Police hold wool worth over £6000
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The ownership of 38 bales of hand-pressed wool worth more than £6000 was still in dispute today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1952
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How to avoid frost damage in wheat
“The only way to minimise danger of frost damage in wheat crops is to sow varieties in season, or to check forward growth…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairymen believe import cuts will result in lower farm production
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A resolution stating that the Victorian Dairyformers’ Association is of the opinion that the restriction on the importation of materials required for the production of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Drop in Farm Produce Exports
CANBERRA, Tues.: Federal Cabinet was warned today of an alarming decline in exports of primary produce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheatmen fed “up to the neck” with present prices District Farmers Air Grievances
Australian wheat farmers were “fed-up to the neck” at having to provide cheap wheat at concessional prices for stock feed and human consumption, president of the Corowa District Council of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, Mr. J. M. Wilson, said at the annual conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aid for Drought- Stricken Farmers
SYDNEY, Tues.: Action was being taken to see what financial assistance could be given to farmers whose resources had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dogs cause sheep losses
Serious losses have been caused among sheep Hocks in Tangambalanga area by dogs, a district grazier said yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Urana Special Sheep Sale
New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (Inc. in England) in conjunction with Messrs. J. M. Smith and Company, Urana, report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Payments Deferred
Owing to extreme shipping conditions Melbourne Woolbrokers have agreed to extend the period of payment for wool purchased at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Higher Prices for Merino Wool
MELBOURNE, Wed.: The 10,600 sales submitted at the Melbourne wool sales today were drawn principally from the later shearing districts…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Field Day at Yanco Experimental Farm
Thursday, March 27th is the date of the F.S.A. Field Day at the Yanco Experimental Farm which is one of the most modern and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wodonga Dairyfarmers’ Assn. officers
Officials elected at the annual meeting of Wodonga branch of the Victorian Dairyfarmers’ Association were:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hay Sheep Sale
The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. and Young-husband Ltd. report haying held their annual autumn special sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Springhurst proud of its butter production record Farmers’ Excellent Co-operation
Highest grade butter production in Victoria has been achieved at the Springhurst factory…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne Woolbfoker's report that at the Ninth Series of Wool sales for the 1951/52 season held on March 3rd to 6th, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overwhelming burden of the wheat farmer (Contributed by O.L.B.)
Why has the wheat acreage deteriorated? The farmers themselves are not capable of telling all the reasons, but they do know wheat does not pay. There is too much risk incurred for the profits obtained, even if the season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Kidman of Kapunda” Sheep Strengthened His Position
IN Kapunda there are seven churches and a strong centre of the Salvation Army, plus a liberal sprinkling of hotels and a splendid lot of growing Australian children. There is a high school, and a more picturesque one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Week in the Wool Market
The period of slow digestion which has pertained in the wool market since the beginning of the present season, persists as it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Value of Molasses Doubtful For Feeding Sheep During Drought
"The common impression among sheep men that molasses has particular virtues in drought or supplementary feeding of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Farm Implement
A new farm implement which is causing much interest is the Rotomaster Rotary Cultivator. This implement is driven from…
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