Increasing Production on Coastal Farms a Guide for the Year Practical Aspects of Annual Competition More Profits From Every Department
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 5
SYDNEY Royal Show annually reflects the progress that breeders of stud dairy cattle have made and is, therefore, one of the most important fixtures with which the dairying industry is connected. Another outstanding fixture is the coastal dairy farm championship, which reflects the progress made in actual farming practice, as well as in stock breeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reflects Progress of the Dairy Studs Great Annual Parade Sydney Royal Show Focusses Attention on an Important Industry Entries Fewer, But Quality Well Maintained
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 4
EVERY year the forecast is made that dairy cattle at Sydney Royal show will exceed previous quality standards, and every year the forecast proves correct. It would be difficult, of course, to improve on the quality of some individual animals, which rank with the world's best, but the greatest improvement is to be found when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Design Developing a Bull of Promise
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 6
MR. E. MORTON TROTTER, Dairy Design Jersey stud, Beechwood, states that he is developing an outstanding young bull—Dairy Design Soeurette's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cultures for Legumes Ensuring a Payable Crop Striking Example Quoted
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 11
IN a number of different sections of the State it has been found that treatment of the seeds of legumes, such as peas, lucerne and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Junior Farmer's Purchase
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 7
AN enthusiastic junior farmer member of the Australian Jersey Society, Mr. M. G. Sutton, Lea Holm. Tuckurimba, recently bough he [?] old bull…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suitable Soils for Dense Swards FERTILITY Green Manure Crops
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 7
PERENNIAL rye grass and Phalaris tuberose-clover pastures, if they are to produce abundantly, and if they are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Results Recorded Aims of "Farmer and Settler" Merino Ewe Competition Opportunity for Practical Object Lessons
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 12
AS stated in a recent issue of the "Farmer and Settler," the Merino Ewe Competition will be conducted this year throughout New South Wales on terms and conditions that governed the contest in 1939. As will be remembered, the "Farmer and Settler," in its effort to improve…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Air Hero From the Farm Hoped To Return This Year
The Sun · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2
Pilot-Officer Tarlinton, who was 24, left Australia about two months ago to join the. R.A.F. Just before his death he wrote to his parents,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Ready With Plan To Ration Petrol Doctors, Farmers May Be Exempt
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 7
CANBERRA, Wednesday. The Supply Department and its advisers are believed to have already…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Auction Sales to Come Sheep and Cattle
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 22
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 22 →Straying Cattle
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 10
"V.C.D.": Have people living in a village, under the control of a shire council, any right to run cows or other stock on the roads?…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Crop Set New Record
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 5
THE chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. Clive McPherson) estimates that the Australian wheat crop this season will total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Keen Cattle Competition
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 21
The State Marketing Bureau reports: A much heavier yarding of cattle was available at Homebush yesterday, totalling 2,408 head, of which 403 were auctioned in the store…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sheep Stud Notes Buoyant Demand for British Sheep
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 12
THE buoyant demand for Border Leicester registered sheep is being maintained in, New South Wales, judging by the volume of transfers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Light Cattle Yarding
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 21
The State Marketing Bureau report:—The offering of cattle at Homebush on Monday was even lighter than last sale day, and totalled only 1,464 head, of which 267…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Wheat Carry-over
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 5
The Minister for Commerce (Senator Mclieay) has expressed the opinion that Australia may have to Garry over a little more than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Man's Death
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 3
The death occurred this week of Mr. George Lewis Aitken, C.B.E., a former chairman of the National Council of Woolselling Brokers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Increase In Butter Output
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 9
DURING the six months ended December, 1939, the total quantity of bulter produced in Australia amounted to 2,225,555 cwt., an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thursday Strong Demand for Sheep
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 21
The State Marketing Bureau reports: Supplies of sheep and lambs were again somewhat short at the Homebush saleyards yesterday, when a total of 20,388 head was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Breeding Farm S Tock Veterinary How to Prevent Black Disease Losses in Sheep
The Land · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 12
LOSSES from black disease are closely associated with seasonal conditions, but as a general rule it may be accepted that deaths occur between the months of January and June. The heaviest losses are experienced…
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