Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
The State Marketing bureau have supplied the following quotations and information:—London Values and Sales…
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Subsidy on Fertilisers Payment on Manures for Production of Crops other than Wheat
The Commonwealth Minister for Customs (Mr. Stewart) stated this week that the regulations in regard to the artificial manure subsidy provided by the Commonwealth Government had been issued. These regulations had been made under the Financial Relief Act, 1932,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Why the Change? Ayrshire Cattle and the Glen Innes Farm To the Editor. "Farmer and Settler."
I WAS amazed to read in your last issue of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's decision to remove the Ayrshire stud at Glen Innes experiment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →600 Brands Butter Export Problem Murwillumbah
Mr. Roland Green. M.H.R., said today that drastic action was needed to overcome faults in the disposal of Australian butter in Britain. At…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lower Prices Big Sheep Offering Homebush Operations
The increased sheep penning at Home- bush to-day had an adverse effect on values, and in many instances prices were 6d to 1s below Monday's firm rates…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Geelong Wool Sales. Melbourne
The February series of wool sales at Geelong opened to-day. 9300 bales being offered. There was good competition from all sections, and a satisfactory clearance was effected under the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Sales. Brisbane. Brisbane
At the Brisbane wool sales to-day, 11,966 bales were offered. The selection was a fair one. A rather large percentage was heavy with dust, and showed evidence of drought during the growing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butter Contest Big Section Arranged for Tarce Show
Uncle Wiseman is offering a five-guines trophy for a butter championship at the ManningRiver A. and H. Association's Tareeshow, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Tick Spreading Widespread Inspection in the North
Since the discovery of cattle ticks west of the quarantine area and adjacent to the Tabulam to Tenterfield stock route, further…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World Butter Record Wagga Gladys Completes 273 Days' Test with 935-lb. of Butter-fat Will Beat New Zealand Champion
Wagga Gladys, the best-known cow in the famous Hawkesbury College herd at Richmond (N.S.W.) has made a world's Jersey record for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Herd Recording and Feeding Why is it that Only 20 Per Cent. of our Cattle are Well Fed? To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
DESPITE all the talk about herd recording, I am not convinced that there is much to be gained by it except in the case of herds that can adequately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Trade. Active Export Season. Record New Harvest
The 1931-32 wheat season opened under reasonably satisfactory conditions. The New South Wales crop yielded approximately 54,000,000 bushels, which was well above the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the West Drive to Popularise A.I.S. Cattle
To popularise A.L.S. cattle in the Western districts of New South Wales, the Federal president of the Society (Mr. Alex Hunt) will shortly leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Restriction of Wheat Areas Not Favored Growers' Determination Cropping to the Utmost of their Financial Ability for Next Season Director of Agriculture's Review
The proposal that the area under wheat should be reduced does not seem to have found favor with the growers generally in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commercial. Healthy Wool Demand — Current and Future Business
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Under existing world circumstances, January can be regarded as a very gratifying wool-selling period for merino and…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Wool Clip. Alleged Deterioration Refuted by Local Authorities
Authoritative opinion in Sydney in connection with the alleged deterioration and bad classing of the Australian wool clip is that although there may be a slight felling-off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Promotion Board and the "Farmer and Settler"
Dear Sir—I have consulted the Chairman of the Unemployment Relief Council in regard to the article which appeared in the last issue of the "Farmer and Settler," and am directed to inform you that Mr. Dunningham feels somewhat surprised at the attitude of your paper in complaining that applications have not yet been dealt with by the Dairy Promotion Board, without at the same time referring to the administration difficulties that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Dairy Cows Increase Prosperity and Multiply the Farm Profits Australia's Biggest Dairy Farm in Riverina Carries 1100 Jerseys and 700 Pigs 1500-Tons of Conservbd Fodder on Hand
"Australia's largest diary farm." That is the title that might be applied to Wokalens Station, Tarculta-road, via Waggs. On it, there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying a Business "No Prudent Man Will Lay Out Money Without Hope of a Return" MR. W. J. Hammond Replies to Critic To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
Mr. O. JOHNSON'S letter in your issue of the 26th January suggests that the first and second prizewinners in the recent competition shoul be debarred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Improvement Brings New Wealth to Our Dairy Farmers Topdressing Pastures Times May Not Improve but the Grass Will, Says Dairyman RUNS 75 Cows Where 38 Starved Before
Mr. Hackman is a Shoalhaven dairy farmer, who, compelled to do something to check the deterioration of his cattle, decided to try pasture improvement, He is more than pleased with tho results, and, what is most important, he is firmly convinced that top-dressing pays, "Don't…
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