Junior Farmers' News
On Thursday, March 26, the nineteenth Junior Farmers' Camp held in conjunction with the Sydney Royal Show, will commence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1953
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"Star" Junior Farmer Competition
The "Star" Junior Farmer competition is again being conducted in 1953 by the Junior Farmer Movement. The "Star"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Week
IT is fitting that a number of people in Albury have bonded together to organise Wool Week from March 23 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Wagga Sheep Market
Associated Agents of âWaggaâ held their weekly sheep market o Thursday when 10,524 head were yarded comprising 7724 fats and 2800 stores…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →No cattle quarantified in Albury district
At present there are no cattle under quarantine for pleuro-pneumonia in Albury district, but there are, however, still a number not free to enter Victoria, stock inspector (Mr. R. A…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →428 ½ d. a 1b for wool “ fantastic”
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The record price of 428¼ d. a lb. paid yesterday for one bale of lamb's wool at Geelong was fantastic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter 30/- a lb. in Russia and cigarettes 17/- for 10!
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Butter in Russia costs 30/- a sugar 11/1 a lb., beef 6/1 a lb., and cigarettes from 17/- for a packet of ten. The average base pay was £23 a week. Mr. Glen Fingleton, a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News feaurtes for the man of the land The influence(By Our Woo! and Sheep Expert)
Inbreeding is the most powerful tool available to the breeder, it is the only method whereby the good points of particular animal or strain cart be fully used. it intensifes the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Classing
Sheep classing should not be confined to the larger flocks. In every flock, no matter how small there is room for improvement,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Albury Wool Week Supplement
Albury is to be warmly congratulated upon its “Wool Week.” Here we have an example of local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tibet’s economy depends on her sheep
Wool plays an important role in the economy of Tibet and it can be safely said that it is the main source of her national income…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Sheep Helps Mankind in Many Ways
Apart from its wool and meat, the sheep provides man with many important items of every-day use. These by-products are seen by industrial chemists as factors of growing importance to woolgrowers and to some Australian secondary industries…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What wool means to Australia
Wool represents the corner stone of Australia’s prosperity. It is the dominant factor in the Australian economy…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dress Designers Seek More Wool
London dress houses have had one of their most successful export seasons with buyers from the United States and Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Danger of High Wool Prices
In Boston, wool cloth manufacturers expressed fears lest the present unexpectedly high level of wool prices should restrain the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Science comes to aid of wool
Over the last five years world production of virgin wool has shown an upward trend…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Shaggy wool fabric is trend in Paris
Newest fashion trend in Paris today is the emphasis on thick shaggy wool fabrics, completely altering the silhouette and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Is germ warfare being waged against farm animals in the U.S.?
WASHINGTON, Sun.: Experts ore studying the possibility of germ warfare being waged in America following the outbreak of animal disease in the last 15 months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers now growing more wheat from smaller area
CANBERRA, Mon.: The estimated wheat yield for the 1952-53 crop is about 13,200,000 bushels Higher than was previously estimated last January. The yield is now set at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →International Wheat Agreement
In the House of Representatives last week, Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P. for Riverina, asked the Minister for Commerce and…
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