The Farmers & Graim Insurance & Agency. Company Limited. Wool Report. 22nd. DECEMBER, 1949
We submitted a catalogue of 7,566 hales on Wednesday, 21st. instant, the selection being largely of an attractive nature. There…
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For the Man on the Land Will Wheat Quality Affect Export Price?
Japan is pressing for more primary products from Australia. How far can we afford to reopen general trade with her? MANY samples are very dirty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Wheat Is Among District Best. Illabo Silos Close Until Grain Removed
Because the Illabo silos are filled, wheat carting in that district is almost at a standstill. The silos are holding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Experiment Farm Helps the Nation M.I.A. Linseed Trials of Australian-Wide Moment
Playing an important part in helping make Australia self-sufficient in linseed production is N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's Experiment Farm at Leeton. Trials designed to help the grower increase his yields are in progress there,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surplus of Pastures Result Of Spring Rain Heavy Meadow Hay Crops At Tumut
Response of pastures to the October-November rains has been very marked and conditions ore such that a surplus of natural and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Review Of Millet Crop Conditions As At 28th November, 1949
Due chiefly to unusually wet conditions at time of preparation of ground and planting, the area sown this season is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Should Australia Sell Its Wool and Wheat to Japanese?
Although harvest yields in New South Wales are well up to expectations, quality generally is down on last year. THIS is such a moot question…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crops in N.Z. Average 42 Bushels Against 11.9 Here, Says Wagga Visitor
Although New Zealand has only 125,000 acres of wheat under drop, at against Australia 4,500,000, the average there is 42 bushels per acres, against Australia's 11.9 bushels. This information was given yesterday by Mr. M. B. Mitchell, a cereal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Classing Is Important
Every breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his flock—in many cases the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Position Sound Schute Bell's Wool Review
No auction sales have taken place in Sydney since December 21, but there has been a sustained enquiry, from Bradford and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exceptional Yield by District Crop. New Wheat Variety Gives Big Return to Grower
An exceptional wheat crop which over 100 acres averaged 20 skewered bags to the acre has been grown by Mr. Athol Cowled,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Man on the Land More Wool Used Than Grown
Wool consumption user head of population probably has not varied to any marked degree compared with pre war times. In some countries it has been less because of the lack of means to buy goods, but in others it has increased. The fact stands, however, that the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illabo Wheat Is Among the District's Best Silos Close Until Grain Removed
Because the Illabo silos are filled, wheat carting in that district is almost at a standstill. The silos are holding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thistles Destroyed by Hormone Spray Interestisg Experiment At Cowra Experiment Farm
A recent demonstration at the Cowra Experiment Farm provided a very effective control for variegated thistle, saffron thistle,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and GENERAl Lost Sheep's 88lb. of Wool
At Rakaia George Station N.Z., recently a corriedale-Mering cross weth[?]r was found on a small river island where it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Reports
Pitt Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:— It is generally anticipated that the wool now held in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Classing Is Important
Every breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his flock — in many cases the increase in feed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Load of Wheat
Mr. R. Rosser, a Forbes carrier, established a new wheat carting record delivering to the stacking site, 540 bags of grain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mallee Wheat Average 66½ lb
Mr. S. Wood, chief inspector of the Australian Wheat Board, claims that the wheat in the Mallee districts in Victoria this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Theft Alleged at Pucawan
Temora police went out to make inquiries into the reported disappearance of 60 bags of wheat which were alleged to have been…
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