N.S.W. Wheat Now 63lb. Bushel Faq
The fair average quality of this season's N.S.W. wheat harvest was determined at 63lb. per bushel by the grain section…
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McEWEN to Be Consulted on *Wheat Subsidy*
THE F.S.A. executive council decided this week to approach the Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) and have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →State Composition Should Make Big Appeal To All N.S.W. Dairy Farmers Educational Value Is Important
SEVERAL aspects of the N.S.W. Dairy Farm Competitions and Championship for 1950, should make a special appeal to all dairy farmers. Prize money provided by the Commonwealth Dairy Grant amounts to £2055. There are cash prizes offered in the N.S.W. Milk Board Section of £200, and a State Championship trophy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Wool Chiffons And Voiles Come In Muted Shades
CHIFFON and feather tweeds and voile are among the new and lovely lightweight wool fabrics which London designers have…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Cabinet Grants Manufacturing Cost Subsidy Guaranteed Butter Price Producers Succeed After Protracted Negotiations
A SUBSIDY of 1d. per lb. on butter and cheese consumed in Australia would be paid to producers by the Federal Government, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) announced in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sydney Morning Herald Friday, February 10, 1950 Future of the Australian Wheat Market
By producing an estimated 215 million bushels of wheat valued at £140 million, Australian wheatgrowers have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Must Attack Problem of Inadequate Bulk Wheat Handling Facilities; F.S.A. Executive's Suggestions
THE need for immediate and practical steps being taken to obviate wheatt handling delays which occurred during the past season was stressed by speakers at a meeting of the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in Sydney this week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Rise Expected In U.S. Wool Output, But More Will Be Used
WOOL production in the United States, which has been steadily declining since the peak year of 1942, will probably be about the same in 1950 as in 1949, according to U.S. Agriculture Department estimates. Consumption of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning On Textile Competition Synthetic Fibres Moving Into Markets Once Held Exclusively By Wool
WARNING notes on the competition likely to be forthcoming from synthetic fibres have coincided with the upwards movement of wool prices. No attempt is made to dispute the superiority of wool, but it is important that wool interests should watch the development of possible serious rivals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bradford "Nervous" About Wool Sellers Decline Business Until Price Position Is Clearer Export Demand Bigger Than Supply
CAUTION is the keynote of operations at Bradford and most firms are trying, to keep close balance between buying and selling commitments, but the price rise has not brought business to a standstill. Meanwhile, Britain continues to consume wool at the highest levels recorded since the war, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Merinos Of Merit For Annual Sale Strong Demand, Full Clearance Expected At Goulburn Auction On Wool Show Floor
AN outstanding collection of Merino rams has been catalogued for the annual auction sales to be conducted in Goulburn on Monday, February 20, by the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. G. I. and A. Co. Ltd. Full clearances are expected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods, Crop Damage Follow Heavy Rain
HEAVY rain over a wide area of the eastern and central western parts of the State this week caused some serious flooding and heavy crop losses, particularly in coastal districts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Building and Construction Govt. Dept. Issues Building Pamphlets
THE owner-builder cannot be over-burdened with knowledge for his construction task, and this knowledge must save him time and money. The man on the land is fully…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →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. All inquiries should be addressed to "The Land" Newspaper, Box 1558, G.P.O. Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. Good Horsemen Don't Give Horses Sore Back—They Pick Right Horse, Saddle
HORSES are always getting sore backs and will continue to do so, mostly from quite preventable causes, and owners are generally of the opinion, a quite erronsous one, that all that is necessary is to put something on the sore to heal it…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Sidelights on Farming Rye-Corn Slows Mallee Sand Drift
The value of cereal rye or ryecorn in…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Hybrid Maize Seed Crop *Cut to Pieces*
A SEVERE hailstorm on New Year's Day cut to pieces and completely destroyed a three-acre crop of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →No Super. For Some Farmers This Season
THE supply of superphosphate for next harvest was a serious problem, said Mr. E. G. Hoy, a member of the State Wheat Advisory…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →ON and Off the Farm Minister Won't Play
People who have lived all their lives in Coonabarabran have been very much bothered from time to come so bad that even the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Berries for Canning As Farm Sideline
A DRIVE to interest local growers in the cultivation of boysenberries, strawberries and raspberries for canning is being…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →68 Bushel Crop
Mr. W. E. Dahlenburg, of Pimpinio, has won the Wimmera (Vic.) wheat crop championship for the second year in succession. The variety was…
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