Record Apricot Crop at Griffith
The apricot crop for the Griffith district has been a record and is expected to be worth more than £200,000 to district growers. The…
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Drought Cuts Down Maize Crop
Many vital N.S.W. industries, including those manufacturing penicillin and stock food, faced a crisis this year because of the…
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KALAMAZOO (Mich.), Mon.: A new sex hormone to make farm animals more productive was announced here tonight by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bencubbin Leading Wheat Variety
“Bencubbin is still the leading wheat variety in New South Wales,” said Mr George son, Cereal Specialist of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How to ensure more wheat (Contributed)
The “Mail” ventured to point out the other day that the Government’s approach to the problem of securing greater production of foodstuffs from the soil, especially wheat, was all wrong, in that the appeal was being made…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Japan cannot pay our wool prices
DARWIN, Tues.: Japan cannot afford to buy all the Australian wool she needs, according to a leading Japanese buyer who…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Little change in the Melbourne wool market
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Little, if any, change in the market, as compared with yesterday, was noticeable on the second day of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Pseudo-loopers problem in tobacco crops
“Pseudo-loopers have been causing considerable concern in New South Wales tobacco-growing areas,” S. L. Allman, senior…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bencubbin leading wheat variety
Bencubbin is stiff the leading wheat variety in N.S.W., according to Mr. George Nicholson, cereal specialist of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture. Analysis of census figures for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Super-fine spinners’ wool improves
SYDNEY, Wed.: Super fine spinners of good length showed some little improvement at Sydney wool sale today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Charged with Murder
MELBOURNE, Wed: Thomas Wilfred Stevens, 30, farmer, of Betbet, was fatally shot in the stomach on a property at Betbet, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report on the Australian wheat crops
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A report on the condition of Australia’s wheat crops at the end of December issued by the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau states : NEW SOUTH WALES: The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lower Wheat Acreages
Contraction of wheat acreage in Australia “is part of a general trend over recent decades, during which yields per acre have risen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool and Stock
Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. (incorporating the business of Wilkinson & Lavender Ltd.) wired under…
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Here is the way to grow wheat : A crop of Gabo which won the Narromine Field Competition for Messrs. McKillop and Sons,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle die by hundreds in N.T.
DARWIN, Thurs.: Hundreds of cattle have died on the drought-stricken Barkley Tablelands after chewing the bones and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool shows a slight improvement
SYDNEY, Thurs: Values showed some improvement for all descriptions of merinos, comebacks and crossbreds and ruled at the best…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pure Seed Wheat Production at Wagga
District farmers have shown great interest in the pure seed production blocks at the Wagga Agricultural College this year,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alarming Drop in Food Exports Butter down by 75 p.C
CANBERRA, Thurs.: In the first five months of the current financial year Australia’s food exports showed an alarming drop, according to statistics issued by acting Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. Carver) today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Housewives Will Pay More for Milk World Picture of Dairy Production
DAIRY produce is again taking the spotlight of current affairs of importance and creating another worry for the housewife with a rise of 2d. a pint. The increase was announced by State Cabinet this…
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