Preparing for 1932 CROP. Dry Weather Hampers Summer Work
THE chief feature of recent weather conditions in the wheat belt has been the holding up of summer cultural work by the baking of the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1932
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Banks' Share Too High, Says Westralian Farmers
THE attitude of the Agricultural Bank and other banks towards farmers' returns from their crops was hotly criticised at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swap Your Ideas Exchange Hints on Farm Practice
HAVE you discovered a new and simpler way of making a gate, straining wire, building a tank, or of doing any of the thousand-and-one things that need…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fodder Crops Increasing Popularity of Oats
OVER 50,000 acres of oats for green fodder or hay are now grown by coastal dairy farmers, this area being more than three times the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Better Grassland Sowing Clovers and Lucerne Fodder Crop Rotation
IN a pamphlet on clovers and lucerne in pastures the Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture emphasises the value of leguminous plants not only…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Poultry to Beginners in Poultry- Farming. a Seasonable Warning
Discussing in current notes the importance of good development in young stock and the advisability of culling out any backward and unthrifty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poultry Farming Duck Raising Importance of Cheap Source of Food Supply
Discussing the possibilities of duckraising as a means of making a living, the Poultry Expert of the Department of Agriculture touches on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brisbane Stock Sales Cattle Market Easier, but Sheep Prices Firm (By Special Telegram.)
At the [?] sales in Brisbane on Thursday 1050 head of cattle were penned, there being about equal numbers of bullocks and cows, of medium to good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second-Grade Wheat
IN order to assist in the marketing of wheat that cannot be included in the f.a.q. standard quality, the Grain Trade Sectional Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Finley's Wheat Harvest
FINLEY, Friday.--The wheat deliveries to the Finley railway station now total 302,008 bags, representing deliveries of 172,421 bags to the silos,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Wheat Higher
In sympathy with the advance in overseas markets a substantially firmer tone ruled in the local wheat market this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Up Rise of ½d LB
Sales in the local butter market have not been affected by the alteration in price. The improvement in the London position, has helped to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Die of Anthrax Melbourne
A herd of cattle has been infected with anthrax at Penshurst, in the western district of Victoria. Some of the cattle have already died, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beef Cattle Worl and Meat Markets
Yearling beef was worth to 22/-, prime light 28/-, good trade and medium weight 23/- to 25/-, heavy 20/- to 22/-, and best cow beef to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Imperial Preference Ten Per Cent. Tariff Imposed on Foreign Competitors Meat, Wheat and Wool on Free List
The text or the Bill introduced in the House of Commons last week imposing a 10 per cent. Customs ad valorem duty on all imported goods contains a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Rations Experiments with Sheep at Trangie
With the object of ascertaining the minimum maintenance ration for sheep under drought conditions, and to determine the relative value of various…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales. Geelong. Melbourne
At the Geelong wool sales yesterday, Wednesday's rates for super merino fieece were more than maintained. For all other grades the market was firm at late values. Competition was keen…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat Is Puzzle Causes of Slump
LONDON, Friday. A VALUABLE survey of the world's wheat position in 1931, issued by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Preference Butter Industry Desires Tariff with Quota
IN last week's "Farmer and Settler" the N.S.W. Director of Dairying (Mr. L. T. Macinnes) stated that the imposition by Great Britain of a 10 per cent. inrlff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Splendid Cattle at Kangaroo Valley Pavilion Exhibits Excel
BERRY, Friday.--The 47th annual exhibition of the Kangaroo Valley Agricultural Society was opened to-day by Mr. Bryce Beard, president…
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