Farmer Fires at Suspects Believes Wounded One Melbourne
Last night Mr. Gordon Irwin, farmer, of Bulla, told the police that he had seen two men near the fowl pen on his property. He said he called to…
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Farmer Found Shot Dead Tamworth
The body of Roy Ferrett, aged 26, son of Mr. W. J. .Perrett, of Gunnedah, and a share farmer, of Frogmore Parte estate, was found on the river bank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool From Dead Sheep
Scientists have been making experiments to see if wool can be grown from dead sheepskins (states an exchange). The experimenters based their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Outlook “Amazing Recovery”
Recent rams have brought about an amazinz recovery m the pastoral outlook, states the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., in its wool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wakool Special Sheep Sale
Early entries are invited for a special sheep sale to be conducted at Wakool on Wednesday, April 26, by Robert Bradshaw and the N.Z.L. and M.A. Co…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Sheep Sale at Albury
Younghusband Ltd. report having held a highly successful sheep sale at Albury yesterday, when 20,000 sheep were submitted to a large and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Graziers’ Association President’s Report on Pastoral Interests
The 33rd annual general meeting of members of the Graziers’ Association of Southern Riverina was held m Melbourne on Thursday, when there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marketing Wheat World action urged
The Australian Agricultural Conference at Canberra on Wednesday expressed its support of the principle of an international agreement to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Restoration of Soil Fertility on Wheat Growing Areas
In the restoration of impoverished wheat lands, it was evident that it was necessary to put back into the soil something of the substances that were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quality of 1938-39 F.a.q. Wheat
The quality of both bulk and bagged f.a.q. wheat this year was found to be particularly good, states a report by the chief chemist of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flag Smut of Wheat Controlled by Resistant Varieties
Flag smut, a disease which affects only wheat and does not occur on wild or cultivated grasses, was ones a disease of considerable importance in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Show Light Rain Does Not Affect Big Parade of Cattle Sydney
Although light rain fell in Sydney during the morning, this fact did not appear to detract from the attendance at the Royal Show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under a Shadow Wheat Outlook Black Surplus Appears Forgotten Sydney
“The outlook may aptly be described as bristling with difficulties, for Wheat at the moment appears to be under the shadow of an economic depression…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury and District Successes Judges Busy Awards at the Show Quality of Cattle High Sydney
About 1400 animals appeared before the judges at the Royal Sydnew Show, when judging was commenced in unsettled weather today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Junior Farmers' Club Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee held this month, Mr. John Houston occupied the chair and welcomed Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Classing
The following [?] should be kept in [?] the Rock:— 1. Good strong [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Red Poll Cattle From Overseas Sydney
It is possible that a shipment of Red Poll cattle will reach Australia in time for exhibition at the 1940 Royal Easter Show. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Season’s Wheat. How the Silos Were Cleared
How the remnant of last season’s wheat in the terminal silos in Sydney was disposed of to make room for the new season’s crop was explained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Wonder—view of Combine
Illustrating the complicated trend of modem farm machinery—Farmers of 100 years ago would have been bewildered by talk of this up-to-date combine and its capabilities, but to the farmer of to-day such mechanical wonders are merely part and parcel of the day’s work. Thousands of similar machines are working in the wheat belt, sowing countless acres of grain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and 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…
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