Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report
Our cable this week reviewing the international wheat market reads:— "F.O.B. values No. 1…
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Claims Record 750,000 Sheep Sold in Nine Months
SALE of approximate 750,000 sheep from March 1 to December 1, 1929, through the agency of V. J. Byrnes, Manilla, is claimed as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Task Wool to Clothe an Army
WOOL offerings are shorn of their usual public interest at this time of the year, because there is now no uncertainty in regard to market trends…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Harvest of Linseed Crop Research Farm Experiment "Must be Regarded as Very Successful"
ONE hundred farmers attended a linseed harvesting demonstration at the Rice Research Station. Leeton, on Friday. From what they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cotton Used Instead of Wool. Government Bodies Criticised. Graziers Complaint
A complaint was made yesterday by the Graziers Association of New South Wales that cotton goods were being bought by the Social Services…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pulpy Kidney a Disease of Good Seasons that Affects all Classes of Sheep
ENTERO-TOXAEMIA, or "pulpy kidney," is a serious disease which affects sheep of all classes, and of different aces, but it is more prevalent in lambs and fat sheep. For several years prior to 1931, losses from this disease…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Notes and News Always New Problems
NEW plant diseases keep on turning up. Last year twenty-seven hitherto unknown in this State were recorded. This despite every care exercised by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Diversified Farming Pays More Work Entailed, but Better Results are the Reward
"ARE we not all impressed with a well worked mixed farm, where we see different crops growing, a small dairy, pigs, and a small flock of sheep? "How we enthuse over the location of the buildings, improved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tractors on the Farm Keep Tractor Free from Dirt
BECAUSE the firm tractor works under somewhat dirty conditions on the land this is no excuse for not cleaning the outfit. The engine is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Root Crops Nutritious Fodder Has Beneficial Tonic Effect on Stock Coast Suited to Growth
DURING the past five years N.S.W. dairy farmers have given increased attention to the cultivation at root crops, chiefly Swedes and turnips, as winter feed for stock. Although the value of such crops is being gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Reduction Freights on Farm Machinery
STATING that they consider the freights on farm machinery reasonable, the Railway Commissioners have informed the Farmer and Settlers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improve Quality Plea of Dairy Board Chairman Well Organised Industry
MANUFACTURERS, as well as producers, are urged by the chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Board (Mr. T. Flood Plunkett), in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Needed To Improve Dairy Prospects Stock Hold Condition
RAIN is needed in most N.S.W. dairying, districts, according to reports from senior dairy instructors. Stock,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Expert Help Given to Farmers and Small Graziers Selection of Breeding Stock
REQUESTS for assistance in the selection of breeding stock are increasing every year, according to Major A. D. Reid, Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chelsea Park Training Farm Weekly News
In our last article we told that five or six Old Chelseans have been satis, factorily settled on their own farms. This time we intend to deal with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apple Crops Are Light. Damage by Frost and Hail. Inland Areas Suffer
Light crops of apples and pears may be expected from most of the inland areas in New South Wales. Frost, hail, dry weather, and,in some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poultry Farmers Reserving Stud Cockerels. Hints on Selection
On farms where hatching operations were commenced early in the season, the oldest cockerels will now be of a marketable age, and most poultry farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auction Sales to Come Sheep and Cattle
FORBES.—Edward Weaver and Co., and F. & G. Co-op. Co., C.W. and P. Co. Ltd., and W. K. Garnsey. Senr., Pty. Ltd., fortnightly on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Poultry Farmer's Wheat
"Bribbaree": The Australian Wheat Board now advises, in reply to your inquiries:—Your correspondent will have to secure his requirements from one of the Licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Irregular Market for Cattle
The State Marketing Bureau reports: There was a fairly heavy yarding of cattle available at the Homebush saleyards yesterday totalling 3,363 head, of which 360 were auctioned…
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