Wheat Three Feet High with Well-filled Heads
Yesterday we were shown a splendid sample of Bencubbin wheat, in a small Sheaf, grown by Mr. W. P. Nixon B of Oaklands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1940
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War Effects on Wool Smaller Clips-Larger Receipts
Those interested In the sale or purchase of wool not controlled by the British Government, have a difficult task to judge the probable trend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hugh Roberton's Address Will Demand Payable Price for Wheat
Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, author of the Roberton Wheat scheme, which provides for a payment of 4- per bushel for wheat on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waste of Farmyard Manure a Reflection on Local Farming Practice
Neglect to make systematic use, of farmyard manure on coastal farms means a waste of material worth 3½ millions annually and of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Breeding Season for Sheep Sydney
The results of studies of the breeding season in Australian sheep conducted at the McMaster Field Station, N.S.W., on behalf of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Care of Newly Planted Trees Protection from Stock
Those who have given some attention this winter to farm improvement by tree planting are reminded that if their enterprise is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wartime Vegetable Crops
With their limitation of overseas supplies of various primary products, wartime conditions have also opened up certain possibilities for local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep and Wool Classing Training Examinations, 1940
The annual non-deploma examinations of the sheep and wool department of the Sydney Technical College (Riverina section), were held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Pastoral Foot Lice in Sheep Method of Treatment
During the past few years sheep from many districts have been found infested with foot lice, but the incidence is mainly confined to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Cattle Sales
At the Newmarket sales on Wednesday 1690 fat bullocks were yarded, about the same as last week in number. The quality of the yarding was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Melbourne Sheep Sales
At the Newmarket sales on Tuesday there were 152 12 trucks of fat sheep and 5770 by road a decrease of 4900 it was a very bad market for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foot Lice in Sheep Method of Treatment
During the past few years sheep from many districts have been found infested with foot lice, but the incidence is mainly confined to the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Roberton’s Wheat Stabilisation Scheme
MR. H. ROBERTON, one of the U.C.P. candidates for Riverina at the Federal election to-morrow, addressed the electors at an open air meeting in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Cattle Injured In Road Accident
A motor lorry collided with a mob of young cattle on the road at Jindera shortly before midday yesterday. Two women and a man in the lorry were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exodus of Sheep 206 Trucks Despatched This Week
With district graziers marketing all [?]lamps and sheep in suitable condition [?]at Flemington, and bueysr from the Western district of Victoria operating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Industry in Australia U.S.A. Has Much To Learn
Mr. J. F. Wilson, Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of California’s College of Agriculture, who is now in Melbourne, after paying a visit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walla Farmers and Settlers
At the monthly meeting of the F. and S. Association, those present were: Messrs. R. Shipard, A. B. Paech, E. R. Paech, J. D. Habermann,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Management Some Common Points of Weakness
There are many possible causes and combinations of causes of failure to derive the maximum profit from the farm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High Winds Blow Away Farmers’ Hopes MELBOURNE
As a result of yesterday’s parching northerly gale, and the night change which brought [?] rain, Mallee farmers in most places are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Post War Wool Stocks
Among people interested in wool production there is much anxious discussion concerning the outlook for wool after the war, says the Australian…
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