NON-VOTERS Growers Who Ignored Wheat Ballot to be Prosecuted
Having failed to vote at tho poll token on 13th September on tho constitution of a wheat-marketing board, 3074 farmers have been naked to show cause why…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1930
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Sheep Sales at Homebush Agents Opposed to Buyers' Practice of Splitting Consignments
Tim opinion was expressed by an agent this week that much selling time in the sheep section at Homebush was wasted owing to the practice of a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blowfly in Sheep Specifics that Prevent Contact of the Fly With the Fleece
The recent statement of the [?] of the Council of Industrial and Scientific Research (Sir George [?]) before the Public Works Committee that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fixing F.a.q. Standard for the 1929-30 Wheat Harvest
At the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Wheat representative of the harvest and comprising 60 per cent, from Southern, 20 per cent, from Western, and 20 per cent, from Northern Districts was taken, and the standard fixed at 61¾lbs…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →N.S.W. Wheat Yield Early Estimates Likely to be Exceeded
The Government Statistician's estimate of the wheat yield for the current season is 35,844,000-bush., which is slightly greater than the estimate given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the Land the Wool Trade. General Demand. Lower Sydney Values
Though wool has commanded good general competition at this week's Sydney auctions and bulky quantities have been sold, sales have only been effected at prices showing a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wool Prices Does It Pay to Scour Dusty Fleeces Before Sale
"Woolgrower" asks whether I would advise him to have his wool clip secured before selling in view of the fact that It Is rather dusty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Record Wheat Q' Land's Fine Figures Big Cheque for Growers Toowoomba
Mr. J. T. Tod, chairman of the Queensland Wheat Board, issued a statement this morning to the effect that the deliveries of wheat for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Season's Wheat. F.A.Q. Standard Fixed. 61 ¾bs Per Imperial Bushel
The New South Wales wheat standard for the 1929-30 crop was yesterday fixed at 61¾lb per Imperial bushel. There was a large and representative…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Hand-feeding Sheep Lucerne in the Drought Ration Helps to Reduce Mortality Variation in Food Value
EMPHASISING the need for a balanced ration in feeding sheep during day periods. Mr. H. G. Belsehner, B.V.Sc., district veterinary other at Orange,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Whiffs From the West The Awkward Mob and the Best Way to Handle it Watering the Sheep
THERE'S an art in handling a big mob of stock, be they sheep or cattle. I've driven over three thousand head or cattle in one mob, taking an all-night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool and Clothing Great Disparity in the Cost of the Fleece ami the Suit
Woolgrowers in Australia have been making inquiries into the prices received for the raw wool and the finished woollen article and declare that tho great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →M. P. Pimentel Shows How to Get £5000 WITH 1lb. Best Butter Golden Casket Tickets are Offered to Attract Buyers to Trade at Special Shops
ANY go-getting scheme sponsored by Morton Parker Pimentel may be expected to possess the charm of novelty. He has that little touch which makes the whole world grin. Pimentel's latest is a hair-raiser. He proposes to mix the Golden Casket Art Union…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Information and Help Uncle Wiseman Answers Questions Submitted by Country Folk Saffron or Star Thistle Particularly Bad Pest in Wheat Cultivation Land
Saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)— often called star thistle (although It must be distinguished from the true star thistie)—and sometimes known by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tractor on the Farm
THE NEW FORDSON THACTON The above photo taken at Wangaralla. Victoria, shows the first new Fordson Tractor to be put to work in Australia. Made in the Ford Plant at Cork treland, the new Fordson embodies many improvements, chief of which is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Town and Country. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
I think it is a very serious mistake our city sisters make when they say that it is much cheaper to live in the country than in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Back to Sydney. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
The other night we were talking about the old days of Sydney and what happened in those times, and a friend, who is staying here from Sydney, thought…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Men's Clothing. To the Editor. "Farmer and Setter."
Dear Sir,—I read with interest the letter from "Puzzled Eighteen" concerning men's dress. I agree with her. Yesi why don't men wear lighter clothes in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Does the Modern Girl Like Going to Church? Wedding Extravagance Is it Cheaper to Live in the City than in the Country Letters From Women To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
Here is a subject that may arouse me Interest of many of your readers, more especially the so-called "flappers": Does the modern girl like going to church?…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Simple Weddings. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
It seems to me we are becoming more and more extravagant in our notions of what is fitting in a wedding ceremony. The wedding day is, of course, thus one…
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