Poaltry Farming Reminders Seasonable Work
The matter of stocktaking is important, as it enables a summing up to be made of the effective layers for the ensuing year. Those who have not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1941
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Golden Chance to Build Fodder Reserves Replace Stocks Used in Drought Year Diversified Crops Must Bring Better System
WITH the proposed reduction of the wheat area, now is the ideal time to build up the fodder reserves depleted by the heavy drain of the 1940 drought year. Warning the man on the land in a statement this week, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fibre Crops Diseases of Linseed and Flax
OIL and fibre crops have become increasingly important since the outbreak of war and their cultivation under local condition is being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There Is No Substitute Superphosphate Stands Alone Farmer's Lesson
REPLYING to questions regarding a substitute for superphosphate, should Nauru rock phosphate supplies be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers and Graziers
SALESMANSHIP plus—that's the definition of a successful stock salesman. It's the "plus" that makes the man, because hundreds of men can sell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Front Line British Farmers who Refused to Leave Bomb Scarred Acres Stock Under Shell Fire
FARMERS of Britain are in the front line. These on the coast, particularly, are working under handicaps difficult to conceive in the peaceful atmosphere of Australia. When the time comes to write the history of the siege of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tractors on the Farm
THERE are few tractor drivers who do not realise the importance of lubricating what may be termed the minor moving parts of the mechanism…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Dairyman's Note-book
POPULARITY of Jerseys in New Zealand is indicated by the 1940 Volume of the N.Z. Jersey Herd Book, which contains 15,201 registrations. Highest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Great Crop of Saccaline. Pit Silage at Raby. Historic Property
The photograph at the top of this page affords some idea of the transformation that has occurred in the County of Cumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When Planning a Poultry Farm
In selecting a site for a poultry farm. It should be remembered that the most suitable aspects are north and east, and there should be sufficient slope for good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poultry Farming. Characteristics of Good Layers. Importance of Proper Feeding
The white leghorn was considered the best average layer, said the poultry instructor at Hawkesbury Agricultural college in an address to women delegates to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Results that Prove Prepotency of Haddon Rig Rams Increased Wool Cheques National Reputation Built on Unfailing Repetition of High Quality Type the Industry Wants
MERINO rams bred in Mr. G. B. S. Falkiner's Haddon Rig stud, Warren, are famed for their power to transmit their characteristics to their progeny. That inherited qualities can be transmitted consistently is proved by results obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Stud Notes Demand for British Sheep is Maintained
THE spirited demand experienced throughout 1940 for high quality British breeds of sheep is being maintained, many studs reporting a good…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sheep Work And Holidays
"C.M.": Is a married man, doing sheep work and all sorts of other work, entitled to holidays each year? If so, for how long and at what pay?…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Quieter Wheat Trade
After the activity of the last few days, there was a slight full in trading conditions in to-day's local wheat market. Most buyers were disinclined to operate, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Record Wool Prices
CORRIEDALE fleece from the Mackinnon estate of Glen Esk, Tas., set an Australasian of record of 23¾d at the second…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle and Poultry Feed Production
A new factory which will produce cattle and poultry feed from bones has been established in Petah Tikva by Mr. Gedalyahu Rebzinsky with an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →82 Million Bus.; Bd.'s Estimate of Aust. Wheat Crop
A WHEAT crop of only 82,400,000 bushels for the Commonwealth is estimated by the Australian Wheat Board for the 1940-41 season. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decline In Butter Output Last Spring
PRODUCTION of butter in Australia for the first four months of the current season, ended October last, showed a substantial reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers Want Higher Wool Price; Aust. Still Has Right of Review
THE Department of Commerce has informed the Primary Producers' Association of Western Australia that, although action to review the wool price agreement last May had not been taken because of the turn of events in Europe, it had been arranged that either the British…
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