Lucerne Seed Crop Must be Mature for Harvest
UNDER suitable seasonal conditions lucerne seed can be successfully harvested with a wheat header, and, though it is more wasteful than cutting and…
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By Australians, For Australians Wealth Pours Into Pockets of Producers and Consumers from Lysaght's Great Newcastle Works a Continents Stock and Farm Produce Sheltered by Home-made Galvanised Iron
THE establishment of the steel works at Newcastle in 1915 gave a great stimulus to the establishment of secondary industries, and in 1921, Lysaght's Newcastle works were opened as an initial unit of two manual rolling mills, and one galvanising pot. Gradual additions were made to the plant during the next few years, and in 1928 there were eight manual rolling mills and four galvanising units in operation, with a capacity of about 40,000 tons of sheets per annum…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Instructors Review Dairying Conditions
FLOOD rains on the North Coast caused a decline in production during January, but a recovery was already apparent, stated senior dairy instructors in their monthly reports to the director of dairying (Mr. L. T. MacInnes)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Tractors and their Management
IT is essential to maintain the compression in the cylinders, otherwise the amount of power produced must be less than maximum. The degree of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Labor Shortage
THERE appears to be a shortage of farm labor this year and this factor, combined with a period of heavy production, and the hot, sultry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Board Favors Uniform Policy
APPRECIATING the necessity for a uniform policy in regard to pasture improvement, the Australian Dairy Produce Board at its last meeting appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Broadcast
VICTORIAN division of the Australian Broadcasting Commission has arranged a dairy broadcast which will be put on the air from the station 3LO, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Produce. Dairy
Brisk trading was experienced in city dairy houses yesterday. The butter market was firm. Demand for cheese was consistent despite slight over-pinduction. All cuts of ham…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Alleged Stripping of Farm Machinery. Dubbo
At the Dubbo police court, Francis Henry webb, 30, was charged with stealing farm machinery parts, valued at £30. Thomas Eric Webb, 22, was charged with having in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Blackberry Crop. Noxious Plant with Popular Fruit
In spite of the fact that there is a relentless war waged against blackberry vines far and wide by Government officials, these vigorous noxious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Farm to Market Stocks of Meat Are Plentiful
LIGHTWEIGHT porkers were in demand at the wholesale meat depots yesterday, and prices held firm at last week's rates. Heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers Injured By Cows CASINO
TERRIBLE injuries to the mouth were suffered to-day by Harry Carmont, a farmer, while branding cattle. A cow jerked her head up,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Farmers Badly Injured By Cows
CASINO, Wednesday.--In two separate instances today farmers were seriously injured by cows. While Harry Carmont was branding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Found Hanged
TUMUT, Wednesday.--Herbert Collison, 42, farmer, was found hanged at his farm at Bombowlee today. Collison lived on the farm with his mother…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle
BRAIDWOOD: Next sale, February 19. Hassall and MacDonald, Braidwood. TABULAM.—A sale of 1550 head of N.S.W. bred cattle will be held at Tabulam…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Wheat Trials at Condobolin Farm
TESTS at Condobolin Experiment Farm, carried out under the supervision of the manager, Mr. J. L. Green, have shown Bencubbin to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Charters
Bunge (Aust.), Pty., Ltd., have chartered the Temple Moat to load 7,000 tons of bulk at Western Australia, lay days March 25 to April 20, rate 31/-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Butter Pay
The North Coast Butter Factories Association has fixed the pay for January supplies at 10¾d. per lb. for choicest, which is ¾d. higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter Prices Should Hold
At a meeting of the Casino branch of the Primary Producer's Union the district secretary (Mr. R. Pilgrim) stated that there was a butter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Crops Boost Aust. Wheat Yield
BECAUSE of a remarkable increase in the wheat harvest for New South Wales, which became evident after the last official estimate was…
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