Wet Weather Curtails Nepean Show Programme Restricted to Saturday Record Entries in Cattle
Nepean Times · Thursday 3 March 1955 · page 1
Once again the weather has not been kind to the Nepean A.H. and I. Society, and the show held last Friday and Saturday suffered considerably by continuous rain on the first day. The programme was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Values Ease At Homebush; Cattle £4 To £6 Lower
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 36
There were larger pennings of both sheep and cattle at Homebush yesterday and values for sheep generally were easier to 5/- a head lower, with plainer grades most affected, but in some places rates for prime sheep and lambs showed little change. Values of cattle generally were £4 to £6…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Could Carry More Sheep
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 8
Opportunities for increasing carrying capacity of grazing lands existed in both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Questions Answered Sheep Drench
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 26
J.L., Muswellbrook.— Could you give me some information regarding the drenching of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Wool Sales Cancelled
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 36
Due to industrial trouble in some wool stores, involving mass resignations and bans…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Wool Post Appointment Deferred
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 9
Appointment of a Director General for the International Wool Secretariat has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Harvest 166 M. Bushels
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 4
The latest official estimate of the wheat harvest puts the yield at 166,600,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep For Far North Coast Is New Plan
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 9
LISMORE.— The development of sheep raising on the Far North Coast to further diversify rural industry is to be investigated by Far North Coast Agricultural Region…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pinnacle Yields Well In Vic, Wheat Trials
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 25
Many wheats, including several from other States and New Zealand are being tested in the western district of Victoria. The trials are at…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →N.E. Wool Impresses Judges At Armidale Show
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 9
ARMIDALE: Bn size and quality the Wool Show at the Armidale and Mew England Show last week reflected the claim of New England to consideration as the finest woolgrowing district in Australia, and challenged any…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SHEEP C.S.I.R.O. Warns On Outbreak Of Barber's Pole
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 8
A special warning concerning the present outbreaks of barber's pole worm in sheep has been issued by officers of the C.S.I.R.O. McMaster Animal Health Laboratory, who describe the outbreaks as severe and unusually…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farmers' a .B. C. Service
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 23
The Country Hour, 2FC and Regionals, 12 noon-1.15 Mondays to Fridays. The Land and Its People, 2BL and Regionals, 8.15-8.45 p. m. Fridays…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Dairy Act Upheld
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 4
The Full High Court yesterday upheld the validity of provisions in the N.S.W. Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Conference
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 7
Address by leaders of the dairying industry market the Annual Regional Conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DAIRYING N.Z. Expert Impressed With Milk Hygiene Films
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 6
The chairman and members of the N.S.W. Milk Board entertained about 50 guests in the board's building in Sydney on Tuesday last, when two films sponsored by the board were shown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10/6 For Every Farm Hint
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 26
The Farmer and Settler will pay 10/6 to any reader who sends in any farm hints which we…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Crops Good Quality Tobacco But Yields Down
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 28
Tobacco yields from the Texas-Ashford district are slightly below average this season. The main cause was a mould attack early in the season, said the Tobacco specialist; Mr. Curteis, this week…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Woman Supervisor For Junior Farmer Area
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 29
MULLUMBIMBY: A woman Junior Farmer supervisor will shortly be appointed to one of the Junior Farmer areas in New South Wales, the area supervisor of J.F. Clubs, Mr. C. E. Purdue, told members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Row Crop Tractor For Display At Sydney Royal
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 30
A new Diesel wheeled tractor, capable of doing the work of four horses quicker and more economically, will be displayed at the coming Sydney Royal Easter Show for the first time in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →POULTRY May Farms Feared Lost In Hunter Floods
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 32
It is believed that a number off poultry farms in the Hunter Valley area have been completely wiped out by floods, although no detailed information is available yet. We have not a great…
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