Wheat for Poultry Farmers Mr. Deane Asks a Question
In the Legislative Assembly on 23rd ult., Mr. B. Deane, Member for Hawkesbury, asked the Premier, in the absence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1955
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Wheat Outlook
WYALONG: Rain has ensured autumn and winter feed and greatly assisted cereal fallow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Sheep in Israel
Lydda (I.S.I.).—A total of 203 sheep, two stockmen and two sheepdogs have arrived in Israel from Aden en route…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool: No Change
No further developments in the industrial dispute that caused the cancellation of this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ryeland Trophy For Sheep Show
A trophy for the grand champion Ryeland ram will be awarded at the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Not Fit To Be Called Butter"
KYOGLE.— Some Australian butter was of such a poor standard that it was not fit to be called butter, Mr. W. Gradwell, district president of the Australian Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Research Scholarship To Wheat Breeder
The Farrer Memorial Trust has awarded the Farrer Memorial Research Scholarship to Mr. W. V. Single for advanced agricultural science studies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHEEP Large Scale Footrot Threat In Many Areas
Conditions suitable for the development of largescale outbreaks of footrot in sheep are developing in New South wales, Victoria and South Australia. In N.S.W. outbreaks have already been reported from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Canadian Estimate Decline in World Wheat Production
World production of wheat on the 1954-55 crop year is estimated at about 6.8 billion bushels, six per cent, below the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Flood Causes Boom Q'ld Store Cattle In Heavy Demand
BRISBANE.— Widespread flood rains in New South Wales have created one of the most animated interstate demands in years for Queensland store cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Beef Cattle Soaring Prices Set Problem For Restockers After Flood
With prices of stock starting to soar as a result of the most widespread floods the State has ever known, another burden— that of financing stock purchases— is being added to those already borne by farmers and graziers who have suffered heavy stock losses…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Grow More Feed Crops": Indian Dairy Expert
LISMORE: Milk production in Australia had a fascination for him because conditions were similar to those in India, the Milk Commissioner of the Bombay Government, Mr. D. N. Khurody, said in Lismore, last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bigger Prizes For 1955 F.& S. Dairy Farm Competition
The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition for 1955 is now open with a greatly increased prize list. The closing date for entries is Monday, May…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cows To £4 Dearer At Homebush Sheep 5/- A Head More
Rates for sheep generally were very firm to 5/- a head dearer and more in places at Homebush yesterday, while values for cows went up by £3 to £4 and for prime yearlings and steers up to £2. The number of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Week-end Magazine A. B. Triggs Of Yass— The Man With 600,000 Sheep Recalling The Pioneers No. 21
He was one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rain Will Benefit Some Tumut Crops
January rain will benefit maize crops at Tumut, some of which suffered severely from the six weeks dry hot weather from early December…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Help Offer To Clubs In Flood Areas
The State executive of the Junior Farmers Clubs' Council has asked the Organiser of Junior Farmers' Clubs, Mr. W. Tearle, to notify district supervisors that it will give all possible assistance to clubs in flood-stricken…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →DAIRYING Six Qualify For Lifetime Register Of Merit
Six dairy cows, two Jerseys, two Guernseys, an Australian Illawarra Shorthorn and a Friesian, qualified for the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's Lifetime Register of Merit last December. The department issued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CROPS Rain Improves Most Crops In Tumut Area
Autumn prospects in the Tumut-Tumbarumba district are very bright. "Pasture growth has now been supplied with adequate moisture to carry growth into the Autumn," said the agronomist, Mr. Nicholson…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →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…
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