Wool Tricks Bradford has the Loan of Australia
THERE is ample justification for recent protests by Australian wool growers against the price being paid them by the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1940
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Garden Crops May Be Produced in Dry West Soilless Growth May Be Answer to Problem of Many Farmers
WHAT may be only a passing craze on the part of metropolitan gardeners might, on a small scale, prove an inestimable been to western farmers, who, owing to a scarcity of water, are unable to grow their own vegetables and flowers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crop Rotation Experiment At New England Farm. Value of Perennial Red Clover
Two important commercial crops within the New England district are maize and oats, with which a crop rotation experiment is in progress at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool for U.S.A. 125,000 Bales Allotted. Melbourne
Allocations of Australian wool to the United States amounted so far to 125,000 bales, and not 75,O00 bales as stated in Sydney, the Assistant Minister for Commerce, Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Final All Made of Our Wools Wool Its Own Boost
THE, exquisite woollen fabrics and garments which arc being made now are the best possible boost for the "Use More Wool" campaign. The high quality of these goods will be revealed at the coming Easter Show, where a special…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wheat Quality Very Good Baking and Milling Tests of F.A.Q.
TESTS in the chemist's branch of the Department of Agriculture have shown that the quality of both bulk and banged f.a.q., wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High Yield of Gluford Wheat Variety Trials in Cowra Area Totadgin's Good Grain Sample
IN the mid-season sown section of wheat variety trials at Cowra, Totadgin and Waratah gave best samples of grain, with 63½-lb. and 60½-lb. a bushel respectively. These were closely followed by Hume 592-lb. and Koala 59-lb…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Shortsighted Policy of Wool Control" Australian Growers Entitled to Representation Chairman of Board Outspoken Dr. Clunies Ross Flies Out
"A AUSTRALIAN woolgrowers have good grounds for being dissatisfied with, and the Australian Wool Board views very seriously, the apparent selfish and short-sighted policy which is being adopted by the British Wool Control Committee. The British Government has taken over the Australian clip at 10¼ sterling per lb., plus half the profit on the re-sale of any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm, Produce, Grain, and Roots
Saccaline Seed: E. Honeman 1, G G Friend 2. Planters'. Fxiend Seed S. Howell. Shelled Maize: S. Howell. Large Yellow Maize: S. Howell 1 and 2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Conditions Good Rain on Far North Coast
HEAVY rain an the Far North Coast during the past week has dispelled tears of drought in that area. Rain is needed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"I Saved £130 in One Year" Farmer's Experience with Producer Gas
"TO change my McCormick Deering W-30 rubber-shod tractor over to charcoal gas cost me £120. But, as my bill for charcoal will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nowra Camp Junior Farmer Girls' Experiment
THE first Leadership Camp to be organised in connection with the Junior Farmer Movement was held at Nowra in January. Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →May Be Helping Substitutes Protests By Dairymen Free Advertising for Serious Competitor Post-war Problem Likely
IS the dairying industry playing into the hands of the manufactures of substitutes? The opinion was expressed to the "Farmer and Settler" this week that protests by dairying interests against the menace of substitutes was providing excellent free…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Tractor Driving Stationary Machinery
IT is surprising how few farmers employ the farm tractor for driving stationary machinery. When numerous machines are properly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Clover Seed Harvesting with Farm Machinery Few Adjustments Needed
FOLLOWING the announcement that formers at Wagga are harvesting their subterranean clover seed comes news from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Fowls On Western District Farms
POULTRY farming, adopted as sideline by western district fanners chiefly interested in fruitgrowing or…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Many Reforms Conference of Junior Farmers
A FULL day conference of the Junior Farmer' Advisory Committee and District Councils will be held in the conference rooms of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Root Crops Stronger and Better Lambs
STOCKOWNERS in the southern tablelands districts are advised by the chief veterinary surgeon (Mr. Max Henry) to grow root crops as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmers' Shop Window Byvac System
AT 196 King Street, adjoining the cattle section of Sydney showground, the Imperial Byvac system, sponsored by A. H. McDonald and Company, will be displayed. The feature…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Citrus Crop
ALTHOUGH the long spell of dry weather and hot winds has damaged coastal citrus orchards, a brighter story can be told of inland crops. On the…
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