Farmers and Settlers Paint Grim Picture of Drought
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Farmers who have been attending the Farmers and settlers Conference in Sydney today painted a grim picture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1946
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Riverina District News Power for Batlow Asparagus Farms Conference of County and Shire Councils
At the monthly meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council a letter was received from the Northern Riverina County Council on the proposed electricity extension to the Batlow asparagus farms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Widespread Over Southern Riverina; Crops Benefit
Rain fell in most parts of Southern Riverina yesterday, and the falls will greatly assist wheat crops. Light, steady and soaking rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHEEP & Wool Training Wagga Successes in Examinations
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The results of stage 3 of the sheep and wool training (certificate) final examination. 1946, were made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rising Output of Butter and Cheese
Butter and cheese production now on the uptake. In June the butter produced reached 6648 tons, as against 6018 in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Revival of Field Wheat Competitions
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Details of the N.S.W. Royal Agricultural Society's first post war fled wheat competitions were announced by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Consumption Spreading Sharp Decrease In Stocks
Arrangements made by some nations for the treatment of wool in other countries emphasise the world’s great need for texiles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Emergency Transport For Cootamundra and District Wool
An advertisement in this issue draws the attention of Cootamundra graziers to the fact that transport facilities are available for the transport of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Outlook Serious On the Borderline of Failure
At least half the wheat crop in New South Wales was now on the borderline or failure, paid the cereal specialist of the Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Higher Butter Prices to Be Paid by Britain for Australian, Product Minister's Statement
Advice has been received from London that the British Ministry of Food has agreed to an increase in the price of butter and cheese for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grasshopper Threat In N.S.W. Wheat Belt May Be Menaced
A grasshopper plague is threatening the central division and parts of the eastern division of N.S.W. If the spring weather favors egg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Against Young Farmer
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday: Allegations that he had shot the husband of a girl with whom he had corresponded while he was in the Air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Dairymen Will Reap Benefit If Next Week's Conference Is Successful
IF A .CONFERENCE TO BE HELD LOCALLY NEXT WEEK REACHES A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION IT WILL HAVE A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Field Day Sheep and Wool Classes
Coolamon and Ganmain Sheep and Wool Classes will hold a Field Day at Mr. E. M. Hamblinâs Brushwood property, on Monday, 26th August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Examination Result Sheep and Wool Training
Of twenty students who recently attended a six weeks' full-time course of sheep and wool at the Cootamundra Technical College only one failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Penicillin Tests Made on Dairy Cattle
Spectacular results have been achieved recently with the drug penicillin in the treatment of dairy tattle infected with the mastitis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Sheep Sale
Pitt, son and Badgery. Ltd., report having held a special sheep sale at Cootamundra on Tuesday. August 13 when 11.180 sheep were yarded, and 76…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Topics Wool Profits for Growers' Minister's Assurance
Wool men will receive the benefit of any profit the Commonwealth Government may make from the wool disposals scheme. This point was emphasised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Penicillin Plant: Cattle Will Benefit
Penicillin is to be used on a large scale to treat cattle in Australia "The Commonwealth Serum Laboratories will establish a big new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Threat to Millions of Sheep Drought in West
SYDNEY, Thursday: "The worst drought in 40 years," was how Mr. R. C. Wilson to-day described conditions in the sheep country in the Central West and Northwestern New South Wales, on his return…
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