Junior Farmers' Camp to Be Held in Sydney
On Thursday the 26th of this month, the nineteenth Junior Farmers' Camp will be held in Sydney. These camps have been held every year since 1930 This year, for the first time,…
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Machine age comes to our farms
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The mechanisation of agriculture by the replacement of the horse by the tractor in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barham Agronomist’s Advice To Farmers
Topdressing of Wimmera rye-sub, clover pastures was carried out on many holidays in the Barham agronomistsâs district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market
The Associated Agents conducted their weekly cattle market at’ Wodonga yesterday when, they yarded 2503 cattle, comprising 1176 fats, 700…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Commercial Wool Values Maintained
SYDNEY, Tues.: Values for all classes were fully maintained at the Sydney wool sales today. All qualities of comebacks and crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wheat talks to be held at Canberra
CANBERRA, Tues.: State Ministers for Agriculture will confer with the Federal Minister for Commerce and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool promotion at grower’s expense criticised
During the week Mr. J. E. Jelbart , of young street, wrote to the “Mail” pointing out certain facts about wool and synthetic competition. This is what he said:…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool at Highest Price--35¼ a lb
GEELONG, Tues.: Highest price of the season was obtained at the opening of the seventh series of wool sales at Geelong today, when 425¼d. per Ib was paid for one bale of extra super merino lambs’ woof, branded…
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CANBERRA, Tues.: Production of agricultural machinery in Australia had improved considerably as a result of…
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GEELONG, Wed.: Prices held firm at the second, day of Geelong wool sales today. Variations received were higher and in sellers’ favor. Top…
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Few people in the border districts know the amount of traffic that is handled by Albury Railway goods yards…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Sir John Teasdale said tonight he thought it unlikely there would be a new International Wheat…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: A new wheat research station at Wagga Agricultural College would experiment with new wheat types and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mayor’s Appeal on Wool Week
An appeal to business people to decorate their premises for Wool Week was made yesterday by the Mayor (Ald. Bunton)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If Dry Spell Continues . . . Farmers will be concerned over winter prospects
If the present dry spell continues over the Border District some dairy formers and graziers might he deeply concerned over the prospects for the winter, a survey yesterday revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRYONG Cudgewa Dairy Coy
At the March meeting of directors of Cudgewa Dairy Coy. it was reported that during February 94 tons 3 cwt. 15 lbs. of…
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Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. (incorporating the business of Wilkinson & Lavender Ltd) wired under…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: The position of the International Wheat Agreement negotiations in Washington was not entirely hopeless,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →“Mentally ill patients living in conditions not fit for cattle or pigs”
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Some mental patients were living in conditions not fit-for cattle, N.S.W. Nurses’ Association secretary (Mr. A. L. Hart) said today. Mental hospitals were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.S.W. Wheat Specialist Discusses Factor Of Frost Damage
Although the 1953 avelage-acre yield of wheat was a record for New South Wales, the damage caused by frost was estimated to be in excess of the combined losses attributed to disease…
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