More Wool Uses Than Grown
Wool consumption per bead of population probably has not varied to any marked degree compared with pre-war times,…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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More Wool Used Than Grown
Wool consumption per head of population probably has not varied to any marked degree compared with pre-war times…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silos Again Receiving Wheat At Inverell
Silos were again receiving wheat at Inverell yesterday after being closed nearly a fortnight ago when their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lean Wheat Years and Years of Plenty
The recent offer by Japan to buy Australian wheat at 20/- a bushel may be a record price for wheat sales during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Kangaroos Die in Bushfires Sydney
Bushfires in the Brewarrina district are still smouldering and squads of firefighters are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Hailstones Wipe Out Crops at Glen Innes
Hall stones the size of tennis balls driven by a strong wind, caused widespread damage to crops and property in the Shannon Vale-Skeleton Creek area on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers Had Good Year
"We had a very successful year," said the District Supervisor of Junior Farmer Activities…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coming Sales Dairy Herd at Auction
“Bert Daley” and Sons will auction the well-known dairy herd account Mr. A. S. Rolfe on Saturday, January 21 at 2…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Classing Is Important
Every breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his flock—in many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Union Discusses Shortages
A meeting of the executive of the National Farmers' Union of Australia was held in Sydney recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Sidelights "Slugging" Snails With Copper
A spray which has given the most satisfactory control of snails in citrus orchards is Bordeaux mixture,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Strathbogie" Sheep Sale
Attention of readers is drawn to the advertisement of the "Strathbogie' Sheep Sale of 3,500 good quality sheep to be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep As Mobile Mowers
Yass Golf Club keeps a flock of 132 wethers as mobile mowers of the fairways. The project pays, because…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.s.l. Cattle Too Dear for P. & A. Society
Glen Innes P. and [?] Society will not enter a joint purchase agreement with the Glen Innes sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop Activities in Northern New England
Sowing of maize in the Glen Innes district was completed early in December, and as previously indicated, there is a very substantial reduction in the total area, sown as compared with previous years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Total Hybridisation of U.s. Farms Predicted
Within the foreseeable future America's farms and gardens may to filled "with an entirely new galaxy of plant and animal servants" forecasts a man who has studied what is being done by scientists and practical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →27 North-west Crops Pallamallawa Wins Linseed Championship
The Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. is to be congratulated on its initiative in conducting a linseed growing competition in N.S.W. this year. This is the first time that such a competition has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dry Farming Is Feature Of Orphanage Garden
Dry farming is a feature of Junior Farmers’ gardens at St. Patrick’s Orphanage, Armidale…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep and Cattle SYDNEY
At Homebush today 33,675 sheep were penned. The market was unchanged. Good to prime ewe mutton sold from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No. 13 Pool Wheat Payments
"The first payment on this year's wheat crop, No. 13 Pool, will be 6- a bushel bulk and 66 a bushel for bagged wheat…
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