The Benby Club The Benby Club Tour A Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 26
The morning dawned bright and "Sunny," to the great relief of the Benbyites who were to tour a farm, and they soon reached their destination. In the distance was, a solitary "Silver Peak"…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob 1954 Star J.F. Tells Of U.K. Farm Methods
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 27
Differences between conditions on English and Australian farms have deeply impressed Arthur Martin, of Nimbin, near Lismore, who was Star Junior Farmer of N.S.W. for 1954…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Market Garden Plant Spring Vegetable Crops Now For High Prices
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 29
The present shortage and high prices ruling for vegetables wils no doubt encourage many growers to establish a wide range of crops during the late winter and early spring, according to their location…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →SHEEP Riverina Couple's Remarkable Enterprise On 311 Acre Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 8
One of the best examples of efficient land use under closer settlement conditions I have ever seen is the 311-acre farm of Mr. and Mrs. J. McRae at Lucerne Vale, Mangoplah, in the eastern Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Advice On Wheat
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 2
Advice by the President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. J. P. Cass, that wheatgrowers should "regulate" production and turn to more diversified farming, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pneumatic Wool Press
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 9
Use in Australia of pneumatic wool presses similar to a type developed by a Scottish…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aust. Butter Down In U.K.
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 7
Reports from the United Kingdom state that the British Minister of Food has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter And Cheese Quotas For August
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 7
Quotas for butter and cheese for the month of August were notified in the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Benby Club Rescuing the Sheep
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 26
One morning during the heavy rains in Queensland I noticed that the flats below the house were covered in water. There was a little piece of land which…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →R.A.S. Wheat Competition
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 35
The first of the six 1955 R.A.S. wheat championships have been announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Concessions for Ex-factory Butter, Cheese Prices
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 1
Ex-factory prices paid to farmers for butter and cheese during the current year can be increased provided any one of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brangus Breed For N.T. Cattle Station
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 12
The Brangus, a breed of beef cattle new to Australia, is being developed at a Northern Territory cattle station just over the S.A. border…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Move To Encourage Better Quality Wheat
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 42
To encourage the growing of better quality wheats in Southern N.S.W. the 1955 Southern Slopes Division of the R.A.S. Field Wheat Championships will include…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Q'ld. Cattle Numbers At Record High Level
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 12
BRISBANE.—Queensland cattle numbers have reached the highest total ever recorded, and the State's sheep population is the highest for 10 years…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Urge Changes In Conduct Of Sydney Sheep Show
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 43
Important recommendations have been made for alterations in the conduct of the Sydney Annual Sheep Show. They had come from the annual general meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Levy Provides Funds For Wool Promotion
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 2
The current 4/- a bale levy on wool provided an annual budget of £760,000 for wool use…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z.'s £90 Million Wool Clip
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 29
New Zealand's income from wool for the season just ended was £90,000,000 sterling. It…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Indian Govt's. Plan To Improve Wool Industry
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 9
Nearly 500 extension centres for sheep husbandry will be set up in India shortly The plan will cost £A3,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Aust. Wheat Industry Faces Problem Of Finding Markets"
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 35
The wheat industry is facing a difficult period, Mr. E. G. Hoy told the General Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in Sydney this week. Mr. Hoy is a N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Beef Cattle Survey Shows Beef Trends On Sth-West Slopes
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 11
Results of a survey of the grazing industry of the south-west slopes of N.S.W. indicate that production of beef is an integral part of the pastoral set-up of the area…
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