Dairy Pastures Best Mixtures for Wagga District
PASTURE experiments in the Murrumbidgee Valley, which are being conducted under the supervision of the senior dairy inspector (Mr. I. W. Scott)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1932
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Big Price Margin To the Editor "Farmer and Settler."
I notice that the "[?]" who write for you point out that my opinion that butter is over-produced is "up to putty"—that it is costs, etc., that are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Advertising Our Eggs Overseas Campaign Gives Results that will Please Poultry Farmers Local Publicity Is Now Needed
THE Australian poultry industry, which this this season sent eggs worth about £600,000 abroad, has embarked on an advertising campaign to bring Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What's new in Dairying
THIS summer many progressive dairymen in New South Wales are putting the mower over their paspalum pastures and consrving the surplus growth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Live Stock Sales To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
Buyers of cattle at Homebush saleyards have (unwittingly, perhaps) provided convincing evidence of the short comings of the existing methods of buying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor Comments-Criticism & Hints by Readers Banking Policy To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
I was very much interested in your article on the question of the part the Banks have played in the crisis. It gave me a now point of view, and I was very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Notes & News
THE Forbes silos are full to capacity with 332,000-bush, of wheat, and it is believed that owing to the shortage of trucks further receipts will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ensilage Making Ensuring a Good Fodder Reserve in Stack or Silo Keeping Dairy Pastures Palatable
DURING the last six months many farmers have stated that they intend to make ensilage or pasture hay during the spring. Now is the time for them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors and Motoring Copyright. Tractors on the Farm Curing a Radiator Leak
THE continual vibration when working the tractor on rough ground sometimes causes the radiator to spring a leak. To effect an efficient repair is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Junior Farmers' Page Juniors' Letters to Benby
DENBY wants his young friends to write and tell him about themselves—about their ambitions, hopes, work, and play—whether on the farm, at school, or in holiday hours in the paddock, on the river, or at the seaside, Benby will publish and pay for any letters that he considers are worth printing. Don't hesitate; write whenever you have anything to say, and you will give Benby pleasure…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers' Education
The Department of Agriculture has arranged for the following lectures to be given during the ensuing week, under the auspices of the Agricultural Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What They Are Doing in the Markets Bacon War Raging for Trade Dairy Products Steady Fruit Sought
Curers and distributing companies are ruthlessly cutting prices for bacon in an effort to capture trade. Supplies exceed requirements, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat in Danger
ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Thousands of acres of wheat are likely to be swept by a bush fire which has already ruined valuable grass country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Dobbin Remains The Farmer's Friend In Big Jobs
Busy scene in the Coolamon railway yards as huge wheat loads are hauled in from outlying farms by powerful horse teams. The bagged wheat store can be seen at left, while the silo towers at right. The valuable grain will eventually be shipped to Sydney for distribution in overseas markets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool-handling Charges
W.A.C. writes:— As a grazier of the fourth generation, I was amazed at the refusal of the wool firms to adjust their selling and handling charges, as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle-stealing Charge. Armidale
Thomas James Hickey, 23, and John Robert Prater, 28, were remanded for a week at Armidale Police Court this morning, on a charge of stealing six Hereford heifers, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Weaker
The local wheat market showed weakness on Saturday. Silo wheat was offering at 3/1 —a reduction of ½d—but it found no outlet. Buyers were cautious, and were holding off…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fewer Sheep But Prices Are Steady
Although only 23,000 sheep were listed for sale at Homebush to-day -- a shortage of 21,000 compared with the previous sale day -- prices at the opening showed little…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Belgium's Customs Tariff. Meat and Butter Duties Increased
The Consul-General of Belgium (Mr. Henri Segaert) has been officially advised by the Belgian Government that a new tariff schedule has been put in force since November 27, 1931…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hopeful Wool Markets Improve London, January 16
The London representative of the Australian Wood Growers' Association, Mr. W. P. Dovor[?]ux, reports that, although the international position is very critical,…
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