Commercial Special Sale at Sheep Albury (Special to the “Mail”)
Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. held a special store sheep sale at Albury yesterday, when they penned about 5000 store sheep. The…
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Turning Back The Files... 10 Years Ago : (From the “Pastoral Times,” June 6. 1930)
STREET FAIR.—Organised by the Red Cross Society, a street fair was held in aid of Deniliquin Hospital. The returns indicate that about £150 was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Prospects Deteriorate Area Sown Less in N.s.w
Returns received by the New South Wales Marketing Bureau indicate that the area sown to wheat in the 1940-41 season is approximately 4,500,000 acres,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Agreement’s Value Far-sighted United Kingdom Commonwealth Deal
Australian wool-growers have had good reason.to be thankful for the contract between the United Kingdom and Australian Governments providing for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carpets for Australia Our Industries No. 14 We Start To Make Them Ourselves New Outlet for Coarse Wool
ONE of the most significant of Australia’s new industries is that of carpet-making. This country normally imports about 4,000,000 yards of carpets of various sorts and sizes each year, worth over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market Very Much Contracted Sydney
“Outside the British Empire there are now only two countries that offer an important market for our wool— the United States and Japan,” stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Making an Outlet for Island Dairy Farmers
Thanks lo a movement started by Wodonga Shire Council several dairy farmers living in what may b- termed as a “No-Man’s Land,” are to be given easy access from the island across the Murray river into N.S.W. Co-operating with Albury Municipal Council, Hume Shire Council and the Victorian C.R.B., sufficient money has been made available lo build a bridge across the river lo a point near Albury waterworks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Mair Buys Stud Rams Sheep Men Help Red Cross Sydney
At the Sydney stud sheep sales today, rams from Haddon Rig Stud brought a total of 3595 guineas. The best price otherwise was 300 guineas on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irrigation Farming. With Special Reference to Wakopl and Berriquin Irrigation Districts. Water Requirements
The water requirements of pastures and crops will vary [?] to the different type and age of pastures, the type of soil and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Out-dated Criticism. the Charge of Conservatism Against Farmers
It is a traditional charge against the farmer that he s conservative, but the charge ha 3 almost had its day. Few farmers nowadays will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Promotion Vital
There still lurks in the minds of many woolgrowers the idea that in war time wool promotion is unnecessary. This dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Sheep Show Somerseet Stud Successes
Mr. D. B. Milthorpe, of Somerset, Jerilderie, was a successful exhibitor at the annual Sydney Sheep Show held at the latter end of last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Free Booklet on Weed Control
Already thousands of copies of the booklet "Control of Weeds" have been distributed to farmers and graziers. This attractively…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan As Big Wool Buyer? Sydney
Australian should not worry about the contraction or the wool markets in Europe, stated an executive officer of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Agreement’s Value ‘Far-sighted Deal’
Australian wool growers have had good reason to be thankful for the contract between the United Kingdom and Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Need for Better Quality Butter Industry Facing Difficulties SYDNEY
Emphasising that the quality of Australian butter must be increased, the president of the Primary Producers’ Union (Mr. Dunolop, M.L.C.), at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer-soldiers Walbundrie’s Gesture
A public meeting convened by the committee of the Win-the-War effort was held at Walbundrie to consider methods of assisting soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Engineering Bonding of Concrete Joining New Work to Old
It is often necessary to place new concrete on top of concrete that has set hard, as, for instance, when building a well. The joining of new work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Signs of a Good Farmer a Trim Homestead and Surroundings
His observations had Inclined him to agree that you could tell a good farmer by the appearance of the home in which he lived, said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Stud Sheep Sales
At Monday's opening merino stud sales buyers were cautious, and although some good sales were effected, values generally showed a…
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