Record Price at Wool Sales
A new record price for the season was established at the Sydney wool sales this afternoon, when a local operator paid 29d for five bales of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1938
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Sharp Rise in Price for Wheat
THE sharp rise in option values on the world's main grain exchanges was reflected on the local market yesterday, when wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →English Praise for our North Western Wheat
A COMMERCIAL sample of early north west wheat, which included Pusa 4, Carrabin, Florence, and Geeralying, was forwarded to Dr. D. W. Kent Jones, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oversea Market Cables. Butter Market Quiet. London. Jan. 1
The London butter market is quiet. Quotations: Cho[?]st salted. New Zealand [?] per [?]wt. Australian 109/ per cwt; unsalted New Zealand 113/ per cwt. Australian 110/ per cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cattle Mortality. Sudan Grass Again the Cause. Albury
Following losses, under similar circumstances, suffered by dairy farmers in the Bonegilla and Wagga districts, the death of 20 cows from eating Sudan grass was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land Anxious Times. Pastoral Distress. Feed and Water Shortage
Landholders in western districts of New South Wales are experiencing great anxiety on account of shortage of grazing for their stock. Rain is urgently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales. Levels Maintained. for Better Classes
At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday 11,812 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered wools, amounted to 9204 bales, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bleached Wheat Price Cuts Not Justified Important Discoveries
WHEN hard wheats are affected by light or bran bleaching there is an improvement in milling characteristics, and very little deterioration in baking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cleanliness First Law of Good Dairy Farming
So closely is hygiene related to high quality dairy production that cleanliness should be the first law of dairying. If the "farmer realises his obligations to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farmers Warned Against Sudan Grass
RECENT heavy mortality of cattle from Sudan grass po[?]ning has caused the N.S.W. agr[?]stologist (Mr. J. N. Wh[?]ted) to repeat his advice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report January 4
Our cubic reviewing International markets this week reads:— "Australian January / February shipmeat valued 36/ per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Research. International Secretariat. Programme Approved. London, Jan. 4
Details of a programme of scientific research were approved at a joint meeting of the International Wool Publicity and Research Secretariat, including Dr. Clunies Ross (Australia)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clover Beats Sheep. 10 Head to the Acre Fail to Control Growth
The outstanding feature of pasture improvement on the Monaro this season is the phenomenal growth made by subterranean clover where the soil had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Grain Equals Manitoba No. 1. English Expert's Praise of North-western Wheat
A highly encouraging report has been received from Dr. D. W. Kent-Jones, the English consulting cereal chemist, in reference to the milling and baking quality of an early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Country As I See It Sheep Stealing—Indian Settlement—Grasshopper Ravages —Railway Tnicks—Abolish Parliaments
I WAS surprised to discover, as a result of chats with country friends during the Christmas holidays, that sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Prices for Yass Wool World Famous Clip Merryville Tops the Sydney Market with 29d. Splendid Staple, despite dry Season
HIGH prices were obtained for the well-known Merryville and Ledgworth clips of superfine wool at to-day's auctions. Both clips are of similar origin, inasmuch as they trace back to the original stud founded by the late Geo. Merriman, at Ravensworth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blaxland's Farm (To the Editor)
Sir,—Re suggested memorial: St. Marys has a very much more important place, from a historical point of view—Marsden's Model Farm. Mamre,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Farm
"SWEET LEVENDRN" [?] where looks gl[?] The grass is loud and green. On the fists there is a fair amount of clever, and the periu[?] of it is beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Visiting Juniors Tours Arranged for Young Empire Farmers
FIVE members of the New Zealand Young Parmor[?]'Club and a young farmer from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, respectively, will be guests of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Isafety First— On the Farm and In the Home
ALL the Frequently one reads of deaths caused by careless handling of f[?]rearms in the besh, dis[?]ter from casy a[?]to drugs,…
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