Spectacular Change In Britain’s Farming Methods
There has been a spectacular change in British farming methods since the war. Farms in Britain are now the most highly…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Wool Report 17th March, 1950
At our sale on the 16th Instant, we submitted a catalogue of 5,400 bales, the selection including a number of spinners' wools, some of them super…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Season's Wool Variations Less Stocks Held
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The main Sydney selling season has practically finished after the most remarkable nine months' selling period…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Price for Sheep
At a sheep sale In Bathurst recently 1500 two year old merino wethers sold at an average of £6/5/7 a head—probably an Australian record. Mr. C. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Virus Brings Hope to Rabbit Plagued Farms
Experiments in rabbit extermination by introducing myxomatosis a virus disease, ore being carried out in. Victoria, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain’s Farm Expansion
Britain has accomplished about half the enormous programme of agricultural expansion which was planned in 1947 when the economic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmer Supervisors
Following a question in the Legislative-Assembly by the Leader of the Country Party (Lt-Col. Bruxner the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool, Position Strong Less Sheep in World
Winchoombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The latest available figures show that the world pastured 684,000,000 sheep, or 5[?],000,000 less than in 1938/39. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales Braidwood Clips in New Zealand Loans Catalogue
On Monday, 13th March, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency co. Ltd, brought forward a catalogue totalling 7472 bales. The selection was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anothfr Worry for Shfepmen No Effective Remedy for Wool Disease
Fleece rot has appeared on a number of properties in the Young P. P. Board District. Furnishing this information to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fogging Sheep Pests
It may not be long before the sheepman, instead of rounding up the ewes in a corner of the paddock and holding them there with his dog while he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
On Monday, 27th March, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 5,890 bades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Braidwood Stock Market Record Cattle Sale
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having held their cattle sale, previously postponed from Saturday, 18th, on Tuesday, 28th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bees Put Man in Hospital Coolamon Farmer in Critical Condition
Members of the well-known Coolamon. family, the Furners, received such severe bee stings while robbing a nest last week that Mr. George Furner, sen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Open Sheep Dog Trial Championship
Fifty-six dogs from New Zealand, Victoria and New South Wales have entered for the above to be held at the Manuka Oval, Canberra, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Clip Sold. Strong Wool Position
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Australian wool from the main season's shearing is now practically all sold. Supplies for the balance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn Wool Sales Prices Still Soaring
At the sixth series of Goulburn Wool Sales prices continued their upward trend. Merino wools advanced fully 10 per cent, on the previous series…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmer Movement "New Deal" Advocated by C.p. Leader
"The position of the Junior Farmer Movement is a matter of concern to people throughout the State who are aware of the enormous value, both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price Anomalies. Cause of Drift Prom Dairying Industry
When the Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill, which among other things, alters the law with respect to the registration of dairy produce factories…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Demand For Wool Still Strong
It is interesting to note that the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United nations has released a report and wool production and…
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