Sheep Body-Strike Will be Serious
Body strike in sheep will again be a serious problem for graziers this year, unless active control measures are taken and there is a marked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1950
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Sale of Infested Sheep Brings Fine
The fact that it is an offence to offer for sale or sell sheep which are lice-infested was brought home to A. A. Houguet at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellata Graziers Join in Wool Tax Protest
At a very well attended meeting of the Bellata Branch of the Graziers' Association, the proposed export wool tax was discussed. As a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Record Cattle Price
What is probably a district record pride for fat cattle was secured at the Municipal saleyards on Thursday, when a pen of six Aberdeen Angus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Crop Survey
A recent survey of New South Wales wheatgrowing districts by officers of the Department of Agriculture showed that the wheat scarab…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →1950 Field Wheat Competition
The attention of farmers and share farmers is directed to an advertisement in this issue in respect of the 1950 District Field Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Thefts Sydney, Thursday
Graziers and police are organising guards to prevent large scale thefts of wool from country properties…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bellata F. & S. Oppose Wool Tax
At a crowded meeting of Bellata branch of the F. and S. Association, the proposed wool export tax was discussed. The feeling of the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Talks WITH U.S. CANBERRA
The Minister for Commerce, Mr. McEwan, who is now in London, will fly to New York on Thursday to hold wool talks on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.a.s. Field Wheat Competitions
In the R.A.S. field wheat competitions, to be held again this year, farmers will be eligible to enter crops grown on new ground—according to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Contentious Point In Pastoral Award
That the wages clause of the Pastoral Award, so far as it relates to shearers, be deleted, was a motion moved by the chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crop Competitions
Arrangements are being made to commence crop competitions in the district about the 16th October. Competitions will be conducted at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Tax Proposal Explained
The proposed retention of 20 per cent from wool prices as income tax was actually on the same basis as the "pay-as-you…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Crop Conditions
Rainfall during September was compartively light throughout the North-west. At Narrabri Post Office 128 points were registered. For the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drenching Sheep
"There seems few reasonable grounds for the frequent complaints heard about the relatively high cost of phenothiazine for drenching sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Fall in Butter Output
Striking figures illustrating the the decline in the dairying industry in recent years, were given in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Liver Fluke Causes Unusual Sheep Losses
Unusually heavy sheep losses caused by the immature form of liver flune have been reported from the Braidwood, Goulbum and Yass…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Ruined by Wet Weather
Reports from a number of places indicates that harvest prospects for a number of farmers are not very encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales Yield £66½ Million In Three Months
Wool sold in Australia from July 1 to September 30, 1950, realised £66,594,243. The National Council of Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Operation Cattle Lift
Large-scale transportation by air of livestock from the U.S. to countries south of the border, on a 24-hour run that carries animals directly…
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