino top 29½d.; comeback…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1937
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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales
The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. report (March 1, 1937) Sales were continued in Melbourne on the above date when we offered a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Firmer Further Improvement Overseas
Another lift in wheat values was recorded in the Melbourne market on Tuesday, under the influence of stronger local buying, following a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pink-eye in Sheep Method of Treatment
Application of one or other of the following lotions is recommended by the Stock Branch of the Department of Agriculture for treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Pastoral Pasture Improvement on the South Coast Eradication of Bracken
One of the impressions that the observant visitor invariably gains on a tour of the South Coast dairying lands is the considerable area (and…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →London Wool Sales London, March 4
At the woolsales to-day 7324 bales were offered of which 6956 were sold, including 350 bales from N.S.W. Strong competition prevailed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marketing Control No Compulsory Pool for Wheat
Stating that it was utterly misleading to describe the proposed marketing amendment to be submitted to the people by referendum on 6th March as…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Death of Mr. Ben Chaffey a Director of Manfred Pastoral Co
Mr. Benjamin Chaffey, 62, chairman of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and pastoralist, died on Wednesday afternoon at his home,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. Good Market. LONDON
The wool sales opened to-day. The market was unchanged on the closing rates of last series. Good Home competition was well supported by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Control of Sheep Blowfly the Glycerine and Boric Acid Dressing
Tests carried out by Dr. L. M. Mackerras Dr. M. J. Mackerras and Mr. M. R. Freney of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HAY P.P. DISTRICT. The Stock Returns. Sheep Have Increased
By the courtesy of the secretary of the Hay Pastures Protection Board we are able to give the aggregate of the returns of the stock which were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying How to Make a Concrete Floor Best Type for the Dairy Farm
For many purposes on the dairy farm impervious floors are required. Concrete—a mixture of Portland cement with sand, stone and water—…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Leave Wool Alone Government Advised Graziers' Conference in Sydney
In his presidential address at the opening of the annual conference of the Graziers' Association in Sydney, on Monday, Mr. J. P. Abbott declared…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Wool for U.S.A. New York, March 1
The secretary of the Australian Office (Mr. D. H. Dow), in an address to the Export Managers' Club, said that although prominence had been…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Albury Wool Sales Fifth Offering Next Week Good Prices Expected
It is the general opinion of representatives of woolbroking firms that the fifth wool sales of the Albury series this season will prove equally…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Out with the Sheep at 86 at One Time He Suffered From Rheumatism
Going out with the sheep, miles from home, this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Melbourne Wool Sales. Last Week's Averages. MELBOURNE
The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended 27th February, was 18.14d. per lb.( or £21/11/1 per bale on an average weight of 285.01 lbs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South-west Farmers' League Delegates Meet
ABOUT 30 delegates from widely scattered centres of the South-West met at Rankin's Springs to discuss the replies to the resolutions of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm Home Food Value of Honey a Natural Sweet
Only an understanding of the value of honey as a food should bo necessary for it to be given a place in the diet, said the Senior Apiary Instructor of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Shortage of Boys for Work on Farms
The recent statement by Lord Somers, a former Governor of Victoria, that it seemed obvious that there was a shortage of youths for farm…
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