Quality British Sheep Studs Report Growing Demand
The spirited demand experienced throughout 1940 for high quality British breeds of sheep is being maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Farming & the land, 1941
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Pastoral Essential in Pasture Work. Planning and Correct Management
Neglect of proper planning is responsible for many failures in pastures improvement. Success demands both planning and correct subsequent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural Varieties of Wheat Recommendations for District
Following are the latest wheat variety recommendations of the Department of Agriculture). Unless otherwise mentioned, the varieties…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commercial Moama Special Sheep Sale Prices Satisfactory To Vendors
JOHN McNAMARA & CO. PTY LTD. report having conducted a special sale at Moama on Wednesday last, when they yarded 7,000 sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excellent Prospects For Holding Sheep Show At Albury Support Promised by Sheep-breeders' President Investigating Sub-committee To Meet Next Week
Prospects for the holding of a sheep show in Albury this year are, excellent, according to the secretary of the Albury Show Society (Mr. A. G. Young) this week. The sub-committee of the society appointed to investigate the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Low Wheat Yield 24 1/2 Million Bushels
The actual wheat crop in N.S.W. for 1940-41 is approximately 24,500,000 bushels. This is the smallest harvest since 1919-20, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Latest Wheat Variety Recommendations Souther Belt and Central Western Plains Districts
Latest wheat variety recommendations of the Department of Agriculture are given hereunder. Unless otherwise mentioned, the varieties recommended are suitable for both grain and hay…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Results of District Grain Trials Summarised Remarkable Yields Despite Season Wheat, Oats and Barley Varieties Tested
Many comments on cultivation and comparisons of the yields in the various farmers' experiment plots conducted throughout the Southern Riverina during the past season, are contained in the following, article by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Price of Wheat Sydney
The f.a.q. was fixed to-day by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce at [?] [?] per Imperial bushel, as ascertained [?]ver shopper 1 litre scale for both bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Apple and Pear Crops Board Faces Big Problem What the New Acquisition Scheme Provides
With the prospect of a very heavy crop of high quality fruit, and the complete cuting off of the overseas market, the Apple and Pear…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dalgety’s Record 20,000 Sheep Sale at Holbrook
In their new yards at Holbrook on Friday, Dalgery and Co. Ltd. offered 20,000 sheep to a large attendance of buyers. With the e[?] ception of 300, all the sheep were sold. In the lop left picture, Mr. Flank Scott, Holbrook manager [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer As Labor Candidate Sydney
Mr. G. E. Grintell, farmer of West Wyalong, has been selected by the State executive of the Labor Party to contest Lachlan at the State election[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stemming Agrarian Decay Claims of British Farmers LONDON, January 2[?]
Claims of United Kingdom farmers have recently received prominence in “The Times”. Lord Bledisloe, in a letter to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Award Rates Increase
Following increased figures for costs of living on which the Federal Pastoral Award is based, higher rates under the award will apply this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunbar Wheat
Mother earth has provided us with some pronounced irregularities in her productivity this year. There have been but few good yields owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane to Drop Fodder to Sheep Sydney
To save his sheep marooned by floods at Tiboorbruru. a grazier has arranged for an aeroplane to drop 10 tons of fedder to them. Several trips…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Measures Against Sheep Blowfly Importance of Preventive Treatment
There is a steadily increasing mass experimental proof that treatment of sheep in anticipation of blowfly strike is a very much more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Low F.a.q. for N.s.w. Wheat
The f.a.q. standard for wheat was fixed at 62[?] lb. a bushel for the 1940-41 season at a meeting at the Sydney chamber of Commerce on Friday. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Green Feed for Poultry Crops for Autumn Sowing
Two of the most suitable croon feed crops for poultry are lucerne and Berseem clover, and those who ale contemplating the planting of additional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmyard Manure Is Valuable
Farmyard manure must not be treated as a waste product. At first glance it may appear that it costs nothing to produce: but consider a moment. Feed…
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