Commercial To-day’s Sheep Market (Supplied by John McNamara and Co Pty. Ltd,)
JOHN McNAMARA & CO Pty. Ltd. report direct from Newmarket saleyards this morning. The market for all classes of prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1946
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A.p.p. Union Meeting Local Producers’ Requests Reduced Commission on Stock Sales Wool Freights Are Excessive Resolutions Drafted for Conference
Mr. D. H. McAllister (president) and over 30 members of the local branch of the A.P.P, Union attended a meeting at the R.S.L. Club-room on Saturday. The greater part of the business was framing resolutions to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Philosophy of a Progressive Farmer"
Mr. A. K. Gardiner, winner of the Progressive Farmer Competition, on the eve of his departure for American, made the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Crops of Barley From One Sowing
An extraordinary event recently was the stripping of a second crop of barley on Mr. Roy McBurnie's property Blighty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Look Over Farms in States
MR. A. K. GARDINER (above), winner of the NSW Progressive Farmer competition, who is now on his way to America to look over farms in the States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Better Homes on Farms Advocated Report Made to Government Sydney
Promotion of satisfactory and improved standards of houses on farms should be adopted as a definite post-war national objective,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Some Farm Houses Inferior to Sheds” Canberra
In very many In stances, the farmer is apt to consider the building of a new shed or the purchase of a prize bull or a [?] or the installation of new machinery of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protection of Seed Wheat
Seed wheat may be protected from insect attack by treating with cither magnetite or copper carbonate powder before bagging or storing, advises the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wodonga Pat Sheep and Lamb Market
There will be a yarding of 530 fat sheep and tombs at to-day’s Wodonga market,. Order of sale: McNarmara and Co., Younghusband Ltd.; Coldsborough Mort and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fat Sheep and Lamb Sales Melbourne
At Newmarket sheep sales to-day in the fat sheep section, prime crossbred wethers of all weights, both in the wool and shorn, were again well represented, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advantages of a Butter Factory to a District. Essay Competition. Fourth Award
“The establishment of a butter factory in a district such as Finley will after the general fanning methods. Instead of wheat farming and sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legal Fight For Just Wheat Price. VICTORIAN C.P. ACTS
Following a decision by annual conference, the U.C.P. in Victoria has launched a fighting fund to finance High Court litigation, failing payment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electricity for Farmers Commission Recommends More Use of “Grid” System Canberra
Extension of electricity into a greater number of farming districts must be a national matter and would not realy grow from many locally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Committee Forecast for Dairying Industry Sydney
The Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr Scully) said today he was giving consideration to the proposal that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →. Young Farmers’ Corner . . A Visit to a Butter Factory
Following negotiations by Mr. K. V. Weppner, Mr. R. Ahearn, manager of the Kiewa Latter factory, extended to the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Kiewa. Red Blurt and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wodonga Special Cattle Sale
JOHN McNAMARA & CO. Pty. Ltd. report submitting on 10th May a most outstanding class offering of station bred store cattle at Wodonga. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fat Cattle Sales Melbourne
At Newmarket today, 2180 fat bullocks were yarded. Competition was uneven and weaker, with values for heavyweights 10/ to 20/ cheaper in the morning sales, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Sown in N.S.W.
Four and a half million acres will be under wheat in New South Wales in the coming season, with an estimates yield of about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Wheat Likely to Be Planted Canberra
With extra labor available. Australia may have between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 additional acres under wheat this year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Ships Wanted to Shift Wool Canberra
If shipping was available Australia could export 1,000,000 bales of wool in the next month, officials of the Commerce Department said…
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