Following in Golden Tracks M.i.a. Farmers Contribute to Our National Wealth
AN old Spanish proverb comes to mind. It says that wherever sheep may roam they leave golden tracks. This is, of course, merely…
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Farmers May Soon Be Using Helicopters
Recen reports from America, including a dispatch from Mr. E. S. West, Officer-in charge, Irrigation Research Station, Griffith, who is touring there, indicate the increased use of helicopters In farming operations. Commercial firms have been providing a service which has proved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Part in Tree Experiments Sequel to M.I.A. Conference
FARMERS or the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area are breaking new ground in exploring the possibilities of tree planting on irrigated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Cattle at Show Much Better Than 1947
This year's dairy cattle section is reminiscent of pre-war days for the number and quality of exhibits. It is pleasing, after last year's dismal effort, to see such numbers and quality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Standard of Sheep at Wagga Show
The judges' opinion of sheep judged yesterday revealed that generally the sheep were of a very high standard, and some were an improvement on hut year's exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Display, "Credit to Any Show"
The wool exhibit yesterday was better than that of i[?] months ago. The section [?] made more Interesting by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stabilisation Ballot of Growers
The Minister for Agriculture (Hon E. H. Graham, M.L.A) has announced that the wheat stabilisation scheme recently considered by the conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Charge on Old Season's Wheat
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Any old season's wheat delivered by fanners after September 11 will be subject to a special charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Season's Wheat Special Charge Imposed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Any old season's wheat delivered by farmers after September 11 will be subject to a special charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Raised Sheep Classing Race Has Many Uses
A well constructed race of good design is an essential to the smooth working of any sheep property, states J. M. Coleman, Special…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Promising Wool Outlook Stocks and Prices
Feelings of confidence prevail regarding demand and values at the opening wool auctions of the season in Sydney on August 30…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →105,000 Bags of Wheat Still at Temora
With the 1948-49 harvest only about three months away all the suitable stacking sites at the Temora railway yards are still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seed Treatment for Maize Particularly Necessary With Early Sown Crops
Maize grain is frequently contaminated with fungi capable of causing defective germination and seedling blight diseases. These…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Successful Year for Gundagai Junior Farmer Club Large Numbers Attend Annual Meeting
The Gundagai Junior Farmer's Club Advisory Committee has another successful year to its credit, and the story of the club's progress was told at the annual meeting held on Monday night last. This being the fourth annual meeting of the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Women The Show...Wool...Home-Spun...C.W.A. Rest Room...A Glimpse of Holland...Homecoming...Fashions in Hats...Clothes to Make Money ... The Show
WHAT a week it is! There has been an air of expectancy among the most callous for days, and great conjecture as to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballot on Federal Wheat Plan
State Cabinet has authorised the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to take a ballot of N.S. Wales wheat farmers to see if they approved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat to Leave Silos This Week
Wheat at present stored in the country would flow to the seaboard early this week, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Puts Stop to Wool Manipulation
Steps have been taken by the Commonwealth Government to prevent European operators from buying Australian commodities for sterling and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Promising Wool Outlook Stocks And Prices
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- Feelings of confidence prevail regarding demand and values at the opening wool auctions of the season…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Realists and Prophets on the Wheat Jumble
We are still waiting for the realists, as distinct from the prophets, to tell us how much of last season's wheat they expect will still be in the stacks at country stations when the next crop is coming in…
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