Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne wool brokers report that at the tenth Melbourne series of wool sales in the 1948-49 season, held on 21st, 22nd, 23rd and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1949
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The Wool Position Situation Generally Promising
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:--The woo! market at sales held in Australia has shown little change and the selections offered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Man on the Land The Skeleton in the Pastoral Cupboard
Judging by stories in the Adelaide newspapers, wheatgrowers in the South Australian Mallee are going through a skeleton weed scare period similar to that experienced in the Riverina 15 to 20 years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenders Invited for Wheat Research Institute Announcement by Minister
The Minister for Agriculture said the N.S.W. Public Works Department has called tenders, closing on April 19, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ballot for State Wheat Committee J. M. Gollasch and A. H. Candy for No. 4 ELECTORATE
The Southern Division of the Wheatgrowers Union has nominated Mr. J. M. Gollasch, of Lockhart, for the No. 1 Electoral District for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How "Farm Support Programme" Is in United States
During the discussions on world wheat prices in recent weeks many references have been made to America's "farm support programme," to its "subsidation of the wheat industry," and to its "parity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corbie Hill Junior Farmers Irrigation Group Formed
On Wednesday Hill Hall a meeting of young men of under 21 years of age decided to form a Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lack of Interest in Farmers' Union Deplored A.P.P.U. President Critical of Broom Factory Policy In Union's Efforts For Higher Millet Price
"In reviewing the past 12 months I must express great disappointment. After the sale overseas of the maize crop I thought members would take a more active interest in their union; but, unfortunately, farmers still seem to look at their organisations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
Buyers attended the Brisbane sales this week from Monday to Thursday where there was wide competition, reports Dalgety and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Candidate in Wheat C'tee Elections
Mr. Reg. O'Neill, of Berrigan, who is contesting No. 4 Electorate for a Wheat Committee seat, has for many years been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Conditions Now "Ideal"
Weather conditions during March have been ideal, following useful February rains, states the monthly report by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →J. Farmers Given State Titles Trophies
Junior Farmers' State championships won in wool and sheep divisions were presented at a function at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drive by State to Increase Dairy Production
"Quite apart from export needs, dairy farmers face a big task in ensuring that town and city dwellers can obtain all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scotch Thistle As Sheep Killer
The mystery Meath of 90 wethers on a Cowra property last week has been put down to Scotch this t[?]e…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flight to America Two Wool Men
Mr. Ray Bladwell, of Fanners and Graziers, Goulburn, and Mr. Walter Merriman, well-known Yaks grazier, were to leave by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on Farm Field a Henty Youth Dies
A youth met his death on a property near Henty on Saturday afternoon. He last his footing when stepping from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crop Preservation by Ensilage Actually a Pickling Process
Preservation of crop material as silage is actually a pickling process similar to preservation of pickled onions or gherkins in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Selecting Dairy Cows Some Useful Pointers in Outward Appearance
Many dairymen who do not keep records of their cows are obliged to rely on outward appearance when selecting new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty Youth Dies in Accident on Farm Field
A youth met his death on a property near Henty on Saturday afternoon when, it is believed, he lost his fooling when stepping from a moving tractor to a combine on which he was alone, fell, and became…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Sheep Sale
The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. and the New Zealand L[?]an and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Wagga, report having had…
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