Commonwealth Wool
At Homebush pig sales last week 2,575 were yarded, including 907 ex-rail. It was a good quality offering,…
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Farming & the land, 1954
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Conference On Wool Problems
The problem of damage being caused by branding fluids which do not completely scour out resulted in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Clips Arriving For Wool Sales
Receipts of current clip wools are coming into store in good volume and it is anticipated that the allocated quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →States Agree on New Plan for Wheat Sales Canberra
A five-year wheat stabilisation plan has been unanimously agreed upon by the State Premiers and a ballot of wheatgrowers will be held in eight to 12 weeks to see if they approve of the plan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Footballers Use Farm Truck After Mishap
When the bus in which the Condobolin football teams were travelling to Dubbo on Sunday broke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep in Cemetery
The grounds of a cemetery in any community are generally considered a sacred area, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →900 Sheep Still Missing
Police are still investigating the disappearance of 900 merino sheep foin a Coonamble property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage To Wool By Branding
A national conference of the Australian wool industry on damage to wool caused by sheep brands will be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Test Wheat for Better Flour Sydney
A number of promising wheat varieties have been distributed by four mill-owners' Associations to six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Season's Wool Catalogues Are Filling Now
Early July shearings are now reaching Sydney and Newcastle stores, and if this rate of receivals is maintained, sufficient quantities will soon be available to fill the first of the season's catalogues, says…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Prices Too Low Say Graziers
The base price for greasy wool was still below the cost of production and a change should be made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Vote On New Wheat Plan SYDNEY
The five year wheat stabilisation plan agreed to by all States and the Commonwealth in Canberra this week, would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W'ton grazier runs 100 sheep to acre on his river flat property Intensive feeding on small acreage
A Wellington grazier, who is running 100 sheep to the acre, claims he has introduced a new occupation on the land—a feeder of sheep. The term best describes the system by which the grazier, Mr. P. T. Hodgkinson, runs 1,000 sheep on 10 acres of "Glenrock," his river flat property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fuel From Farm Wastes New York
Two German engineers claim that a simple, cheap process can extract enough energy from farm wastes 16 run all a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmer Chairman Congratulates Don Snodgrass
Mr. Gerard Blaekman, who presided at the monthly meeting of the Mendooran Junior Farmers' Club at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle Tick Eradication Campaign
The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said last week…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Week in Wool
The first clips of the new season are now arriving in Australian stores in increasing volume, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Report On London Wool Sales
On July 16, the fifth series of the London wool sales for 1951 concluded with an offering of 11,383 bales of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Approaching New Wool Season
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Early July shearings are now reaching Sydney and Newcastle stores, and if this rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Tests For Better Bread Sydney
A number of promising wheat varieties has been distributed in selected areas of New South Wales by the Flour…
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