A Section for the Poultry Farmer, Conducted by an Expert Chinese Langshan Oldest Pure Bred Fowl in Existence
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 13
THE Chinese Langshan, Which, as the name indicates, originated in China, is probably the oldest pure-bred fowl in existence. The history of the breed is somewhat vague, for there are no established records as to how these fowls came to China…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Breeding Farm Stock&veterinary To answer your question, our veterinarian must now all the facts. Therefore give full particulars of the malady when you write. Strange a Common Disease in Horses
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 13
STRANGLES is a very common disease in horses, and, at times, causes heavy losses. It is an infectious disease…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmers Complain at Parkes Silo Delay
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4
DISSATISFACTION with the weighbridge installation at the Parkes silos was expressed at a meeting of the Parkes branch of the Farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers in West Face Anxious Time
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3
HOT, dry weather, meagre water supplies, and lack of grazing, due to the ravages of grasshoppers, is causing anxiety to landholders in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Master Farmer Trophies to be presented at Wagga Field Day
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3
THE presentation of trophies in connection with the recently concluded Master Farmer competition, conducted by "The Land" in association with the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Department of Agriculture, will be made at a monster field day to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Weed Menaces Crops in Different Ports of State
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5
A WEED, similar in crop-destroying capacity to skeleton weed, has made an appearance in various parts of the State. The new menace, Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Farmers Had Varying Fortune
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4
WHILE some farmers in the Western District have enjoyed a good all-round season, others have met with crop failures, heavy stock losses and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W.A. Inquiry Into Power Farming
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 9
A SUM of £500 having been donated to the Western Australian University for the purpose of undertaking research work in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm & Station Homesteads.—"Yarraglen," Grenfell
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 11
The neat and attractive homestead on "Yarraglen," the property of Mr. W. W. Ingrey, of Grenfell PHOTO: THE LAND…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →For the Tractor Owner and Power Farmer Increase in Use of Tractors
The Land · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 10
INCREASING numbers of landholders, are going in for tractor farming…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Produce. Dairy. Egg Prices Rise
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 13
Changes in egg prices to take effect this morning were announced yesterday. Hen eggs have advanced /2 to l6. medium /1 to 1/2, pullet /1 to 1/, and case /1 to 1/2 per…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cattle Stealing
The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1
Arrested last night near Liverpool, a map was charged later, at Parramatta Police Station with cattle-stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4
It is presumably whistling to keep up courage that inspires the daily press to feature any exceptional price for some particular wool clip, and deduce therefrom that the wool market is firm and satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Average
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 19
The average price of wool sold in the Sydney market this week was £16/0/10 per bale, or 13.1d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Brisk Trade in Wheat
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 14
Encouraged by sales overseas, shippers and millers traded extensively in wheat yesterday for the first time in several months…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Loadings and Stocks
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 19
During the week ended January 1. 1938. 437,001 bags of wheat were despatched from country stations, makins a total of 6,095,598 bag[?] for the new season, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Breadstuffs. Activity in Wheat
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 19
The Sydney wheat market was vert animated yesterday, the turnover being the greatest in the current season. There was a keen demand, and, although a large quantity was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Necessitous Farmers. Bounty on Wheat Sought. "Homes Breaking Up." Ungarie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 14
Speaking at a mass meeting of settlers at Lake Cargelligo on the necessity for the introduction by the Government of a wheat bounty to assist necessitous farmers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →1000Lb. Butter Fat. Australian Illawarra's Feat
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 14
Plashett Pearlie 9th, an 8-year-old Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cow, owned by Plashett Pastoral Company, has just completed a 273-days' test in which she gave over…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cattle Stealing Alleged. Arrest at Parramatta
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 14
The Parramatta and other police have been making inquiries for some months into reports of cattle stealing in the Parramatta, Liverpool, Camden, and Picton areas…
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