Goulburn Store is Planned by Wool Firm
Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. announced this week their intention of constructing a Wool Store at Goulburn to extend the selling facilities available to wool growers in…
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Farming & the land, 1957
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Wool Donations Aid Hospital
At a meeting of the Queanbeyan branch of the Graziers’ Association on Wednesday it was decided to recommend to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Can Sheep Grow Wool That Will Not Shrink?
Two American scientists believe they have solved the secret of growing shrinkless wool, Dalgety s News Service correspondent in New York reported this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Sheep and Cattle in Tablelands Region
“There has been an increase of 270,800 sheep and 16,000 head of cattle in my district for the year ending 31/12/56,” said George J. Skillman, District Veterinary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool Demand for Wool Has Widened
In the third week of the new season, at Newcastle and Geelong, Port Elizabeth in South Africa, and at London wool sales, competition has widened and stiffened. This has affirmed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drench Now For Worms In Sheep
It is time now for the routine drenching to control worms in sheep. Phenothiazine to clear in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool
Dalgety’s reported the wool market progressing gained strength at the Sydney sales last week; closing Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Winchcombe’s Wool Report
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report having sold 7,600 bales of wool at auction and privately during the Sydney…
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From Sydney wool sales on Wednesday, Dalgetys reported all good wools, merino, comeback, crossbred fleece and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treating Sheep for Worms is Important Task
“Worms in sheep are a problem which has to be faced sooner or later by most graziers,” the District Veterinary Officer (Mr. George Skillman) said in a broadcast from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cobalt Bullets Act as Protection for Sheep
Millions of sheep throughout Australia are likely to be carrying “cobalt bullets” this season to correct deficiency and as protection against “phalaris staggers.” A number of firms are now…
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“Sweet Sorghum has proved its value as an autumn/winter supplement to make up the normal deficiency in energy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Graziers Seek Reduction of Wool Freight
The Graziers’ Association of NSW is making an effort to secure a reduction in railway freights on wool. The General Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn Wool Season Opens On Firm Note
The 1957-58 wool selling in Goulburn opened yesterday with an offering of 8,243 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmer Clubs a Curb on Delinquency
A leading Junior Farmer official has urged parents in country areas to have their children join the Junior Farmer movement as a curb on juvenile delinquency. The official is Mr. F. McTackett, president of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Should Sow Summer Feed Crops
The Acting Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Hon. Roger Nott, MLA) said in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Season’s Record Wool Price at Goulburn
The second series of Goulburn wool sales for the current season were held on Wednesday and Thursday, November 6 and 7, when Farmers & Graziers’ offered a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool
Dalgetys report that following only partial interest at Newcastle last week, France re-entered the wool market…
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The President of the Graziers’ Association of NSW, Mr. D. W. Bucknell said today that the General Council of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Winning Wheat Crop
THE winning wheat crop in the annual competition being examined yesterday by members of the Agriculture and Stock section of the Department of the Interior and the owner of the crop. From left: Mr- T. P. Taylor, Mr. B. G, L. Grace (the owner of the crop which is on his property at Gungaderra), Mr. Brian Gwynn Jones (ABC Country Session, announcer)…
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