Claims Freight Rates On Wool To Japan Reduced
Freight rates on wool from Australia to Japan had been lowered by 20 per cent, in the last two years, a woolgrowers' representative said in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1955
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POULTRY A.P.F.A. Move For A Reduction In Wheat Price
Wheat is plentiful, but a reduction in its price would be a very welcome help to the poultry industry, which is feeling the effect of high production costs. Mrs. G. D. Wilkle. the…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Call For More Farm Tax Concessions
Australia lags behind other count in making depreciation allowances for requirements, the president of the lian Wool and Meat Producers' Feder[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wet Weather Hits Far N. Coast Farmers
Farmers have incurred heavy losses because of the continual wet weather this year, says Mr. E. Waring, agronomist of the Far North Coast Agricultural Region…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Four Baradine Soldiers Farms
Four mixed farms near Baradine, for soldiers, are now open for application…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Unique Dairy Contests For Sydney
Three dairy cattle competitions unique in Australia would be held at Sydney's Royal Easter Show next year. Director of the Royal,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Hawkesbury Maize Crop May Yield 150 Bushels
The highlight of the Hawkesbury District field maize competition this year is another crop estimated to yield 150 bushels per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Big Fall In Atherton Maize Crops
CAIRNS.—Late planting and unfavorable weather will make a cut of £200,000 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Rain Hits Kyogle Crops
Excessive rain at Kyogle has severely affected maize crops and retarded pasture…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Farmers Prefer Diesel Power
The 100,000th Ford tractor fitted with a diesel engine has been built at Dagenham,…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Many New Dairy Grant Demonstrations
A total of 107 new Dairy Industry Extension Grant demonstrations are being arranged by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Subsidy At Present Rate Likely For '55-56
CANBERRA.—The Commonwealth Government is expected to peg its subsidy to the dairy industry for 1955-56. The subsidy probably will be continued at the present rate of £15,900,000 a year, thus ensuring a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying a Milk Researcher's Keeping Problems
The three essentials for milk delivered to the consumer, apart from its nutritive value and palatability, were that it should be free from disease-producing micro-organisms; that it should not have been subject to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"My Best Crop Ever" Says Contest Winner
A maize grower who has won the Northern Tablelands division of N.S.W. championship field maize competitions several times was awarded the 1955 division championship…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Amazing North Q'ld Farming Enterprise
BRISBANE.—A triumph for a farmer's enterprise and water conservation is a vegetable farm on the Atherton Tableland which in the last 11 months has yielded products worth £49,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob 1954 Star J.F. Tells of Tour Through England
Twenty-one-year-old Star Junior Farmer for 1954, Arthur Martin, is now on tour abroad exchanging ideas with young farmers from other parts of the world. Arthur, who comes…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →U.s. Farmers Take Up Sold Erosion Battle
WHILE Australia continues to lose vast quantities of soil through erosion, U.S. farmers are planting trees and developing natural forests to protect soil and to increase their income. Time-tested methods of tree culture are employed. Mature…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmers Urged To Try Out New Grass
A comparative newcomer among grasses on the North Coast, and one which could be a valuable addition to the group of fodder species now grown is phalaris…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sheep To 10/- Cheaper At Homebush: eaper us Most Cattle To £2 Dearer
There was a decline in the numbers off both sheep and cattle at Homebush yesterday and values for sheep declined up to 10/- per head, but rates for bullocks, steers and yearlings advanced to £2 a head. Supplies of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Sheep Show Exhibits For England
Six valuable fleeces selected from prize-winning exhibits at the Sydney Annual Sheep…
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