Milk and Butter Quality in Inverse Ratio to Quantity
It is a remarkable but natural phenomenon that the larger the milk flow of dairy cattle the smaller the butter-fat percentage. In comparing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1929
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Bushfires. Near Bombala. Five Hundred Sheep Lost. BOMBALA
Bush fires broke out all around Bombala again yesterday, and a thick pall of smoke enclosed the town during the day and last night. At Buckey Springs, four miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Export of Sheep Protest Against Studs Going to Russia
A resolution suggesting that the Government be asked to prohibit the export of stud sheep was agreed to at a meeting of the Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Sales Brisk Demand for Prime Sheep and Lambs
The sheep market in Melbourne on Tuesday was fully supplied with all classes. Good early shorn wethers, especially young crossbreds and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stomach Worms Mortality Among Sheep on the Southern Tablelands
Despite a mild winter and an exceptionally dry spring, worm infestation in sheep has been rather prevalent this season, and during a visit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grasshoppers Possibilities of Damage to the Early Wheat
In a warning issued a few days age to the effect that the danger from grasshoppers has not yet passed, the Acting Government Entomolglst (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wheat Freights. Recent Reduction. Conflicting Opinions. Melbourne
Conflicting opinions regarding the readjustment of freight on wheat and flour were expressed yesterday by leading exporters and by representatives of the Overseas Shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Pooling Canada's Influence Upon the World's Market
The reason why the Canadian wheat pool is able to influence world prices for wheat and to eliminate speculation is apparent after reading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Ballot Request by West Wyalong Wheat Growers
Contending that the last wheat pool ballot did not refl the general view of the farmers, the West Wyalong (N.S.W.) branch of the Farmers and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Bounty on Butter The Benefit from the Paterson Scheme
The bounty payable under the Paterson butter stabilisation plan during the current year will be 41d, per 1b., and the levy 19d, per 1b…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bena Wheat Withdrawn from Cultivation by the Department
It has been decided to withdraw from cultivation the Bena variety of wheat, bred at the Cowra (N.S.W.) experiment farm. This declsion was reached only after the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Cattle Section Early Sales Dearer, hut Prices Later Decline
The quality of the cattle offered was inferior to that of the previous week's supply, although there was a moderate proportion of prime heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country News and Personal Notes Sheep Drowned When Cloud Bursts
MOREE, Thursday.--Last Friday Mr. F. A. Lord had a strenuous, time saving some sheep from drowning when a aloud burst a mile east of his…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sheep for Russia Draft from Australia Arrives in Good Condition
Of 1000 ewes and 41 Merino rams purchased at Boonoke, Haddon Rig, and Bairnkine studs (N.S.W.), on behalf of the Soviet Government, only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export Butter Big Entry for Special Classes at the Royal Show
Satisfactory entries have been received for the special export butter classes at the forthcoming Sydney Royal Easter Show. The classes are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Dairy Farm Export's Warning Against Mere Superficial Cleanliness
It has been proved that milk from a healthy cow, if placed in a sterilised battle without contamination in the process, should keep indefinitely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fermented Milk Dairy Instructors' Advice to the Farmers
An increase in the quantity of state [?] milk in the Riverina, the south-west, and the Clarence to [?] River districts, is reported by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Market Reduction of Shipping Freight Causes Firmer Tendency
Following upon the announcement this week that wheat freights were to be reduced, the Sydney market developed a slightly firmer tendency. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Champion Wheat Big Entries for Next Sydney Royal Show
Entries in the various wheat classes for the next Royal Easter Show in Sydney are being received, and in regard to the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Good Class Cattle. Must be Well Fed from the Earliest Period
Half the battle in producing good class holders or other cattle Hon in feeding them well from the very [?] period. The [?] and…
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