64 Dairy Farms in 5-Year Plan
There are 64 demonstration farms in operation under the N.S.W. Five Year Dairy Plan. These are distributed over the…
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N.S.W. Wheatgrowers, With Third Successive Big Crop, Set New Production Record Harvest Nears End, But Much Grain Yet On Farms Yield Of Oats Below Forecast
ANOTHBR big wheat crop—the third in succession—would be harvested in New South Wales, thus establishing an all-time record in production. Never before had the State recorded three successive above average declared the cereal specialist (Mr. George Nicholson) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farmers Need Profit Margin In Fixed Price For Milk
MILK Zone Dairymen's Council submissions for the N.S.W. Milk Board's private inquiry, which starts on Monday next, were being completed and should be in the Board's hands when the inquiry opened, said the Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Book Of Great Interest To Dairy Farmers
DAIRY farmers and the dairying industry generally will derive a great deal of useful information from comprehensive 537-page book,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Practical Plan To Eliminate Root Rot Diseases In Wheat
A PRACTICAL suggestion for the control of root rot diseases in wheat has been put forward by the N.S.W. militant principal agronomist (Mr. J. L. Green). These disease were most…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Smaller Wheat Acreage In United States Forecast By Department
THIS summary of the United States wheat situation hat been extracted from "The Wheat Situation," published by the U.S. Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Australia Sends Big Delegation To Important Conference On Wool
AUSTRALIA is sending a large and representative delegation to a conference in London on January 23, when the work of the Joint Organisation Wool Disposal Scheme will be reviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Has No Place In New Palm Beach Suits
BEFORE next summer's wilting heat arrives in the United States, there in going to be talk of a now type of fabric for men's suits…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extravagant Claims For Substitutes, But Wool is Still Supreme
THE textile and clothing trades to-day were in a ferment of fibre experiment, punctuated by extravagant claims—claims far removed from facts. Mr. F. Eugene Ackerman, chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheatgrowers Make Big Claims For Hail Damage Sheep Insured For High Figures
BRISBANE.—Queensland wheat growers' insurance claims for hail damage this season are expected to total £100,000. Stating this, the State Wheat Board chairman (Mr. R. P. M. Short) said loss of wheat through hail was about 375,000 bushels. It was one of the worst years for hail damage in the history of the Queensland industry…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Govt. Gives Growers Free Hand to Find Wool Stabilisation Plan
THE Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. J, McEwen) said yesterday that any stabilisation plan arising out of the Empire Wool Conference in London on January 23 would be founded on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bradford's Eager Buyers Willing To Pay More For Their Wool Needs
THERE were more buyers than sellers in last week's Bradford wool market, which was amazingly active and almost exulted. Merchants and topmakers were mostly reluctant to sell, as many had already sold to the limit of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Countrywoman's Views on High Wool Prices; Warns on Possible Effects on Synthetics
Mrs. Tom Roche, of Adelong, a prominent member of the Country Women's Association and honorary secretary of the Hume Group, believes that living on the land is not only a mailer of being able to produce needed products…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wool Still Stands Supreme As Best Fibre For Clothing No Originality In Synthetics
TEXTILE and clothing trades to-day were in a ferment of fibre experimentation and promotion, punctuated by extravant claims and prophecies. It seemed an honest and justified criticism to state that the claims being made as to the service and wear value of clothing made of some of the synthetic fibres were far removed from facts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Of Lanoline Is Deplored Could Earn Many Dollars Appeal To Wool Scour Operators
IN order to increase exports of lanoline to the United States and earn dollars, the N.S.W. Government is anxious that wool fat, now being waited in country wool scouring plants, be recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Millions For Wool Cannot Be Paid Faulty Legislation Sets Poser For Trustees Must Seek Direction Of Court
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The situation in relation to the distribution of profits from Government dealings in wool grown during the war has set a poser for Australian trustees. An amount of some millions of pounds, involving estates in all parts of Australia, has been paid over to them by the Government, but there is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Promising Vaccine For Control Of Brucellosis a Vaccine that immunises cattle against bovine brucellosis (Bang's disease) for two years, and perhaps longer, is being tested in the United States
Experimental me of the new vaccine on more than 75,000 cattle in the put two years indicates that it builds up so strong an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Yanco Farm Pea Trials
THERE coming pea trails were carried out [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sidelights on Farming Garden Manure From Seaweed
The value of seaweed us a manure has long…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →MISCELLANEOUS lf in doubt, about any of the muliitude of general questions that crop up from time to time, consult "The Land" "One Mile Square"
With reference to the receny reply to the question: What is the- difference between one square mile and one mile square? a reader of "The Land" writes;…
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