SHEEP Supplementary Feed Aids Rylstone Winners
Supplementary feeding has helped raise the yield per head in the flock maintained by the Orange district winners of this year's Farmer and Settler Merino Ewe Competition…
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Scottish Sheep Farmer Was Founder Of Famous Riverina Studs Recalling the Pioneers No. 40—Charles Mills
For eighty years members of the Mills family have been breeding stud sheep on the broad plains of the Riverina and to-day the name is famous in the world of sheep-men…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Maize cobs May Be Future Cattle Food
Edible maize cobs may be among the cattle feeds of the future, it is reported from the United States. More than 1,000,000 tons of maize cobs are…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Growing Wool Industry In Egypt
Legislation in Egypt to regulate the manufacture and trade in local wool is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scientists To Tour Wool Country
Delegates to the first International Wool Textile Research Conference will make tours…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fadden Warns on Panic Over Interim Butter Price
CANBERRA: The Federal Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, this week gave a "solemn warning" on "panic and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Distinguished Scientists For Sydney Wool Conference
Two British scientists who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1952 will attend the first International Wool Research Conference opening in Sydney on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane Royal Show Fat Cattle Section Best Ever Staged
BRISBANE.—The rapidity with which cattlemen have turned to the class of fat stock most sought after by the meat trade was an impressive feature of the Brisbane Royal's magnificent fat cattle section…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRADFORD Premier Wool mart Of The World
All of us know Bradford as the premier wool mart of the world and the centre of wool manufacturing. It is also the headquarters of the Bradford Dyers' Association, the world's greatest dyeing organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Yield's Big Bearing On Fleece Rot
Fleece rot, which produces discoloration and abnormalities in wool during wet weather, plus diseases of the skin, have been known to Australian woolgrowers for many years. Here Mr. Hayman describes the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Few South African Breeders Could Afford Our Best Stud Sheep
Australian sheep raisers who oppose lifting the embargo on the export of Merino rams may be surprised to learn that good Australian rams are so much more expensive than South African rams that few sheep raisers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →S. Africa's Wool Clip Largest In 20 Years
South Africa's wool clip in 1953-54 showed the largest value in the past 20 years. It was surpassed only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's trouble-Free Wool Market Since The War
The Australian wool market over the post-war years has been notable for the comparatively few major upsets or problems it has had to face…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Five Dairy Farms Open
Applications under the war service land settlement scheme for five irrigation dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Long Term Outlook For Wool Consumption Good, Says Economist
"The long term outlook for wool consumption is good. A steady increase in the total may be expected, limited as much by available supplies as any other factor," said Mr. D. H. McKay, Principal Research Officer, Wool Bureau of Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dogs In The News Big Prize Money For Bathurst Sheep Dog Trials
Sheep dog trials to be held at Bathurst Show Ground from November 21 to 26 should be second to none in the Commonwealth. First prize in the open Trial will be £200. Well known authori…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →How The Use Of Silicones Mothproofs Wool And Prevents Shrinkage
One of science's most versatile offspring made planes fly higher, cured sick cows—and now adds new Qualities to wool fabrics. Even people who are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Season's Wool Sales Expected To Start On Confident Note
The 1954-55 wool selling season ended on a stable note and, with the world to-day using approximately 21 per cent, more wool than before the war, Australian woolgrowers can look forward with confidence to the 1955-56 sales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Will Continue To Be The Mainstay Our Economy—McEwen
The vital role of wool in Australia's prosperity and the fact that it accounts for about 50 per cent, of our export income are so well known and appreciated that it is unnecessary for me to refer to such matters except in passing. The question which people are asking is-"What does the future…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Junior Farmer Will Visit N.Z. Soon
Arrangements have been made with the New Zealand J.F. Clubs for a Junior Farmer from New South Wales to visit New Zealand for a period of four months…
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