U.S.A. Looks to Young Farmers Big School Has a Wide Curriculum
Practical experieice in operating a farm is being given to 400 boys attending Newton High School in New York City…
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Blow-making Butter!
Problems of unsmooth texture and mild tainting are reported to have been solved by a new technique of butter-making by air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Prices Rise at Homebush
Dalgety's News Service reports that at the Homebush sales on Monday 19,773 sheep and lambs were yarded; medium trade mutton predominated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Out of Favour
High wool prices are threatening wheat production in southern N.S. Wales and the Riverina, the president of the Wagga Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Double Breeding of Sheep Now Practice
From the International Wool Secretariat comes news of a far reaching development by which British breeds of sheep can now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Fleeces Wanted for Wool Exhibit
Many fleeces had been received for the non-competitive wool exhibit at this year's Jubilee Annual Sheep Show, but more were needed, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market Improves Monday's Top Price 217d
With the lifting by the U.S.A. of price ceiling by 20 per cent. above price freeze level of January, confidence in the wool market was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Decrease in Wheat Acreage in Wagga Area
It is estimated that the area sown to wheat in the Wagga area this year will not exceed more than 180,000 acres, compared with an area of 275,000 acres in 1950. Stating this in his monthly report, the District Agronomist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Withdrawal of U.S. Bidders Hits Wool Price
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The virtual withdrawal of American bidders from the Australian wool auctions in April cost growers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Premier Will Ask P.M. to Send India Wheat
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The New South Wales Premier (Mr. McGirr) will ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Menries) to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dry Conditions Hit Wheat Belt and Stock Heavy Rain Urgently Needed
SYDNEY, Thursday — Heavy rain is needed in the wheat wit within the next two or three weeks to save the wheat crop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Paying Out Millions
Australian primary producers were subsidising the local food market to the extent of £100 million a year. This was stated by the Leader of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protest—No Pea Crop Unless Price Increased
E At a meeting held at Tumut on the 14th May between members of the Tumut District Vegetable Growing Association and representatives of the Batlow Packing House, it was decided by the Tumut district pea growers that unless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Successful request for school By sheep and wool growers
A request for a sheep, wool, and pasture school at Yanco Experiment Farm has been approved by N.S.W. Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Wool Appraisements
Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. report.- We sold 4650 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday. There was excellent all-round competition,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Plan Criticised
SYDNEY, Thursday: It appeared that the terms of the wool marketing plan would be brought to the notice of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fleas Affecting Poultry Heavy Increase of Lice in Sheep
At the P.P. Board meeting at Narrandera on Monday last the Stock Inspector reported that there seemed to be an increase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5 Per Cent Rise in Prices of Wool
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Sydney wool sales closed today with the market from par to 5 per cent higher. VALUES for better class descriptions of Merino fleece…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farm Competitions 1951 Record Number of Entries Expected
"A record number of entries is expected for this year's dairy farm competitions," the Minister tor Agriculture the Hon E. H. Graham,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1951 Crop Disaster Probable
SYDNEY, Thursday: Unless rain falls over New South Wales within the next two weeks, disaster faces next season's wheat harvest, and huge stock losses are likely…
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