Pasture Care Is Key to Modern Farming
When a farmer has good pastures be should look after them, as they are a very big factor in the success of his operations. I have often seen paddocks in which cows have…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Linseed Is Now a Commercial Australian Crop
For the first time in Australia linseed grown on a wide commercial scale has become a realisable possibility instead of…
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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. report on 28th October :—We submitted a catalogue of 8,783 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Wheat Yield
Wheat yields of 60 bushels to the acre—among the heaviest yields ever harvested commercially in New South Wales—have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sale Results
Wool sales were resumed in Sydney on Monday October 24th, when the fifth series of sales for the current season in this centre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Clips Show Evidence Of Careful Breeding
Clips submitted to Sydney wool auctions last week showed evidence of careful breeding, being very even and soft handling, report Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd., whose Dubbo agents are Bragg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Private Petrol Reserves "Frozen" by Special Order Wheat Harvest May Be Paralysed
The wheat harvest will be temporarily paralysed if an order gazetted by the Common wealth Government late yesterday afternoon is strictly enforced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Farmers Hand Feeding Pastures Razed By Rabbits
Rabbits had done such damage to pastures on some district properties that farmers had to start band feeding cattle, said the Dubbo Rabbit Inspector (Mr. E. D. Brookfield) this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trangie's Wheat Derby
The 1949 Wheat Derby was by the estate of the late Thomas Herring on Saturday. Mr. Cecil Herring brought in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rise in Wheat Price to Asia Opposed Canberra
An increase in the export price of Australian wheat would inevitably lead to retaliation, Sir Bertram Stevens,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Applications Now for 16 Farms
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) has approved of 16 farms on "Berids" Estate being made available exclusively for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plot to Poison Farmer Pounds Of Arsenic In Water Tank MURWILLUMBAH
An attempt to kill a young Macedonian banana farmer by poisoning his household water tank with arsenic is being investigated by C.I.B. and local detectives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trend Towards Crop Rotation Sydney
Plans are already being laid in the United States for acreage restrictions and quotas in future years, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Trucks Derailed Coonamble Mail Delayed
When five truckloads of bulk wheat were derailed two miles from Eumungerle yesterday afternoon, passengers and mail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Farmers To Get Flood Warning
An offer to warn Dubbo farmers of river risings downstream was made by Mr. Stevenson, of "Terrabella," Geurie, at last night's meeting of the Bunninyong Agricultural Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Climatic, Soil Needs for Linseed Crop
As announced on the front page of the "Liberal" today an attempt is being made to have linseed planted in the Dubbo district on an experimental basis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cumnock News. Up to 25% Loss of Crops
Frost damage and footrot have taken a fairly heavy toll of Cumnock wheat crops, which, in some cases, are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Sales
Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report :— The sixth series of sales for the present season commenced last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Emus Eat Wheat
Farmers of Cowangi, near Murrayville, on the Murray River, are seeing acres of wheat being eaten and trampled under by large flocks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Bourke Cattle
A draft of 31 heifer vealers from J. Jordan Pty. Ltd., Bourke, made to £19/18/0, avg. £17/11/10, at Winchcombe Carson's Homebush…
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