Wheat Varieties District Recommendations
Following are the latest wheat variety recommendations of the Department of Agriculture. Unless otherwise mentioned, the varieties…
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Farming & the land, 1940
1,681 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 85
WHEAT To-day's Quotations SYDNEY
The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat was unchanged to-day. Bulk lots were quoted at 3 91. bagged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World's Wheat Fall in Production Conditions in America
The wheat crop outlook in the United States, Canada, and Argentina is unfavourable owing to lack of rain and excessive heat…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat for Britain Average Price 3/8 5/8 Bushel Hopeful Outlook
The Minister for Commerce Senator McLeay, has announced that the average price for hall of the wheat said to the United Kingdom-750,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South African Wool War Time Sales Advantage Over Australian Clip Saving on Shipping
The wool market in the United States and elsewhere has not shown signs of booming. The New York Futures top market…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Cows Must Have Minerals Heavy Drain on Pastures
Discussing with farmers the importance of maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller superintendent of Berry Training…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer's Scrip Made Negotiable Supply Funds for Harvesting SYDNEY
A request is to be made to the Federal Government that wheat scrip, issued to farmers under the system of advances on wheat, be made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mixed Farming Property by Auction
The attention of those in search of a small property handily situated, is directed to the sale of the 201 acres situated at Gilgal with frontage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers Revised Competition Rules Will be Circulated Among Members
The rules governing the competitions being conducted by the Armidale and District Junior Farmers' Club advisory…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LEAF-EATINg Ladybird Beetle Attacks Growing Crops
The leaf-eating ladybird beetle (Epilachna 28-punetata), both in the grub and the adult stage, attacks the foliage of potatoes tomatoes, melons…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Arrives London
Wool from Australia, valued at forty million pounds sterling, has reached England by secret routes, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat and Flour Large Sales Likely ADELAIDE
The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, said to-day large sales of wheat and Hour to countries close to Australia were likely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Looking Ahead Need for Long-range Policy English Farmer's Advice to Industry "Prepare for the Peace"
"After the war, the land must be farmed as before, and, in fact, as the expenses of a war most inevitably weaken our financial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maize and Potatoes Crop Prospects
Rain is urgently needed in the State's main potato areas if crops are to receive a good start (states on official review). AU first early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Pea Crops at Lithgow
The pea crop in the district is heavy, and there has been an invasion of pickers from Sydney and other centres (states a Lithgow message)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Stabilisation
The Rural Bank announces that the final payment under the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act will begin immediately. The distribution is in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overcrowded Sheep Station Manager Fined
Alan C. Cowles, station manager, was fined £1 by Mr. Thornton, P.M., at Moree Police Court, for having overloaded four trucks with sheep,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEAT To-day's Quotations SYDNEY
The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat were unchanged to-day. Bulk lots were quoted at 3 9½, bagged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in North Australia Thousands of Cattle Drowned Water Gradually Receding DARWIN
It is reported that the record floods in the Roper River valley are gradually receding. The river, however, is still 40…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's News Borah Dead—State Taxation—Loan Council—Unionists Warned—Compulsory Service—Bradford Wool Tops
Senator William Borah, former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has died aged 74. He collapsed with cerebral haemorrhage…
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