Wheat Yield Down
The estimated yield per acre of 15.9 bushels from the 1954-55 wheat harvest is 2.5 bushels less than last season's. It is also 1.4 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Farming & the land, 1955
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Sherpa Wheat Yields Good
The new wheat Sherpa again yielded exceptionally well in Victorian Department…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →"More For Butter On Open Market"
LISMORE.— Australian dairy farmers should receive about 15/- more per cwt. when Australian butter comes on the open market in the United Kingdom, said the general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. L. Johnstone, at the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Bureau Buys Building
The Australian Wool Bureau has bought a Melbourne city building for £140,000…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Wool Makes Slight Gain
At yesterday's wool sales in Sydney, rates were at their best level for the week…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Union Warns on Wheat Surpluses
The Wheatgrowers' Union executive has drawn attention to the "grave consequences" that could stem from mounting wheat stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Beef Cattle Bright Future For Beef; Bureau's Opinion
Outlook for the beef industry for the current year is most favorable, with prices likely to remain attractive on the U.K. market and probably above the guaranteed minimum, and with home demand firm for about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Values Maintained In Most Lines
At wool-selling centres in Australia last week, buyers from Continental countries placed larger orders, but there was reduced competition from Bradford and Japan. As a result, values were barely maintained at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Wool Publication Tells Research Story
Any publication— provided it is authoritative— which brings the story of woof research and wool textile development to the producer should be welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Exporters Disturbed Over U.S. Wheat Deal
The manager of Westralian Farmers' Co-operative Ltd., Mr. Braine, said exporters were disturbed over the recent U.S. wheat deal with Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →DAIRYING The 'Pitt Street Farmer' Is on The Way Out
Talks with dairy farmers in many parts of the State this year have thrown some light on what they are thinking about the present conditions and future of the producers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CROPS Monaro Potato Yields Are Highest In The State
Potato yields in the Monaro Shire are the highest in the State. The Cooma agronomist, Mr. Douglas, said the yield for the Shire last season was 7.47 tons per acre. This is the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Indian Experts Here To Study Dairying
Three Indian dairying experts who arrived in Sydney last week to study Australian dairying methods hope to take home with them ideas which will help in a vast plan to reorganise and modernise the Indian dairying industry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →10/6 For Every Farm Hint
The Farmer and Settler will pay 10/6 to any reader who sends in any farm hints which we…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →What the Farmer Wants to Know "How can I give Show animals 'bloom'?"
"E.L.J." of Camperdown writes: "With the Show not very far away, I'm more than worried by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Phalaris Crop Record Likely
The chief agronomist, Mr. Vears, considers that this season's harvest of phalaris…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fruit Crop Losses
MELBOURNE.— Thunderstorms and continuous high humidity of almost tropical…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Predicts Land Boom For Far North Coast
KYOGLE.— The work of the Sydney University Research team in perfecting a sod seeding machine and in developing suitable strains of bacteria for inoculation of subterranean clover strains suitable to the area would…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →WHEAT More Precious Than Gold
For sound reason, wheat has been accurately described since Biblical times as the staff of life." In an extreme situation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Monopoly destroys dairy form co-ops
THE Australian dairying industry of small communities served by their own little co-operative butter or cheese…
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