State Wheat Crop Worst For 21 Years
The New South Wales wheat crop for 1940-41 -- about 24,500,000 bushels -- is the smallest since 1919-20. The Government Statistician (Mr. S…
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Demand for British Breed Sheep
The spirited demand experienced throughout 1940 for high quality British breeds of sheep is being maintained, many studs reporting a good clearance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Saturday, January IS, 1941, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern Sheep Spray. 200 Treated Per Hour. LITHGOW
Mr. J. L. W. Barton, president of the Blaxland Shire, gave a demonstration today of a sheep spraying plant he has installed on his property at Wallerawang…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South American Wool. United States Buyers Busy
The United States has imported very large quantities of wool from South America. The selling season of Argentina and Uruguay is from October 1 to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Country Weeds. Nitrogen Robbers. Problem of Good Seasons
One of the problems wheat-growers must face this season is the growth of weeds on the fallow and in the stubble. Where these…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lower Wheat Yield. New South Wales Total. 24,500,000 BUSHELS
It is now believed that the total wheat harvest in New South Wales this season is only 24,500,000 bushels, the lowest return for more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improving Crops in Palestine. Scientists' Researches
Scientific measures are being taken in Palestine to preserve and increase the fertility of the soil, so that the problem of feeding the inhabitants and tens of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Junior Farmers at Dapto. Compete in Open Classes. DAPTO
One of the most inspiring features of the Dapto Show was the part played in it by junior farmers. Not content to exhibit only in the sections open to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good and Bad Seed. Potato Quality. Moss Vale District Crops
"Good seed takes you more than half way toward success in potato growing," said a Moss Vale farmer yesterday. "Not even rich soil or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Land. Winter Cattle Feed. Fodder Crops on Coast. Best Combinations
"The efficient use of fodder crops can do much to increase production, improve the health and tone of stock, decrease expenditure on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Monday, January 20, 1941, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Wool Buying South African Position
Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report: —The United States has imported very large quantities of wool from South America. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sudan Grass. Suitable for Wheat Belt. Autumn Sowing
"Sudan glass has long been known to provide more stock feed as hay or grazing than any other annual summer crop adapted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Smallest N.s.w. Wheat Harvest for 21 Years
Progress tabulations of crop returns indicate that the New South Wales wheat crop for 1940-41 is approximately 24,500,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local Butter Quality
The chief of the Division ol Dairying, Mr. O. C. Ballhausen reports that during last week 31 per cent, of the boxes of butter examined by the State butter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beef Cattle News
MESSRS. E. C. and B. L. HAWKINS, Woolamlia, Tooumwal, who have a stud of Aberdeen-Angus founded on a nucleus acquired from Trangle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Field Wheat
WHEATGROWERS are being urged by the R.A.S. Standing Advisory Committee to enter crops in local competitions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Market
The produce trade continued to buy wheat quietly yesterday, but there was an improved inquiry for wheat for export flour. Local prices: Millers' lots (No. 2 pool), home…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Best Summer Crop Sudan Grass in the Wheat Belt
REGARDLESS or the prejudice against it. Sudan gram has been generally recognised for a long time as providing more stook feed, hay or grazing than any…
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