Traffic in Wool Australia's Loss Of Dollars
Trafficking in Australian wool by abuses of sterling is causing loss of precious dollar earnings to Australia and the…
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Brokers' Views Overseas Wool Values Still Firm
The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency reports:—With the absence of wool auctions in all Northern wool selling centres, interest during the past week has centred upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Demand by Russia Bigger Share Of Wheat Exports
WASHINGTON, March 17 (A.A.P.).—Russia yesterday raised a new obstacle in the way of an international wheal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ensuring Supply Of Registered Wheat And Oat Seed
FOR 1949, arrangements have been made by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture with 70 farmers to sow registered areas of seed wheat, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Record Beef Cattle Entries For "Royal" All Breeds Show Increase
FOR the forthcoming Sydney Royal Show 1,150 entries have been received for the beef cattle classes compared with a total of 989 last year. This number is far in excess of entries of former…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Store Hold-Up Has Embarrassed Many Growers
WITH the end of the wool store strike now in sight there appears to be no danger of the selling season being unduly prolonged, but the stoppage looks like causing financial embarrassment to a fair number of growers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moving Showground Wool Manufactures' Hall As Central Depot
WOOL stored in the various pavilions on the R.A.S. showground is now being moved to a central depot in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demonstration Dairy Farm At Tamworth
A DAIRY farm at Tarn, worth has been selected us a further demonstration project under the five-year…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Stud Beef Cattle Men Give R.A.S. Exhibits Outing At Inverell
Stud beef cattle breeders of northern N.S.W. who will exhibit at the Sydney Royal Show next month have their stock ready for that important fixture and many of the cattle coming south had a preliminary showing at the Inverell Show on Friday and Saturday last week…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Loss of Almost £6 Million On New Zealand Wheat Deal
SO far the wheat agreement with New Zealand has cost Commonwealth taxpayers £5,963,843. This money represents the amount paid to the Australian Wheat Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Should Wheat Grading Be Introduced? Reform of the F.A.Q. As First Step; Permanent Standard of 631b. Suggested by W.A. Authority
BECAUSE the F.A.Q. was originally, and is still, fixed by merchants, to meet the requirements of the export season, many…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Star Letter of the Week This Ex-servicemen Didn't Get His Farm to the Editor of "The Land."
Sir,—I should like to have just enough space to discuss my experiences with numerous ex-servicemen who have been struggling to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Film Shorts on Soil Erosion Have Farmers As "Stars"
WELL-KNOWN Wagga farmers "star" in soil erosion film shorts shot at the close of the last wheat harvest in the Wagga district. The film were made by the department of Information in conjuction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sidelights on Farming
Potatoes should be dug in an immature condition only when…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Good Conditions For Maize Crops; High Yields Anticipated
ALL the maize-growing districts of New South Wales received good rains during February, though the Southwestern Slopes did not fare as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Breeding Farm.stock.veterinary To answer your question our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when you write. inquiries should be addressed to "The Laud" Newspaper, Box 1558, G.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally
Cases of three-day sickness in cattle continue to occur. It is quite usual to find it confined to isolated cases although it may assume epidemic form. Bovines are the only animals likely to be attacked and cattle of all ages are susceptible. Since its introduction into…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Riverina Farmers Want Electricity
Junee F.S.A. decided to demand swift action from the authorities in taking electricity to farms. One speaker said that while…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON and Off the Farm Big N.Z. Timber Mill In Ben Hall's Day
When Cobb and Co's mail coach used to clatter into the yard of the hostelry at Black Rock, now Neurea, in the Wellington district, it used to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rice Crop About 22,000 Tons
THE N.S.W. rice crop this season should be about 22,000 tons from 14,500 acres, Agronomist F. York said this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Success Factors in Dairying Shown On Model Guernsey Stud Property
A RIGID programme of constant pasture improvement and rotational cropping, plus such factors as an abundant water supply from dams, stall feeding under winter housing conditions for all stock, fodder conservation and a varied cropping programme, have combined to put Mr. S. I. Parish in the forefront of successful dairy farmers in the Maitland…
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