Army Worrns Eat Crops, Pastures
MILLIONS of Army Worms are destroying Hawkesbury River district crops. Mr. L. Kavanagh, senior agronomist in the…
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Dairy Produce Review of the Week's Markets Sussex Street Wholesale Markets
BUTTER: Production again showed an improvement, and the Tecent bounteous rains should be reflected in a…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Hybrid Maize 70 p.c. Of Crop
HYBRID maize now constitutes about 70 per cent, of Australia's maize crop. Dr. S. L. Macindoe, Principal Research…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flour Millers Pay £347,164 In Premiums Rain Over State; Next Crop Area
FLOUR MILLERS had paid £347,164 in premiums on 5,223,180 bushels of this season's N.S.W. wheat to January 23, Mr. G. Nicholson said this week. Mr. Nicholson is cereal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers Warned Not To Stock Wild Pigs
THE Mid-North Coast Meat Co-operative has warned farmers not to stock wild pigs. They were nearly always of bad shape, specially…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Machinery Field Day
ARCADIA-GALSTON BRANCH of the N.S.W. Agricultural Bureau held a farm machinery Field Day at Arcadia this week. Officials included, from left, Messrs. D. S. Leigh (dist. fruit officer), E. W. Burbridge (rep. in Aust. of British Council), H. Flanagan (State president, Agr. Bureau), F. A. Kean…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmers Find Irrigation by Contract Profitable
WARD BROS., farmers, of Sherwood, near Kempsey on the North Coast, conducted an interesting experiment during December in irrigation of lucerne…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →U.S. Farms Go In For Irrigation
INCREASED irrigation in recent years has added a million acres annually to the cultivated lands of the United States. In 17 western states…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Attack on Soviet Farm Scientists, Heads, Press
RUSSIA appears to be having trouble with her agriculture, according to the International Federation of Agricultural Producers. The Moscow Radio and…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Farmers to Help Buy Car
INVERELL F.S.A. District Council has decided to support the fund which had jbeen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →U.s. Farm Leaders to Tour. New Zealand
The Federated Farmers of New Zealand have invited from organisation leaders from United States…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Weather Favorable to Rice Crops
Hot, humid breather during January favored rice crops, reports Mr. C. R. Hood, district agronomist…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Art and Agriculture" Farm Machinery Worth £150,000 Shown At Arcadia Field day
FARM MACHINERY worth £150,000 was paraded at a field day held on a properly at Arcadia, near Sydney. this week. Various firms…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Help for Wheatgrowers New Machines Brings Stubble Mulch Farming Near
SOME confusion still exists in Australia on what constitutes stubble mulch farming, and exactly how it should be undertaken…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Woman Will Talk on New Guinea Farming
A WOMAN will discuss farming in the Highlands of New Guinea oa the A.B.C.'s rural broadcast programme next week…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Potato Crop Plantings About Normal
THE acreage planted to main crop potatoes this season would be about n o r m a 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →World Tour for Farmers
THE Australian Overseas Travel Service Pty. Ltd. is organising a World Farm Tour…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Road Blockade Protest by French Farmers
MOTORISTS in the centre and west of France recently found roads blocked by farm…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →CROPS Live Plant Gives Soil Protection
The protection continuous living plant cover affords the soil has been stressed again by the Conservation Commissioner, Mr. E. S. Clayton…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →News From England British Farmers Urged To Switch From. Soft To Hard Wheats
The Farmers' Club held its monthly discussion meeting on February 1 and, in spite of bad weather and travelling conditions, some 300 farmers turned up from all parts of the country…
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