Junior Farmers' Championship
THE State wheat championship, conducted by the Junior Farmers' Club Council for a trophy dollated by the Farmers and Setters Association has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Astro-Meteorology To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
In reference to a forecast made by me last January how much notice is taken of It? I may state here that the present week was of changeable attitude…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Farming In Its Infancy Here Progress with Plants
AS for as the general farming community is concerned, "gross farming" is still in its infancy in New South Wales: the pasture Improvement concept…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Girl Junior Farmers GREGADOO
The girls in this Club owe much to the influence of Miss Keogh, the school teacher who is doing much to encourage the home projects…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →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 →SUBSTITUTES Farmers Concerned Menace Grows
DAIRY farmers in all coastal districts are concerned at the competition of butter substitutes, and requests have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Dairyman's Note-book Keen Demand
MR. ROBERT COCHRANE, of Parrambel, Bega, reports a keen demand for young stock, Mr. J. Wakeling of helfors; Mr. J.W. Wilford, of River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rice Crop
SEVENTY-FIVE per cent, of the rice crop, threatened through the lack of water for Irrigation purposes, can be [?], provided the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Notes and News
THE legality of the flour excise imposed to raise funds for the payment of a bounty to wheatgrowers, is being tested by the master bakers. On Monday a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chelsea Training Farm
The Secretary of Chelsea Park Training Farm will be at the Maccabean Hai. every Monday and Thursday, and wit be pleased to give advice and help to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Excellent Report. a Former German Merchant has made good as a farmer in New Zealand
Mr. Eric H. Burton, Chairman of the Auckland Rural Adjustment Commission writing to a well-known Auckland solicitor (whose name we of course have on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Boys From Three States for Easter Show
THE Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. has extended invitations to 30 members of the N.S.W. Junior Farmers' Club, 10 of the Victorian Young…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kill Mosquitoes Poultry Farmers' Bequest to Council
In a letter to Cabra-Vale Council. J. Dawson, hon. secretory, 6t. John's Branch of the Poultry Farmers' Association of N.S.W., asked that steps be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Butter Bush"
"Burgooney": The specimen forwarded was submitted to the Botanist, National Herbarium, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, who now advises:—The specimen submitted has been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Exhibition
The decision of the Sheepbreeders' Association of New South Wales and other organisations to provide a comprehensive exhibit of wool products at this year's Royal Show is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →£7,000,000 Less For This Wheat Crop
A CANBERRA report states that a preliminary survey of the economic position of the wheat industry for the 1938-39 season reveals that the total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interest in British Sheep Breeds
THE solid progress being maintained by breeders of British sheep in establishing high-quality flocks is strikingly in evidence in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China Buys Wheat; 2 Cargoes
Two cargoes of West Australian wheat, totalling 14,300 tons, were sold overnight to China. The local market was easier to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide
There was a strong demand for all average quality lines at the wool sales to-day. Bradford was the dominating factor, taking a large proportion of the offering. Continental operators gave…
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