Increased Production of Synthetic Wool Sydney
Remarkable progress has been made by Italy, Japan and Germany in the production of synthetic wool, according to a statement…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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Q'land Produces Butter Worth £4,225,000 In Six Months
BRISBANE, Wednesday:— Queensland's dairy cheque for the first half of the 1938-39 season is estimated at about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Active Demand Dairy Produce Market SYDNEY
A ready inquiry ruled for the light supplies of eggs available in Sussex-street to-day at the recent advanced rates. The demand also was active for cheese. Late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures
The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal, March 4…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lismore Cattle Sales
About 340 head of all classes was on offer for the weekly cattle salesconducted yesterday at Lismore Municipal Yards. All classes met a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scheme for Show Exhibits T. B. Free Dairy Cattle
Unless the co-operation of the railway authorities is obtained for the proposal to restrict dairy cattle exhibited at the 1940 and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Standard SYDNEY
The F.A.Q. standard for New South Wales wheat was fixed to-day at 64½ lb. This is the second highest grading on record, and the highest for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Still Supreme Imitations Fail
Wool's properties were such that it was almost impossible to imitate it exactly by producing a synthetic textile, declared Dr. H. A. Thomas in a lecture…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Springers Dearer Good Demand At Kyogle Cattle Sale
Alcorn & Marwick report having yarded 190 head at their fortnightly cattle sale on Wednesday. The market was firm for all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Use of Synthetic Wool Astounding Increase
SYDNEY, Thursday:—The Premier (Mr. Stevens) has been advised by the Acting Agent-General for New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter-fat Tests Guernsey Cow in Lead Heavy Production
A mature Guernsey heads the list of pure-bred registered cows whose 273 days' tests were completed, in December…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Exhibit Sydney Royal Show SYDNEY
To make Australia wool conscious, and to dissipate any ideas that might exist as to the virtues of synthetic wool, the New South Wales Sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Butter Shortage Australia May Have to Import Rain Is Needed
Unless conditions in dairying districts are improved substantially by heavy rains shortly there is a possibility that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alarm Clock for Towser! a Dairy Parmer's Utopia
According to the latest issue of the "Australian Dairy Review," an alarm clock is being used by a farmer near Invercargill (N.Z.) to wake his dog and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Howler Crop a Few Neat Ones
The recent examinations in Queensland have yielded a remarkable crop of howlers—some of which, however, are neat and ingenious, while most were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Not Appreciated by Australia" Italian Farm Laborers Return
GENOA, Wednesday:—Fifty Italian farm laborers who returned to-day from Australia told the Press that they had come home…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grafton Dairy Co
Each of the five retiring directors of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., has been nominated again for his position. There have been no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop Rotation Helps the Soil Ancient Practice As Aid To Production Results of American Experiments
Farmers have practised rotation of crops and appreciated the benefits since early Roman times. The majority of Australian farmers have neglected or are neglecting this essential to successful farming, not because of ignorance, but because…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adverse Season Smaller Potato Crops In N. S. W.
The main potato growing districts of New South Wales are experiencing a most adverse season. according to the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Junior Farmers' Show Fixtures
The following clubs have arranged dates for junior farmers' shows during 1939: Federal, March 4…
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