Weather Charts (To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler.")
Sir: It scorns to me that most people are unaware that I have published it chart for 1000, You, I have, and they are going good on the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Farming & the land, 1950
7,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250
Britain Has Three Years Targets Farmers' Up Mixed System Is Favored
BECAUSE of her climate and geographical conditions Britain has a great variety of breeds of livestock. There are, for instance, 22 pure breeds of cattle, 13 of pigs and, neglecting a few minor ones, 30 breeds of sheep. The great majority of these breeds originated in the United Kingdom centuries ago. In many cases, they have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunflower Seed "A Winner," Claims Victorian Farmer
R. HAROLD RUTHERFORD, Kyabram (V.), is harvesting well over a ton per acre of sunflower seed from a 100-acre crop, reports the Denilliquin agronomist (Mr. Crawford…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Farmers' Aid To Flood Victims
CHAIRMAN of the Macleay River Flood Relief Committee (Mr, D. J. Lancastor) announced this week that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doctor-Farmer's Fences Were Extended To Include Whole World
LORD Boyd Orr, last year's Nobel Prize pinner, pursues the simple gospel of "the hungry need to be fed and food is grown to be eaten," said Ritchie Calder, scientific correspondent of the "News Chronicle," in n recent BBC talk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pigs and the Men Who Breed Them Bacon Pig Contest For Young Farmers
FOR the third successive year, the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, in conjunction with the A.B.C…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Historic Kiama Stages Another Grand Display Of Illawarra's Rural Wealth Two Tabbagong Cows Vie For Top Award in Strong A.I.S. Section Other Dairy Breeds Well Represented
KIAMA A. and H. Society's 102nd show last Saturday and Monday maintained the excellence of past exhibitions in the historic and picturesque Illawarra centre. Progress of the rich Illawarra district, and its future possibilities in the sphere of primary production were evident from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers Prepare For Bis Contest
MORE than 130 dairy farmers in 16 Queensland districts are busily putting their properties in order for visit of Judges…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Vic. Dairy Scholarships
IN an endeavor to build up a staff of specialists under-take selentific research into [?] of the dairying industry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Norman Pope Dead 52 Years With Farmer And Co
Mr. H. Norman Pope, who retired from the position of chairman of directors of Farmer and Co. Ltd. in 1948,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Control Crop Areas
Production controls on U.S. farming in 1951 may be the highest for nearly ten years…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Reaction in Wool More Offerings
Decline in wool prices this week was attributed by a wool authority yesterday to the greater quantities available…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lower Wool Prices Big Offerings Responsible
The reduction in wool prices last week in Sydney and London was partly because of larger offerings available, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Down 5 TO 15 p.c
LONDON, Fri. (Reuter). -- Compared with last week's prices, the London wool market was 5 to 15…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Don't Confuse The Wool Cheque With Dividends
Speculators who are cashing to buy shares in pastoral companies seem to think the wool cheque will be theirs for dividends. If they study history they will find none of the leading companies has a record for generosity and none that suggests boom dividends from big profits…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Why Crop Our Convicts?
I usual find that the most practical suggestions towards solving the world's problems are contained, not in the pronouncements of great men, but in letters…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers Join World Body
MELBOURNE, Fri.--The National Farmers' Union of Australia today decided to affiliate with the International…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gardening Notes by "Legume" Make Sure of Onion Crops
With the recent acute shortage of onions fresh in mind, gardeners should make sure that they have a bountiful crop next season. Sowing time is here, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Who Had Made Slaying He Business Dreaded Death Hersel The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"
The woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Who Had Made Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"
THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…
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