Cattle Breeding Service In Hunter Valley
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 7
It is almost two years since the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, Mr. Graham, opened the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company Limited's cattle breeding centre at Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.-A. Cattle Again Win Beef Breeders' Contest
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 11
Aberdeen-Angus cattle have again won the Beef Cattle Breeders' competition conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. in conjunction with the Rural Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£400,000 Aust. Wheat Shipments For Japan
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 19
MELBOURNE.—Australian wheat worth more than £400,000, in two cargoes, has left for Japan, the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Sir John Teasdale,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wheat Board Members' Standing To Be Probed?
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 14
The Wheatgrowers' Union is to ask the Federal and State Governments to clarify the legal position of the two N.S.W. members of the Australian Wheat Board…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Freight Rise Would Cut Wheat Profits" MELBOURNE —
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 4
Rises in oversea shipping freight rates would reduce the return on Australian wheat and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beef Cattle "Phosphate Deficiency Is Cause Of Peg-leg"
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 11
The disease of "peg-leg" in cattle was due to phosphorus deficiency, Mr. J. E. Barnes, of the animal industry branch of the Northern Territory Administration, told the annual conference of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News From England Polled Cattle Controversy Flares Up Again
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 18
The question of "horns or no horns" is burning somewhat fiercely in this country at the moment because the Minister of Agriculture has announced that he will review the possibility of paying a higher subsidy for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Get Out And Sell Surplus": Attack On •s / I .' Wheat Board
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 4
A more vigorous selling policy was urged on the Australian Wheat Board by members of the executive committee of the Wheatgrowers' Union last week. The president, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Liking The Job' Is Prime Factor In ra •Li rime Poultry Farming
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 39
What are the chief characteristics of the successful poultry farmer and how can they be recognised? In the present difficult times in the…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Queensland's Firs t Cane Farm Becomes One Of State's Largest s L t
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 24
One of the largest individual cane farms in North Queensland is outside Cairns, near Edmonton. The 300-acre farm owned by Mr. G. Cannon was one of the State's first…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →CROPS Rains Assure Soil Moisture For Sth, Coast Winter
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 34
As a result of excellent May rain, soil moisture on the far South Coast is assured throughout most of the winter, says the Bega agronomist, Mr. Flemons. He says cold south…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Classes For Dairy Shorthorns
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 7
Classes will be provided for Dairy Shorthorn cattle at Sydney's 1956 Royal Easter Show…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DAIRYING Sedgwick Denies Drop In Sweet Cream Sales
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 6
The producers' representative on the N.S.W. Board, Mr. F. J. Sedgwick, said this week that he was greatly concerned about statements that less sweet cream was being sold than before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Leaders Hear Dr. Petersen's Address
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 6
Parliamentarians, representatives of overseas governments, and leaders of the dairying industry assembled at a reception tendered to Dr. W. E. Petersen,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Tas. Junior Farmer Describes U.S. Dehorning Method
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 27
A Tasmanian Junior Farmer has described the dehorning of yearlings and speying of heifers on a Wyoming ranch in the United States. The farmer, Donald…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Moscow Sacks 30,000 Collective Collective Farm Managers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 19
MOSCOW.—Managers of state farms who fatten their privately owned hogs on state fodder and then sell them for private profit, who run huge deficits on their farms for years and still survive—these are targets of a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Conservation Booklets Now Ready For Farmers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 14
The Soil Conservation Service has issued illustrated booklets for farmers, entitled Conservation Farming, and Contour Furrowing. They deal with the correct use of land and the purpose, design and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rain In M.I.A. Gives Good Start To Crops Rain in the M.I.A. has resulted in an excellent start for crops and pastures
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 33
The Leeton agronomist, Mr. Jessup, said this excellent start provided a sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Radio a Discussion Series On Farming
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 16
The first of a series of forums on farming in Australia, under the general heading of Will It Pay? will be heard in The Land and Its People programme on Friday, June 24, at 8.15 p.m. from 2BL-2NC, 3LO, 4QR and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Quiz on Soviet wheat from couch grass
Tribune · Wednesday 22 June 1955 · page 10
I have a question from Narrabri which asks can I give any information regarding the Soviet Union's experiment in producing wheat from couch grass. THE latest report that I have seen…
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