Maize Yield Dependent on Late Crops
AVERAGE maize yield for the State, on present prospects, must be light this season, unless late crops improve the position, states Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Fodder Conserved By Baling Solution of Important Farm Problem
THE problem of providing and conserving ample supplies of cheap fodder for stock during the long dry spells which we have been, and always will, experience, is becoming increasingly important. Unfortunately we in New South Wales have in the past viewed the principle very much…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Apple Crop on M.i.a
McINTOSH Red, Jonathan, King David, and Cleopatra apples are allowing better crops at Griffith, but sizing and coloring are very poor and sum…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Junior Farmers' Administration State Organiser's Suggestions
A SPECIAL meeting of tho junior Farmers' Club Council of N.S.W. was called last week to discuss suggestions for improvements in the movement made by the State Organiser, Mr. E. Breakwell, after his recent investigations aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Further Progress at Berry Training Farm
ULTIMATELY eighty boys, all wards of the State, would be accommodated at Berry Training Farm, where they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collins' Farmers' Diary
CONSIDERING its importance, it is amazing the small proportion of farmers who know actually what it costs them to produce a pound of butter, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Body To Represent Milk Zone Farmers P.P.U. PLAN
SINGLETON branch of the Primary Producers Union, socks the creation of one organisation to represent all milk suppliers within the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tractors on the Farm
MANY reference have been made from time to time to use of pneumatic tyres in connection with the farm tractor, trailers and carts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Farmer Must Keep on Building Though Fires Destroy and Storms Wreck, the Homesteads Rise Again Vast Range of Material at Service of Man on the Land
REPLACEMENT of farm structures after bushfires have taken toll is necessary and imperative, whether it entails replacing only a few fencing posts or the entire accommodation of the farm, as happened in some N.S.W districts during the fires of last month…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chelsea Training Farm
The Secretary of Chelsea Park Training Farm will be at the Maccabean Hall every Monday and Thursday, and will be pleased to give advice and help to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Views and hints of the month Jerusalem Artichokes a Crop for Pig Raisers
The Jerusalem artichoke should attract much more attention as a crop than it does at present, more particularly by pig-raisers in the drier farming…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The Turf. Warwick Farm
Ruayard's only start in twelve months produced a good third to Trimmer at Randwick and the latter's subsequent form left nothing to be desired. So, even…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Poultry Farmers St. John's Park Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of St. John's Park branch of the Poultry Farmers' Association was held in the School of Arts on Monday, February 6, and attended by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Farmer And Worker Exploited
By JAMES HAZELTON, Vice-president Wheatgrowers' Union of N.S.W. THE grim joke of the wheatgrowers being the "villain" responsible for the high price of foodstuffs is just another form of specious propaganda designed to throw dust in the eyes of people from whom it is desired to withhold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swelling on Sheep's Head
"Sheepo": A two-tooth sheep in good condition swelled up around the head to about half as big again as normal, and died within a day and a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sheep with Sore Mouths
"B.J.": Some of my sheep have sore mouths, lips badly swollen, which stops them from eating. The cause in my opinion is due to feeding on black…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wheat Price Future
THE trend of prices for the future is about the same as last year, except that we have experienced a normal world crop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Outlook Causes Anxiety in Many Areas
STOCK INSPECTORS' reports for the month of January show the position to be rather serious over nearly the whole of the State owing to the continued hot weather drying up the grass, states the Acting Chief Veterinary Surgeon (Dr. H. G…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bighter Future for Beef Cattle Industry
"The beef cattle industry will regain the strong position it held in earlier day's, though to-day it is regarded as of secondary importance,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Most Cattle Bruising During Rail Transit
IN a report submitted to the Australian Meat Board, Mr. A. Little, of Queensland, who has been conducting an investigation…
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