Wheat Crop Prospects Excellent In N. W.
The North-West is enjoying good conditions and wheat crop prospects are excellent. The Gunnedah…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Farming & the land, 1955
1,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 72
Wheat Sown On Air On Victorian Farms
MELBOURNE.—Australian farming history was made near Ararat, in Western Victoria, last Friday, when wheat was sown from the air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Breed Sheep Sales
Important sales of British breed sheep will be held in country centres during the next…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ausf. Sheep For Kashmir
The Kashmir Government is to import 250 sheep from Australia shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →They Help With The Cattle
Sons of two men well-known to dairymen in N.S.W. will help with the cattle on show daily at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Storage Charge Increased
Owing to increasing costs it had been necessary to increase the warehousing charge on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.S. Field Wheat Comps
Five divisional championships of Its 1955 field wheat competitions were announced this…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →P.P.U. Opposes Control Of Butter Marketing
The P.P.U. will oppose the proposed extension of powers of the Milk Board to control production and marketing of butter and other milk products in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →SHEEP Poll Merino Association Formed In Melb'rne
A meeting of breeders of Poll Merino sheep in Melbourne last week decided to form a Poll Merino Breeders' Association. The meeting set up a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M.Z.D.C. To Protest On Butter Subsidy Cut
Mr. L. J. Shearman, president of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, and Mr. J. B. Carlton, a past president, created consternation at a Council meeting in Sydney this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →POULTRY Board Rejects APFA Plea on Wheat Branding
The Australian Wheat Board claims that to brand wheat below f.a.q. as requested recently by the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia is impracticable. Mr. G. G. Nicholls…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Dairymen Like Display Of Life On Farm
The Milk Zone Dairymen's Council wholeheartedly supports the N.S.W. Milk Board's presentation of the Milky Way Exhibition. The exhibition has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →DAIRYING South Coast Farm's Big Production Rise
A production increase of 53 per cent, in one year, plus a top cow producing no less than 594 lb. of butterfat is the record of a South Coast farm. The farm consists of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15 Million Bushel Increase For U.S. Winter Wheat?
The July estimate of the U.S. wheat crop is for an increase in Winter wheat but a lower Spring harvest than was forecast in June. The estimate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beef Cattle Beef Output Must Rise By 25% In Next 15 Years
Australian production of beef and veal will have to rise by nearly 25 per cent, on present output to keep pace with growing population and if the present export levels are to be maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Nowra Girl Is Winner Of A.B.C. Contest
Twenty-two-year-old Bernice Gay, of Nowra, has been vchosen State winner of the A.B.C.'s 1955 Junior Farmer Radio Contest for Girls. The judging was…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →One Wage Earner In 25 is A Dairyman
MILK production in Australia is about 1200 million gallons a year. To produce this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record Sweet Corn Crop
An average yield of nine tons per acre has been obtained from a 6½ acre crop of sweet…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →These Are The Cows Which Provide Our Milk These Are The Oows Wh Dairy industry Convention Will Open On
More than 200 people are expected to be present at the opening of the Dairy Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Famous Dairy Breeds
Five breeds of cattle—Jerseys, Australian Illawarra Shorthorns, Ayrshires, Guernseys and Friesians—provide us with our milk, butter and cheese. One of them, the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, originated here. The others came from as far away as the Channel…
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