Government Wheat Plan Mr. Scully Replies To Criticism
It is reported from Canberra that the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Scully, last Tuesday said that the attack of…
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Farmer Fined for Lack of Crop
AN English dairy farmer was fined £30 recently for failure to comply with Instructions to grow 7-acres of green crop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land Keep War Wool Plan Going Minister's Proposal
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, said yesterday that he was seriously considering inviting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ginger Crop Is Good
GINGER crops at Wardell, North Coast, were thriving, and gave promise of a heavy yield, said Mr. W. Poggendorff, senior agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spitfire Aerodrome As Farm
SPITFIRES, Hurricanes and bombers of various types dispersed on the wide headland of fields that are producing excellent crops of wheat,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clarence River Farmer New Secretary of P.P. Union
MR. HEDLEY C. CLARK has been appointed general secretary of the primary producers' Union in succession to Mr.J.L. Shute, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballot For Representatives on Dairy Produce Board
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the triennial election of members' representative of the factories and the producers on the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Manure Represents Asset Worth Millions
WASTE represented by neglect to make systemtic use of the animal manure available on dairy farms has always been a reproach to Australian farming practice, but now that artificial fertilisers are in short supply it is less than ever to be excused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Tractor
IF a tiny speck of dirt tods its way into the carburetter it may cause flooding. Flooding is not only very wasteful, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canberra Volunteers Give Great Help To District Farmers
A REVIEW of the work of Canberra volunteers in assisting farmers was given this week by Mr.E.J. Beaver, Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Society
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of Nepean Co-op. Dairy and Refrigerating Society Ltd. on Tuesday the Chairman (Mr C. W. Devlin) made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excellent Pastoral Conditions in N.S.W.; Fear of Worms in Sheep
WITH the exception of a small area on the lower Lachlan, pastoral conditions throughout the whole of New South Wales are excellent, according to a report just issued by the Australian Woolgrowers' Council…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sheep with "Colds"
"A.V.W.": My sheep have developed a complaint which at first appears to he a heavy cold in the head, with heavy mucous discharges from the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers Protest at Wheat Dockage Scale
DECLARING that the wheat dock age scale in New South Wale this season was a scandal, Mr. E. [?] Hoy told the Executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Available for India
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australia could supply India with 100,000,000 bushels of wheat immediately if the British Ministry of Shipping made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work of Wool Board
Mr. H. K. Nock, a member of the Australian Wool Board, reporting to the F.S.A. executive meeting this week, reviewed the operations of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dark Outlook for Wheat Farmers; Field's Review Interest and Storage Costs Mounting
THE dark outlook for the Australian wheatgrower, because of rising costs and other burdens and the insufficient price obtained for wheat marketed, was referred to by Mr. E. Field, a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney
All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, January 20, 1943, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Low Fertility of Sheep; Experts Discuss Problem
THE Australian Wool Board has published an illustrated booklet, written by Dr. R. M. C. Gunn (Sydney University) and Dr. R. B. Kelley (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), which, amongst other interesting information, describes a method of forecasting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Land Debts "Last Problem Solved"
The last of the outstanding problems that had been holding up rehabilitation cases in the south-west wheat area had…
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