Must be Real Master Farmer to Score in this Competition
"NO man can win the Master Farmer Competition unless he is a real Master Farmer", said Mr. W. C. Cambridge, M.L.C., general…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1940
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More Poultry on General Farms
AVENUES of income such as poultry-raising should be more seriously considered by farmers as a means of making the farm a more…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Champion Farmer And His Family
Mr. H. H. West, of "Willow Grange", winner of the Master Farmer Inland Championship, photographed with his wife and daughter. Margaret, at the field day on his form last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inland Master Farmer Trophies Presented at Big Field Day Many Visitors at H. H. West's Championship Farm
NEARLY 200 farmers from Riverina districts witnessed the presentation of prizes in connection with the Inland Master Farmer competition at a field day last Friday on the winning farm of Mr. H. H. West, "Willow Grange," Yanco. After inspecting the property many visitors declared, that it was an ideal farming unit. The prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Section for the Poultry Farmer Stimulating Egg Production affects Vitality of Birds By an Expert
EGG PRODUCTION has been slowly diminishing during the past weeks, and fowls forced by artificial methods to produce more eggs than they would under natural conditions must do untold damage to the flock…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Randwick Races To-morrow. Warwick Farm Fixture. Many Candidates of Class Engaged Guinness and Gold Salute Fancied
Many of the best horses in training will be racing at the Warwick Farm autumn meeting at Randwick to-morrow, when the programme will extend to eight races, the first being timed to start at 1.15 p.m., and the last at 5 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farmer Dies of Poisoning Cowra
Married only about two months ago. Donald Joseph Cameron, 38. died yesterday from the effects of poison. According to the police, he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poultry Farmers’ Assn. of N.s.w
The Egg Marketing Board of N.S.W. announced last week that it was publishing “Modern Marketing” a new work which deals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Butter Quality
The Director of Dairying, Mr. O. C. Ballhausen, reports that last week 90.7 per cent. of the boxes of butter examined by the New South Wales butter grading staff was found…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Market
Isolated small bookings for wheat for flour for export were made in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Produce interests made occasional purchases, otherwise trading was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Cattle Prices Affected by Dry Weather. DAPTO
A remarkable feature of the dry season in Illawarra has been the manner in which prices of dairy cattle have been maintained, but at a clearing-out sale in the Dapto district this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"White Australia Conditions" For Wool and Wheat Growers. Fight for Stabilised Price. West Wyalong
"I cannot make my meaning more clear than to say that I consider it is time the Government saw to it that the average men engaged in the wool and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butter Ration Doubled. London, March 15
The butter ration in Great Britain will be increased from ¼lb to ½lb a week from Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Small Booking for Export Wheat
The Wheat Board yesterday received small bookings from millers for wheat for export flour. Produce merchants bought wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Thursday, March 14, 1940, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Butter Contract. Premium Wanted for Choicest
The executive council of ihe Primary Producers' Union, at its annual meeting in Sydney this week, decided, with a view to raising the standard of Australian butter, "that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Taking Wool by Air to Java
Wool for knitting comforts for soldiers at the front Is being flown to Java by a Qantas flying-boat for the British and French Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Stolen in Transit. Owners' Losses. Railway Department's Responsibility
Pat stock salesmen at Flemington, and representatives of companies which buy large numbers of stock in the country, confirm the statement made…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£47,000,000 Worth of Wool Already Appraised. British Prices
Appraisements of wool in Sydney closed for the Easter recess on Thursday. The schedule of offerings arranged by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Shortage of Wool. Shipping Difficulties Admitted. LONDON, March 15. (A.A.P.)
The Minister for Supply, Dr. Burgin, in the House of Commons to-day, said that he did not believe reports that there was a shortage of wool imports,…
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