Star Junior Farmer Movement Upper Castlereagh Selections
A competition was conducted on Thursday, June 9, by the Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers' Club to select-their…
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DAIRYING How Improved Pastures Can Boost Butter Output
Further news of how improved pastures are building fodder reserves and boosting butter output has been announced by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture. The outstanding…
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MELBOURNE.—A census has shown that Victoria had a record number of 22,116,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →India Must Import Dairy Products, Despite Huge e Cattle Population
Although India has one of the largest cattle populations in the world, the annual value of dairy imports in recent years was from £A7,000,000 to £A10,000,000. There was a need to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Sheep Losses In Old Floods
BRISBANE.—It is estimated that sheep losses in last month's record floods in central and central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Points To Remember When Judging Sheep
Judging competitions at sheep shows are increasing in popularity. Nearly 150 entries were received for the last Sydney Sheep Show, and at Cootamundra last week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →States To Pay For Wheat Storage Construction
CANBERRA.—The Commonwealth Government has rejected a proposal by State Premiers that it should meet £3,500,000 spent on constructing emergency wheat storage facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Prospects For Wheat In N.-West
Conditions in the North-West at present auger well for the wheat crop this year, said the Gunnedah agronomist, Mr. O'Reilly. Germination has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Beef Cattle Q'ld Experiments To Aid Chilled Beef
BRISBANE.—A new pattern in producing cattle suitable for the chilled beef trade may come out of experiments now being made in Central Queensland. The experiments,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High Hopes For 1955-56 Wool Selling Season
The upward trend in world wool consumption points to a bright opening of the 1955-56 wool selling season in Australia. Also, the high price…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHEEP New N.Z. Serum Causes Big Rise In Lamb Drop
A newly developed serum, used as part of the flushing treatment of ewes at mating time, can help fat lamb producers to reduce costs by increasing the number of lambs dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Too Much Water Can Harm Tomato Crops
Too much water can be harmful to tomato crops, especially in bearing crops grown on the ground. Officers of the Hor…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →U.K. Know-How On The Farm Saves Time
Inventiveness and ingenious use of machinery on the farm can save time and cut labor requirements. Some recent examples of farm know-how come from the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Two Aust. J.F.'s In Group To Tour U.K.
Two Australians are among TO young farmers who arrived in Britain to spend the summer living and working on farms. They are Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Equipment For The Farm
A full range of poultry farm equipment at lowest possible cost is offered by A. W…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →F. And S. Dairy contest judging Begins Soon
Approval has now been given for the beginning of district judging of The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition by N.S.W. Department of Agriculture district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Movable Arks Feature Of R. W. Druce Farm
Twenty years' experience in breeding is behind the success of Mr. R. W. Druce, of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A.I. Project To Test Dairy
A project for testing dairy bulls, employing artificial insemination as an aid, is being introduced in Queensland this year, the Queensland Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Farm Wanted To Lift Beef Quality
The Federal and N.S.W. Governments should combine to establish in New South Wales a pilot farm scheme to help lift the quality and quantity of the State's beef,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CROPS Pasture Growth Only Way To Control Tussock
Several important recommendations have come from a conference on Serrated Tussock recently held at Orange. Conference decided that the only effective permanent control method is the establishment of a…
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