Wheat For Poultry: Board Supt. Explains
The State Superintendent of the Australian Wheat Board, Mr. G. G. Nicholls, yesterday denied that the Board was to blame for high egg prices…
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Beef Cattle Fat Stock, Carcase Show Judges Announced
Neat week's big beef cattle event is the Royal Agricultural Society's Fat Stock and Carcase Show, judges for which were announced this week by the Society's Director, Sir Frank Berryman…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Queensland Sheep Raising Tricky But Well Worth While
Queensland's sheep industry is unique amongst those of the Australian States. All but 2 per cent, of her flocks are Merino, and during this century the State's sheep population has averaged about 18,500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SHEEP Worm Parasites Are Cause Of Many Diseases
Sheep diseases due to worm parasites rank high among the causes of economic loss. Apart from the obvious losses from deaths, there are less obvious, but more important, losses due to reduced wool and meat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Restricted Diet Handicaps Wool, Meat Yield
There is an enormous potential for increased yield of wool and meat which is not attained because the sheep at some period of the year, sometimes two or three periods, are on a restricted diet…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →People and Paragraphs Wool Trade Pioneer
A WOOL auctioneer, who could recall the earliest days of wool selling; In Sydney, died at the age of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Values Open Firm In Sydney
Values were fully firm for all descriptions of Merino, Comeback and Crossbred, compared with the rates, at the close of last week's Newcastle sales, when the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Wool Prices Are Down, But Prospect Stable
Wool sold in Australia in the 10 months ended April 30 realised £286,462,945— or about £90,000,000 less than for 1953-54. Reviewing the post…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Neyliona Research For Maximum Wool And Lands
The slack demand for Corriedale rams, due to the current fashion in fat lambs and fine wool, is not causing his stud any concern, says Mr. Peter Sloane, manager of Neyliona and Wyambeh studs, Jerilderie…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →"We Are Not Losing The Battle For Wool"
Wool producers were expanding world-wide markets, not fighting for survival against synthetics, the Chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau, Mr. C. B. Ball, said on his departure for overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Is Winning Back Its Losses To Synthetics
A turning point has come in the much-publicised "Battle of the Fibres." The flight of overseas consumers to the new, so-called "miracle" fibres has stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Worth £250,000 Will Be On Show And Sale At Sydney
Sheep from many of Australia's leading studs, worth at least £250,000 and representing the culmination of years of painstaking breeding effort, will he exhibited at the 56th Sydney Sheep Show and submitted for sale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News From England First Increase In British Wool Price For Four Year
For the first time in four years British wool producers will receive an increased price for their product. The overall average price for the 1955 clip will be 54.17d. per Ib., compared with 54d. for last year and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Angora For Party Time This jumper isn't as expensive as if looks because there's plain wool mixed in. Materials
4 oz. 4-ply wool and 2 oz. angora, one pair each Nos. 10 and 12 knitting needles, a medium-sized…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Market Garden Profitable Spring Crops Can Be Started Now
There is nearly always a shortage of green vegetables in the early spring, with the result that prices are generally good from the producer's point of view. Those who are in a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob State Organiser's Plea For Senior J.F. Groups
The State Organiser of Junior Farmers' Clubs, Mr. W. Tearle, this week urged the J.F. Clubs' Council to consider revision of the organisation's constitution to allow the formation of senior groups…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Lewis Farm Showing Fleeces
Some very good prices have been obtained for Lewis Farm Merino clips. This year the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Still Time To Enter F. And S, Dairy Contest
Owing to the late dispatch of schedules to certain districts the Farmer and Settler Dairy Competition for 1955 has been extended to allow for late entries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3 Trangie Farm Men Die In 'Plan Crash
Of the four men killed in an aeroplane collision over Narromine last week-end three were from the Trangie Experiment Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What the Farmer Wants to Know "Can Infertility be beaten?"
"W. B." of Shepparton (Vic.) writes: "My herds have had a bad history of infertility— very low…
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