Agricultural & Pastoral Notes
These notes are issued every week by direction of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1937
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Paint Kills Sheep
As a result of licking a gate that had been newly painted with linseed oil and white lead, many breeding ewes died on the Quirindi property…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Truckings Heavy Fat Sheep and Cattle
Truckings of fat stock from Deniliquin district to the Melbourne market have been heavy this month, graziers no doubt being apprehensive regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Prospects
THE wheat market has eased since the middle of July, and the value of Australian cargoes afloat has fallen from 46/9 per quarter to 42/. At…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Crops for Sheep Director's Suggestions Aid to Increased Employment
The Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. M'Donald) strongly urges graziers to consider the advisability of extending materially the cultivation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moama Special Sheep Sale
Messrs: John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. draw attention to their special sale of 5000 fat and store sheep and 150 well bred store cattle at Moama…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Being Hand-fed Meragle, Tumbarumba
Dear Uncle Jeff,—Hello everybody! I suppose you are wondering where I have been hiding all this time; but I have not forgotten you. It has…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →To Use Your Wool Again
Wool that has been used can be made almost now again by steaming it. First unravel your wool, then wind it round and round a fairly big square of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Pastoral Fat Lamb Raising Importance of High-grade Rams
In the raising of fat lambs the question of the sire is one of greatest importance; it is necessary that the ram be purebred and a first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Skeleton Weed Control in Marginal Wheat Areas
Skeleton weed causes serious reduction of wheat yields and if control is neglected the production of wheat on infested land ultimately becomes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on Weeds Marginal Wheat Areas
THE invasion of weeds of a perennial nature in better rainfall wheat areas has demanded, the revision of farming systems and the wider expansion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agriculture Foot-rot of Wheat Measures for Control
The control of foot-rot of wheat has engaged the attention of the Biological Branch of the Department of Agriculture over a long period…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fitting Show Cattle Selection and Preparation Feeding and Grooming Hints
Within a few weeks the show season will be in full swing, and already breeders in all parts of the State are busy preparing the pick of their herds for…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Pre-shrinking of Wool Dipping Process New York, August 14
According to the "New York Times" Mr. A. J. Hall, an English chemist, has evolved a process for preshrinking wool without impairing its…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Swept by Avalanche Farms Razed in Norway
A great glacier lake breaking, it swept down the Simo valley at Hardanger Fjord, razing farms and killing stock. The approaching roar warned the…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Farmers and Settlers' Conference Green Timber Destruction Deplored Wagga Resolutions
The attitude adopted by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner), towards the municipal and shire councils, was condemned by…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Brazilian Coffee Crop 30 Per Cent. to Be Destroyed
The London "Daily Telegraph" says that 30 per cent. of the 1937-1938 Brazilian coffee crop will be burned or dumped in the ocean to keep up the…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Farmers and Settlers Annual Conference Concluded Emergency Taxation Attacked
The Farmers and Settlors' Association conference concluded in Sydney on Tuesday. A sub-committee recommended a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Calf-rearing Advantages of Individual Feeding
In the rearing of calves it is important that they be fed separately. The practice of feeding in tubs or troughs must be strongly condemned,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Saved by Bountiful Rains Inch General in Riverina After Six Months of Dry Weather Crops and Pastures Benefit
All fears of a drought were allayed on Monday when Riverina, the greater part of New South Wales and Victoria experienced rains which will be of untold…
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