1952 Above Average For Crops And Pastures
Reporting on seasonal conditions during December, the Barham district agronomist, Mr. C. R. Hood, states that the last…
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Excellent Potato Crops
With the isioated potato crop: grown in this district, good results have been achieved by sowing on the light sandhill…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rice Crops Untroubled by Wild Duck
Wild duck, which devastated the district rice crops last season. have not been present in very large numbers this season,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Rice Yields Assured But “Blow Grass” Menacing Many Crops
December weather conditions were more conducive to plant growth than those experienced during the previous month when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Stock Maintain Satisfactory Production
Irrigated permanent summer pastures are producing good feed, and dairy stock are maintaining production satisfactorily, writes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rush To Conserve Fodder Farmers Advised To Increase Tonnage
December saw the end of the rush to censerve pasture and cereal crops f[?] hay, Mr. C. R. Hood, district agronomist stated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Kills 300 Sheep
ADELAIDE, Fri.: A bushfire fire near Jamestown today, killed 300 sheep and destroyed 2000 acres of grazing land…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Cattle average £31 per bead
A truck cattle sent from Wodonga to Newmarket on Wednesday averaged about £31…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Firm wool market is expected
Albury woof soles are expected to be fully firm next week, chairman of the Albury Wool-brokers’ Association, Mr. A. A, Rogers, said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat yield expected to be best for three years
CANBERRA, Fri.; The estimated wheat yield per acre from the 1952-53 Australian crop is expected to be the highest for the lost three years. Estimated at 16 bushels per acre, it compares more than favorably…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Japan Likes Our Wool
One of the most interested people at the Farmers and Graziers’ wool store yesterday was a Japanese, who was called “Mickey”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buyers Gather for Wool Sales
Woolbuyers, representing most Australian and overseas firms, ore now in Albury for the opening of the wool sales tomorrow. About 20,000 bales will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.A. expects record wheat harvest
ADELAIDE, Mon.: The Director of Agriculture (Dr Callaghan) said today that because of the exceptionally favorable finishing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →456 Sheep Shorn In 9 Hour Day New Zealander’s Record
In New Zealand last Tuesday, Godfrey Bowen established a new world record by machine-shearing 456 sheep in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →December Crop Report Corowa-berrigan District Seconal Conditions
Rainfall registrations ranged from 1" to 2" over most of the district. Practically all of the rain foil, in the first half of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Crop of Oats Was Saved !
Mr. Allan Campbell, “Bobbie Burns,” Rutherglen, almost abandoned the idea of harvesting this flattened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia Had 117 Million Sheep Last Year
CANBERRA, Tues.: The number of sheep in Australia at March 31, 1952, reached 117,647,000, making for an increase of 2,000,000 or 1.8 per cent. over the previous year, and 5.9 per cent. over 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat moving quickly into Vic. silos
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The chainman of the Grain Elevators Board, Mr. H. Glowery, said today that a record amount of wheat for this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Synthetics Threat To Wool In America
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The production of new synthetic fibres— dacron, orlon and terrylene, all members of the nylon family—were presenting a threat to the use of wool in America, the managing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Albury Wool Sales Keen Competition Expected Today
More than 1000 buyers, representing firms in Australia and overseas, will start bidding for 20,000 bales of Riverina and…
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