Sheep and Wool Instructors to Assist Small Flock-Owners
Convinced that the small flockowner appreciates the technical assistance imparted by its officers and that there is scope for considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farming & the land, 1929
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London Butter
The following London cable, dated January 29, has been received by the A.P.W.C.F.P. Ltd., from its London office, the Overseas Farmers' Co-op…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hand-feeding Sheep
"Emu," "Pine Hills," Denlliquin, 22/1./'29): We have had plenty of dust and wind, though the heat has not boon so very bad. In fact some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ophthalmia in Sheep
"Pink Eye": The disease is frequently infectious, and is carried from sheep to sheep by flies. Affected sheep should be drafted out and kept away…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Crops and Pastures Crop Insurance Suggested Levy on Production to Recompense Necessitous Farmers Straightout Grants to Wheat Growers
The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) proposes to introduce a system of insurance against crop losses arising from unfavorable…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wheat in Elevators
Acording to a return furnished by the silo authorities, stocks of wheat in Government grain elevators on January 31 totalled 13,163,604 bushels, which comprised 9,699,393…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wheat Harvest
The official estimate of the current season's harvest is just under fifty million bushels. This represents the yield from 4,468,500 acres, and nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brocklesby Wheat Trial
Mr. E. Seibarth, of Brocklesby, conducted a trial with wheat alone, on very old land that had been cropped for 40. years. The area, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stud Seed Wheat
Mr. W. H. Scholz, of Gilgandra, whose advertisement for stud seed wheat appears in this issue, has been well known to many farmers in South…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Payment for Wheat
P.Y, writes: I buy wheat in the country for a Sydney firm from growers, who must sign a contract to deliver wheat in good order and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wheat and Oats. Farm Experiment Plots Interesting Variety Trials
Results of wheat and oats variety trials conducted in southern districts, on farmers' experiment plots under the guidance of Departmental field officers during the past season provide interesting guides for growers in those and other districts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Another Advance in Values
Good to prime cattle show another advance in values of 10/- to 15/- pet- head; medium and plain made about late rates. Only 2050 head were penned, the majority of which were only…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Monday's Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Good Sheep Firm, Also Lambs
About 29032 forward all descriptions well evidence, quality medium to fair. Usual attendance of buyers, good sheep firm, also lambs, where orders clashed prices were about 1/…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Steadier
The wheat market had a steadier tone yesterday, following better inquiry oversea, and an advance in the American option market. Traders, however, were waiting to see it the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Live-stock Markets Sheep and Cattle Values Continued Their Downward Trend at Homebush Saldyards Yesterday (Thursday) Late Rates Were Maintained Only for Prime Lambs and Best Quality Cattle
When the weather report wail posted on tho notice board at Homobush livestock saleyards yesterday buyers and agents soon crowded around it to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales. Market Unchanged
Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,610 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat Pool Funds. Fight Wheat Diseases. £20,000 for Research Work
The State Cabinet this week agreed to the balance of undistributed moneys from the various State wheat pools being devoted to research and' investigational work in connection with rust, flag smut, and other wheat diseases…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thursday's Homebush. (Continued from previous page.) CATTLE
Prime light cattle made last day's rates, but heavyweights and plain grades were cheaper. Good and useful trade beef was more plentiful than of late, consequently…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flemington Stock Sales. Sheep. Lambs Veey Firm
About 40,635 sheep and lambs were penned for the sales, and the general quality was superior to that of Monday last. The market opened easier for wethers and ewes, wethers espec[?]lly being 1/ per head lower…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sheep Returns Warning to Pastoralists by Statistician
The majority of sheep-owners in New South Wales have forwarded the annual return to the Government statistician, but despite the fact that…
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