State Drought Scheme For Dairy Farmers
SYDNEY: The Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Graham, has announced details of a relief scheme to assist dairy farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1952
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Pea Vine Residue Excellent Cattle Fodder Too Valuable To Be Wasted
"Pea vine residue—once a useless leftover When peas had been canned or quick-frozen-is now being put to use as a valuable and highly-succulent silage for cattle," said F. Nicholson, District Agronomist of the Department of Agriculture, in tumut this week…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bank Loans to Dairey Farme[?]
Advanses at 11 per cont terest will be made by Rural Bank to dairy farm in necessitous circumsta[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Drenching Mortalities
The heavy sheep mortalities sometimes sustained by graziers after drenching their flocks with carbon tetracholoride against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Crop, 21 Bags to the Acre
The crop of Gabo wheat grown on Messrs McKillip and Sons "Buddah" property at Narromine, has averaged just over 21…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonest Faults in Wool
Weight of fleece is essential this is obtained from size of sheer and length and density of fleece The ideal is to obtain good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breeding Wheat for Cold Resistance
The damage caused to wheat crops by frost has not received very much attention in breeding work, and it was not until 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Virgin Wool Consumption Down 20 P.c
Figures made public by the Commonwealth Economic Committee reveal that the world consumption of virgin wool for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oats Can Partially Replace Wheat in Poultry Rations
"Oats are satisfactory as a poultry feed, even when fed in a high proportion as a substitute for wheat in both mash and grain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain is Needed 'Desperately' in Cattle Country; Grass Burnt Back
Storms in the drought-stricken Newton Boyd-Dalmorton are a week ago were more harmful than beneficial to the parched countryside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drought Relief for Dairy Farmers
The Minister for Agriculture the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced details of a Relief Scheme to assist dairy farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winchcombe Carson Ltd. Report. Wool Position Is Still Sound Reasonable Confidence Justified
THE WOOL TRADE FACES 1952 WITH THE RAW MATERIAL SOUNDLY SITUATED IN REGARD TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND. NO ACUTE SHORTAGE IS SHOWING TO PUSH PRICES DECIDEDLY UPWARD NOR ANY SURPLUS TO…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Seek Cheaper "Super"
The Glen Innes branch of the Northern NSW Farmers' Union will ask the Central Executive of the Union to investigate means…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Production in U.s. at High Level
NEW YORK: Crop production levels in the United States for 1951 stand at one of the highest levels in history, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N. S. W. Tobacco Crops Doing Well
"Tobacco crops in New South Wales this year have benefitted from very favourable seasonal conditions--especially for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hybrid Maize Seed Production Farm at Grafton Experiment Farm
A school on production of hybrid maize seed will be conducted at Grafton Experiment Farm from 18th to 21st March, 1952,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Star Win In Linseed Crop Competition
Messrs R. J. Doolin and Sons, of Myall Downs, North Star, have won the Royal Agricultural Society's award for the 1951…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat for Poultry and Pig Farmers
Inverell [?] will be [?] Monday next for the sale at wheat to pig and poultry farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fat Cattle for Coast
Cattle are in such poor condition along the coast that meat buyers are transporting stock from the Inverell…
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