Sheep Stud Notes Dorset Ram's Good Pedigree
BROUGHTON 8-82, a low, thick-set, May, 1938, Dorset Horn, has been sold by Mr. T. Hastie Kelsall, of Broughton Brook stud, Wagga, to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farming & the land, 1941
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New England Cattle Made Good Show at Tenterfield
THE first agricultural show of 1941 in the New England district was held at Tenterfield last week. This successful exhibition received excellent support from exhibitors, who have been favored with a good season. Tenterfield district is noted for its…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homebush Stock Sales Monday Quality Sheep in Demand
The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Sheep and lambs on offer at Homebush on Monday totalled 30,190 head and were mostly of fair quality only. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Thursday Sheep and Lambs Up 1/- a Head
The State Marketing Bureau reports:- A total of 35,807 head of sheep and lambs was offered at the Homebush saleyards yesterday, Quality of the pennings, chiefly, was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Growers' Committee To Advise on Wheat Plan
THE Wheat Industry Stabilisation Board has decided to recommend to the Minister for Commerce that a growers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Ticks. Cause of Rapid Increase. Influence of Feed
The fact that sheep ticks are capable of multiplying from one pair to 65,000 individuals in a year under favourable conditions,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Position Acute on Dairy Farms
THE difficult position that faces the dairying industry through the labor shortage was referred to by speakers at the meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cropping and Livestock Must Be Combined For Profitable Farmin
"THE experience of all countries has shown that farming can remain permanently profitable only when it consists of a sound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Penalised by Higher Wool Price for Export Goods
THERE is no good reason why Australian woollen manufacturers should be permitted to reap the benefit of purchasing wool in a cheap…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Crop in Cowra District
THOUGH asparagus has never been grown on a commercial scale further west than the Bathurst district, it is now being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Financing Child Endowment Plan; farmers Oppose Tax on Industry
THE increased burden that will be placed on the primary industries, if the child endowment scheme proposed by the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Science Leader
Mr. R. N. McCulloch, entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, has been elected president of the New South Wales branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lack of Labor Hits Farms Call-up For Military Raises Serious Problem
THE shortage of farm labor, which has been accentuated by the call-up of additional age groups for universal training, is creating a serious problem in the primary industries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport of Farm Produce; Coastal Shipping Problem
IN the event of coastal shipping being commandeered, or partially commandeered, by the Navy, adequate and equitable arrangements should be made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairymen to Seek Higher Price Govt. Subsidy Suggested as Alternative To Local Rise
The need for an increase in the Australian price of butter to compensate dairymen for increased costs of production was stressed by speakers at a meeting of the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manpower Crisis on Farms
FARM labor is becoming increasingly scarce in New South Wales, and the shortage is likely to become very acute when the new age groups recently registered are called up for militia training…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mixed Farming is Spreading Rapidly in New England
FARMERS from the North-West who attended the recent Agricutural conference at Armidale were amazed at the variety of crops grown on a large scale in the Armidale and Guyra districts. In a tour of these districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine Display by Junior Farmers at Tenterfield
Tenterfield Junior Farmers' Club, with 200 members, is one of the largest in the State. Its members include Reg Chapman,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY Worms Kill Half Lamb Drop on Some Properties
WORM infestations in the north-west are causing sheep losses totalling thousands of pounds, said Mr. T. G. Hungerford, veterinary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On and Off the Farm Blowflies Replace Bees
Blowflies, the curse of sheepmen, have, nevetheless, a profitable use in at least one branch of primary production. In a seed-raising…
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