Skeleton Weed As Sheep Feed. Junee
Always an advocate of skeleton weed as sheep feed, Mr. A. A. Wilson, one of the best-known graziers in the Riverina, has had signal success with markets this…
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Riverina's Low Wheat Yield. Junee
An amazing reduction in Riverina's wheat crop for the current season is shown by the fact that only 891,457 bags have been received, as against 2,872,013…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Sheep Suffered Grown Stock Stood Drought Better
ALTHOUGH grown sheep stood up to the drought better than over before, young stock suffered severely. When mortality figures are available heavy losses…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →More Lucerne Needed. Value in Wheat Country
Never was the value of lucerne bo effectively demonstrated as in the period of drought from which New South Wales is now emerging. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Australian Wool Reserve In U.S. Grows
NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).-- Forty-five thousand bales of wool have been shipped from Australia for wartime storage in the United States under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool-wash Re-opening Old Emu Industry
The old wool-wash at the riverside, Emu Plains, is to be re-opened, and the preparatory work at the premises has been in progress for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four States Dry. Partial Break of Drought. Few Sheep Losses
A survey of pastoral conditions throughout Australia shows that, whilst the drought has been definitely broken in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finish About March Wool Appraisement Has Worked Smoothly
PRESENT indications are that the main wool appraisement season will finish about the middle of March. Should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. Expansion in Wool Clip. 20 Years' Increase
Winchcombe, Carson Lid. report:—In the year 1939-40 season New South Wales produced, including the wool exported on sheepskins, 546,273,000 lb. of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →West Must Grow Lucerne Utility Farm Crop in All Seasons
DISTRICT agricultural instructor at Parkes (Mr. Eric C. Powell, H.D.A.) says that lucerne must be regarded as a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Changed Methods May Be Necessary To Augment Fertility Using Farmyard Manure for Better Crops and Pastures Intensive Working Advocated
CHANGED methods in general land utilisation may be necessary if the fullest benefit is to be obtained from the use of farmyard manure, a cheap and valuable means of increasing soil fertility…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Acreage Lower 1940-41 Wheat Estimate is Below Average
FINAL estimate of the area sown to wheat for grain for the 1910-41 season was given at 12,353,000-acres by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Unshipped Wheat Paid For Half Quantity to be Shipped
BRITAIN this week paid for her 15,500,500 bushels of unshipped wheat and half that quantity will be moved without…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To-day's Wool Clip Almost Doubled in 20 Years
TO-DAY the wool clip in New South Wales has doubled the 1920-21 figure. In the 1939-40 season New South Wales produced. Including the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report SYDNEY, Jan. 14
Our cable reviewing International wheat markets this week, reads:— "Argentina official—quality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Wheat Acreage Reduction. Average of Last Four Years. CANBERRA
The secretary of the Department of Commerce, Mr. J. G. Murphy, emphasised to-day that all wheat farms in Australia must be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Wool in U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)
The Secretary for Commerce, Mr. Jesse Jones, announced that 45,000 bales of Australian wool have been shipped from Australia for storage in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell Where Most Needed Rain in Wheat Belt Did Not Interfere with Harvesting
RAINFALL registrations in the wheat belt for the month of December show that the monthly average was exceeded. The heaviest were in the parched…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Man on the Land. Reports and Hints. Advances to Necessitous Farmers
Advances to wheatgrowers, dairy farmers and those engaged in general farming who are unable to finance their operations owing to drought conditions will be made…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Defects in Dairy Utensils Value of Knowledge of Soldering
No farmer has to use tinware of various descriptions to the same extant as the dairyman, or will find more profitable an elementary knowledge of…
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