Science and Wool a Moth-Proofing Process
"Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report :— Wool is gradually accumulating stronger defences against the…
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Pleuro-Pneumonia in Cattle
Referring to recent outbreaks of pleuro-pneumonia in the Maitland district, the departmental veterinary officer for that district comments on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Cattle Dipped Responsibility of Owners
Many more cattle were put through the dips in the Grafton-Maclean quarantine area yesterday, some of them obviously being infested with ticks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, January 6, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia Will Get Wool Supply
SUPPLY of wool to Russia by Great Britain will mean much less risk of big unused surpluses at the end of the war. Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Methods Help Wool Sales
WOOL is gradually accumulating stronger defences against invasion of its consumptive territory by competitive fibres. Fabrics are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Wheat Yields Excellent Harvesting Season
An averege wheat yield of 15½ bushels to the acre—only two bushels less than in the record season of 1939-40—has baen harvested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Act Gives Power to have Clean Cattle Dipped
SOME stockowners may have been misled into believing that the present Act—The Stock Discases Act, 1923-34—has not the power to enforce dipping of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Still World's Best and Cheapest Food
IF wheatgrowers were to profit from experience, it would be well to remember that the world must be fed and that wheat was still…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Sales Did the Japs Pay Us?
LAST year, and before Japan threw in its lot with the Axis Powers, the yellow savages wanted Australian wheat. Out Ally, China, wanted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operation Needed to Produce Better Butter Farmers and Factories Days of Bluffing Have Gone, says S.A. Expert Cow to Consumer Cleanliness
TO reduce output of low grade butter, factories would have to grade fearlessly and strictly, and dairymen would have to meet the position by much more careful attention to production, declared Mr. H. B. Barlow, chief dairy instructor in South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Distilleries Needed to Make Fuel from Wheat
ESTABLISHMENT of more distilleries in country centres for production of power alcohol from wheat would benefit defence plans and uplift a gnat industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toonallook Strain Produces Record Priced Crossbred Wool Clip
CROSSBRED wool from lambs by Toonallook-bred Romney Marah rams created an Australasian record for the 1940-41 season. This wool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land Next Season's Wheat No Increased Acreage
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Australian wheatgrowers are advised to base their sowing for the coming season on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Full Details Of Today's Sales At Homebush Plain Sheep Drop in Price in Big Yarding
The heaviest supply of sheep for some considerable time was available at the Homebush Saleyards today, when 63,351 head, as compared with 60,110 for last day, were offered for sale…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Information and Help Washing Dairy Utensils
What is the best method to follow when washing should never be used for washing dairy utensils—a clean scrubbing brush should…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Temora District Farmers Control Soil Erosion Judge Praises Methods He Saw in Narraburra Contest Rotation Proves Valuable
PREVENTION of erosion was better than tackling the problem after it occurred. Farmers and graziers should conserve and protect the good lands first, and not wait to tackle erosion on eroded land…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reports Are Favorable Lemon Crop Mr. Scully Makes Important Move
WHEN the "Farmer and Settler," on behalf of [?] growers in this state, undertook to prove that it was possible to send lemons to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Egg Board Charges To The Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
Sir: My comment on the letter by M. Thomas on Egg Board charges is that farmers in his area should consider themselves lucky. We are 90 miles from Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Marsupial Birth To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
Dear sir,—In your Issue of January 1, under the heading of "Maraupial Birth," Mr. Eugene Thiou refers to Mr. Troughton, of the Museum, and the large volume…
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