New Wheat Variety Wins Championship
Mr. H. E. Trethowan, of "Carawatha," Walbundrie, has been, awarded the Southern Slope division Royal Agricultural Society…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1951
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A Good Crop
A good crop is reported by a farmer out Boree Creek way, who states that he received 12 bags of oats per acre from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awards for Young Farmers Presented
NARRANDERA: Messrs. John Paulette (district supervisor of Junior Farmers' Clubs) and D. V. Walters (president of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Outlook Strong British Production Greater
Th close of 1950 has not shown any reduction in the strength of the world’s markets for textile fibres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Aid for Dairy Farmers Big Improvement in Treating Mastitis in Dairy Cows
Within recent times the treatment at Bovine Mastitis has taken tremendous strides. First the use of Sulpha Drugs, then…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-servicemen Must Use Promotion Scheme If They Want Particular Farm
Ex-servicemen who want to ensure that they are allotted a particular farm under the war service land…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Mushroom Farm at Cowra Planned
The largest mushroom farm in Australia will probably be at Cowra. It will be situated on Mr. John Corp’s property…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Thieves Caught
On 10th December last, four bags of wheat were stolen from the side of the Tooyal Road. They were portion of a number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Receivals at Local Stacks
Following are figures of this season's wheat crop received to date at the district stacks, Leeton 52,000 bags; Whitton., 57,000 bags;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Sowing Recommended Varieties Five Deleted
Only 12 wheats are recommended by the Department of Agriculture for the coming sewing. Five wheats have been dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shearers to Get £5/9/8 Per 100 New Pastoral Award
Pastoral workers in Eastern States except Queensland will receive the basic wage increase from week ending 22/12/50…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salt Licks for Sheep Growth Rates Not Accelerated in Wagga Experiment
Salt and salt-plus-limestone licks provided to groups of growing stud Dorset Horn rams in an experiment at Wagga Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Apricot season draws to a close Light Crop and Adverse Weather
The 1950/51 Apricot Season just concluded here on the M.I.A., caused probably more anxiety and disappointment to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmyard Manure on Lawns Use with Discretion
Farmyard manure should be used with discretion where lawns are concerned, warns the Division of Plant Industry of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales to Start Next Week
The second half of the current wool selling season will commence in Sydney on Monday next, when catalogues…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Received
Up to the end of December 46.723 bags of wheat had been received into the Whitton railway yard, 34,566 being placed in the stack, and 12,157…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mouth Swelling in Cattle
Examination of cattle reported by their owners to veterinarians as suffering from lumpy jaw sometimes reveals…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£33 Offer [?] For Cattle Which [?]8/5/
THE owner of a [?] of cattle which originally cost £8/5 a head in the Northern Territory, refused £33 a head for them when the cattle reached Trangie. The cattle £ 2000 head of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drenching Sheep For Worms Some Important Precautions
Sheep being drenched for worms should be kept in a standing position with head held horizontally or slightly raised, points out the Division of Animal Industry, of the Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Taxes Up From Next July U.S.A. Stockpiling May Affect Wool Industry
A substantial increase in income taxation is expected to operate from July 1 next to enable the Commonwealth Government to plan for its new defence commitments…
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