Whitton Rice Farmer Wins Lottery Double Luck Brings Treble Luck
Mr. Clive McInnes, a well known rice farmer, of Whitton, won first prize in the 670th State Lottery, which was drawn on Tuesday last…
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Tractors on Farms Where Horse Should Be Used Premier Writes to Clydesdale Society Sydney
The Indiscriminate use of tractors in place of horses for power purposes has contributed in no small measure to the overproduction of primary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Australia Wagga Farm Boys Asked to Join Militia Questions in Assembly SYDNEY
Two months ago the Minister for the Army (Brigadier Street) and the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) addressed boys at the Wagga Experiment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trees on the Farm Planting Time Approaching
Because their wholesale removal has been necessary in the process of land settlement, trees have come to be regarded by many farmers almost as an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather Suited Irrigationists and "Dry Area" Farmers Alike Overdue Rain Does General Good
BOTH irrigation and 'dry area' farmers are jubilant at the excellent fall of rain during Wednesday night and early yesterday morning. Commonly when rain falls which suits the non-irrigable lands surrounding the area it upsets the operation of one or more of the irrigation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junior Farmers Visit to Rural Bank
ONE of the many benefits gained by Junior Farmers visiting the Royal Show is the broadened outlook they acquire. Quite apart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Shearing Show Regulation Popular in the Country
The shearing regulation which has operated so successfully and to such good effect at the past two Sydney sheep shows has been overhauled by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tractors on Roads Question of Permits Minister's Reply to Farmers and Settlers
The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. W. C. Cambridge) has received the following letter from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Report
The Farmers and Groziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 5th instant. We submitted our 19th Appraisement catalogue of 5,370 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Sheep Sale Report
Messrs. George Thompson and Co., Cootamundra, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Sydney, report having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worry Over Wool
Australian woolgrowers are feeling some perturbation at the reports that the United States has purchased nearly 300,000 bales of wool from outside the Empire pool at a price higher than Australian wool could hare been resold to America. Bad America been able to purchase Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Wool Exports Italian Estimates London
The Italian institute of Agriculture, illustrating how the war has affected agricultural industries, estimates that Australia's wool exports for the four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manchukuo Wool Mongol-corriedale Cross Tokio
The Argentine wool expert, Senor Helman, who has just returned from Manchukuo, said he estimated that in ten years, Mongol sheep by constant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Price in Britain Early Drop Not Expected London
Traders are not very optimistic regarding the possibility of an early reduction in the fixed price for butter, despite the continued slump in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Superphosphate Ban Minister Promises to Assist Farmers NARANDERA
After being interviewed by a deputation from the Coolamon Farmers and Settlers' Association on Friday. Mr. D. Dickson, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carriage of Fertilisers Stopped by Railways Emphatic Protest by Farmers
Strong comments were passed at the meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday night on the decision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Ban on Fertilisers and Salt Farmers in Difficult Position Action by Graziers' Association
Attention is directed to the position which must arise among farmers following the ban now placed upon the transport of fertilisers and stock salts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superphosphate Ban Minister Promises to Assist Farmers Narandeba
After being interviewed by a deputation from the Coolamon Farmers and Settlers' Association on Friday. Mr. D. Dickson, M.L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stud Sheep
January sales effected by Mr. W. A. O'Neill, of the Yarraview Border Leicester stud, Cowra, include ten well-bred rams to breeders in…
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