More Butter, Cheese, Milk Produced
CANBERRA, Fri.: Increasing production of whale milk, butter and cheese is revealed in figures released today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1949
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Hampshire Down Sheep for Victoria
LONDON, Sunday : The first Hampshire Down sheep exported from England to Australia for 41 years are being shipped to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Rainfall Below Average; But Crops Doing Well
SHOWERS which were general throughout the Albury district at the week-end were accompanied by mild weather. Albury’s registration for Saturday and Sunday totalled 38 points…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Successful Special Cattle Sale
Dalgety and Co. Ltd. and Younghusband Ltd. report having conducted a special cattle sale at Deniliquin on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Powdery Mildew of Wheat
Powdery mildew of wheat is caused by a parasitic fungus which develops mainly in the rankly-growing portions of a crop, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silage for Sheep Inadequate Without a Supplement
Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture at departmental experiment farms have shown that while silage can maintain life…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Large Load of Wool
Above is a picture of wool arriving at Deniliquin, railhead for trucking to Melbourne. Driver is Mr. G. Mensforth, Hay, and load is 78 bales of merino wool weighing about 12 ton. It belongs to Mr. John Rees, "Daisy Plain," Booligal, and came 90 miles from the north of Hay. The trailer is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Discovery of New Rust in Wheat
Mr. W. C. Law, of "Thistledown," Gilgandra, is in receipt of the following letter from the Senior Lecturer in Agriculture at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Jacket Dresses Re[?] As a Suit As a Dress
Peter Russell designed this jacket dress of woven [?] beige and brown pin stripes. Tailored, but feminine, the [?] does-duty as a suit and has the longer fitting jacket with buto[?] hatch pockets. The dress has a straight skirt with a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legal Status of Poultry Farmers As Defined by Taxation Laws
The Agriculture Department's Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics has made a thorough investigation into the legal status of poultry farmers as defined by the taxation laws, in response to many [?]inquiries from thee Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further High Yields from Grain Sorghum at Yanco Experiment Farm
“THE yields of over 100 bushels per acre that were obtained for the second consecutive year from the grain sorghum varieties Caprock and Plainsman provide ample proof of their inherent production capacity under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial Albury Sheep Market
The following is the order of sale for to-day’s Albury sheep market: Goldsbrogh Mort Farmers and Graziers. Dalgety and Co New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal and Wheat
Says “The Bulletin”:— What with the coal strike and the International Wheat Agreement wheatgrowers aren’t too sure…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Butter Price to Rise 3d a Lb.?
MELBOURNE, Tues. : The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr Pollard) refused to comment today on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool in Price War in America
NEW YORK, Tues: A battle is developing between the American consumer and high price wool, says the “Wall Street Journal” in a featured…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Albury Fortnightly Sheep Market
Associated agents report having held their fortnightly sheep market at Albury yesterday, when they yarded 5570 sheep, comprising 3750 fat sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rye Grass Staggers m Sheep
Several cases of rye grass staggers in sheep have been reported recently from Orange district, states the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →“No Advantage In Wheat Grading System”
SYDNEY, Wed.: Speaking at the Farmers and Settlers’ Association annual conference in Sydney today, the president (Mr H. S…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →140,000 Bales of Wool to Be Offered in Next Six Months
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Australian Wool Realisation Commission announced tonight that in the first half of the 1949-50 wool selling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers And Graziers Urge Action Against Reds
SYDNEY, Wed.: Fanners and Settlers’ Association conference in Sydney today unanimously adopted a resolution submitted by Mr…
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