Growers To Get Full Value For Wheat in Nos. 6 and 7 Pools
THE average realisation per bushel of wheat sold for purposes other than stock feed will become the rate per bushel for all wheat in the Nos. 6…
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Remunerative Return Necessary Growers Still in Dark Definite Assurances Wheat Area and price Are Sought
A PROMPT and definite announcement by the Federal Government as to whether or not it was prepared to remove all restrictions on the acreage to be sown with wheat daring the coming season was even more…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Britain Shoulders Colossal Wartime Wool Deal Great Help to Producers Expert Reveals Historic and Economic Facts of Merino History
THE British Isles were still the fountain head of the best sheep, cattle and horses in the world, and Australia owed a deep debt of gratitude to Britain in that she had been able to build up a magnificent export trade in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Farmers See Tas. Fruitgrowing Districts; Orderly Marketing Stressed by a Special Correspondent of "The Land" Travelling with the U.K. Farm Delegation
HOBART, Wednesday.—The Australian tour of the British farmers' delegation started in earnest this week in Tasmania. Delegates were keenly interested in the visit to Tasmaman fruit growing districts on Tuesday. They left for Launceston to-day to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Packing Big Tomato Crop
The busy scene in the packing shed on the property of Messrs. Tuit, Forbes and Co., Cobbity, where 24 acres of tomatoes are being harvested. An excellent crop has been produced this season…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →On & Off the farm Harbingers of Rain?
"The people here have given us such a warm welcome and showered so much hospitality on us already, that I am beginning to wonder if…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Itinerary of U.K. Farm Party
THE British Farm Delegation, now in Tasmania, will spend next week in Victoria going on to Adelaide on Friday, February 2. After…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Farm Mission Starts Australian Tour; Visitors Should Be Popular
WHEN members of the British Farm Delegation arrived in Sydney last Friday from New Zealand they made an instant appeal to those Australian producers' representatives who were privileged to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prepare Now To Sow Fodder & Cereal Crops
FARMERS who have received adequate rain should immediately commence preparing their land for sowing winter fodders and cereal crops,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Polo Ground Now Big Tomato Farm
BIG TOMATO CROP.—This land was previously a polo ground at Cobbily but is now growing 24 acres of excellent tomatoes. The yield is expected to be between 300 and 400 tons of tomatoes for canning. Defence foodstuff and civil consumption. Owner of the property is Mr. P. G. Tuit, a city business man, and the crop is grown on the shares by Mr. R. Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Breeding Farm. Stock. Veterinary Chick Losses; Two Deadly Diseases Reviewed
FREQUENTLY some of our readers ask for particulars on the subject of loss of young chicks and not infrequently questions are asked how to distinguish between Bacillary White Diarrhoea and Coccidiosis. In this article some particulars of these two diseases will be given which will assist in dealing with them and prevent some of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farm Buildings and Equipment Finishing Touches For Kitchen Cabinet; Part 3 of Construction
TO continue with the building of this kitchen cabinet and table combined, it will be necessary to read first the two previous articles on the subject. In the first article the general outline of this all-purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Week's Markets Reviewed Dairy Produce Sussex Street Prices (Wholesale Market)
The State Marketing Bureau reports: BUTTER: Production was maintained on about the same level as during the previous period. Sales are being made at the unaltered rate…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Burrcutter and His Mate Some Problems When The Farmer Goes on Strike (By Swinglebar)
"MILK producers are on strike," remarked the Burrcutter's Mate, "and egg producers are talking about taking similar action…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Value of Sweet Potatoes As a Crop
VALUE of the sweet potato, particularly for table use, is not appreciated to the extent warranted by its inherent merits, points out Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Early Crops For Fodder Will Be Great Help
NO greater contribution could be made to relieving the drought situation on the coast, tablelands and slopes than the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Opportunity For Sowing Fodder Crops
DECENT rains provided an excellent opportunity for growth of fodder crops and farmers should be encouraged to immediately proceed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Farm Mechanisation Has Come To Stay
IN the early stages of the N.S.W. Farm Mechanisation Sceme there was tendency to regard it as purely of war-time measure, devised to help the State meet its food commitments, declared tho Scheme's Executive officer (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Help Settlers To Build Nation To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
Sir—I would emphasise the desirability of putting land settlement on a more practicable basis than in the past. I venture to say that the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Society To Run Tamworth Dehydration Plant
TAMWORTH Co-operative Dairy Society has been asked by the Commonwealth Government to take over the dehydration plant in the…
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