Farm Notes & News Potatoes Suffer
OWING to the exceptionally dry and windy weather experienced throughout the main potato-growing districts, crops are generally in an unsatisfactory…
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Liverpool Poultry Farmers
Liverpool Branch of the Poultry Farmers Association of N.S.W. is getting ready for the annual conference, to be held shortly, and at the meeting of the branch…
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The St. John's Park Branch of the Poultry Farmers Association will meet in the King's Hall. Fairfield West, on Monday. March 11. All poultry farmers are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep and Dairy Cattle at Berrima District Show
ALL districts in the Southern highlands were represented at the Berrima District A. H. and I. Society's Annual Show, which was held at Moss Vale. Many of the exhibits seen here will…
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ARMIDALE.—A special cattle sale will be held at the Armidale municipal yards on Tuesday, March 12, when Messrs. A. H. McArthur and Co., auctioneers, Armidale,…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →On the Land Stock Sales. Irregular Sheep Market. Prime Cattle Firm
Light wethers were firmer at the Flemington saleyards yesterday. Heavy wethers were unchanged. Lambs of all descriptions were cheaper…
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"X.Y.Z."" Can you tell me why the buttermilk will not come out of my cream? The cream will churn until it is thick and no matter how long it…
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Fat cattle will be weighed in at 9.30 a.m. on the first Saturday of the Show (March 16) and will be judged the same day, commencing at 2 p.m…
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The State, Marketing Bureau reports: There was a heavier yarding of cattle available at Homebush yesterday totalling, 2,506 head, of which 401 were auctioned in…
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"O.Q.D,'s: I am losing a number of sheep, feeding on box bushes and wheat. Some of the sheep are fat and some are poor. The chief symptoms…
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A small order for wheat for export flour was reported to have been booked in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Produce interests continued to take up occasional trucks…
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The State Marketing Bureau reports:—The offering of cattle at Homebush on Monday was fairly light, and totalled 2169 head, of which 298 were auctioned in the store…
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The State Marketing Bureau reports: At the Homebush saleyards yesterday 25,149 head of generally only fair quality sheep and lambs were offered for sale. The grown…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →February was Dry in all Wheat Crop Areas
FEBRUARY, according to reports of agricultural instructors received by the Field Branch, Dept. of Agriculture, was a dry month in all wheatgrowing areas, cultural operations being brought to a standstill in most districts through the dryness of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Likely Wool Surplus
"The danger of substitutes will continue and increase, and at all costs wool must be allowed to go no higher in price."…
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FOLLOWING important revisions in the conditions there will be much keener competition in the fat cattle section at…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Less Stud Cattle For Show Sale
GOOD sales registered by stud be cattle breeders during the last in months have resulted in a reduction the number of stud animals to be offen…
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Despite criticism of the wool appraisement scheme, the main objective has been achieved with a remarkable degree of success, states Pitt, Son, and Badgery,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →More Entries for Sheep Dog Trials
The Royal Show sheep dog trials, for which £100 prize money is offered have attracted keener interest this year, There are 50 entrants, as…
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