The Mutes Operation in Sheep
“The mules operation in sheep particularly in ewe can reduce breech strike by about 90 to 95 per cent” Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1956
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Japan Best Wool Buyer
Winchcombe Carson report Japan as their best wool buyer during the latter stages of the current wool season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool Wool Prices at Highest Level in Three Years
In a week confined to end-of-season clearing sales at Melbourne and Geelong wool values gained another 1d to 2d adding another point to the already highest fine wool level in eighteen months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Consumption Of Wool Has Increased
Consumption of wool through out the world during the first quarter of the year is estimated to have improved by 5…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] and Harvesting Disorganised Weather Hits Crops[?] REGIOn
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hand Feeding For Sheep
“Graziers throughout the State will be pleased to learn that Professor McClymont’s investigations into “Hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Season Closes
[?] wool selling season is closing in Sydney this with a reduced demand the Japanese section…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Still Too Lank for Sheep, but ... Pastries Firmed Says District Agronomist
Pastures have firmed to some extent during the month but are still too lank and sappy for sheep to handle, the District Agronomist (Mr. P. N. Armstrong) said this week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrong Ideas About Sheep
There are probably more erroneous ideas held about minerals and licks in sheep-feeding than about anything…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Research Shows Counter to Infestation Wet Weather Brings Sheep Worm Threat
The very wet season has caused an enormous increase in worm infestation of sheep in many parts of Australia. In commenting today on the seriousness of the position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmer Wins Final
Queanbeyan junior farmer, Tim McInnes last night was announced the winner of the Star Junior Farmer competition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Specialist is Wool Testing
Mr. J. E. Duncan, Wool Supervisor in the New Zealand Department of Agriculture arrived in Sydney recently for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seeing Showed 10,000 Bale Increase Record Wool Season for Goulburn Sales
Farmers end Graziers’ wool selling season at Goulburn which ended May 3, showed ah increase of 10,000 bales on the 1934-55 season with the number of bales sold tot ailing-86,004 at an average price of 69.004d. per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle School For Farmers
Commencing at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, August 13, a five-day school for cattle farmers, arranged by the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool Wool Production lags Behind a Big Demand
After four successive years of record wool production, world mill stocks today are down to a level that leaves no doubt that consumption is outpacing production. This is the picture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool Wet Season Resulting in Wool Storage Lag
Wool receivals into store for the opening sales of the season are continuing to lag owing to delayed shearing and disruption of transport resulting from the wet season in New South Wales and Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Report on Postures, Crops, Livestock Crops Suffered Most in A.C.T. Wet July
Continuing wet conditions during July have had various effects on pastures, crops sheep and cattle in the Australian capital Territory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Could be Sheep-fly “Myxomatosis” New Insecticide As Sheep-fly Killer
A new chemical compound used as an insecticide may prove as effective in controlling the sheep-fly as myxomatosis has been in the control and eradication of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty Sheep Die from Poisoning
Fifty out of a flock of 800 wethers on a property near Broken Hill have died from the effects of oxalic acid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council to Prosecute Owners Cattle Being Tethered in Apex park
The good work being carried out by Queanbeyan Apex Club in the new Apex Park was being hindered by people who tethered cattle in the Park, Ald. E. J. Beaver…
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