CROPS Hunter River Pastures In Need Of Rain
Hunter River district pastures need rain, especially in inland areas. Winds have formed a crust on the soil surface in many districts. Maitland agronomist…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Farming & the land, 1955
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Big Tobacco Crop In N.Q.
CAIRNS. — Approximate figures for the 1954-55 crop just released show the North…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →U.S. Crop Production Near Record Level
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that total crop production this year will be the second highest on record. This is despite a…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Supervisor's Denial On Southern Area 'Break Away' Move
There was never any suggestion that Southern Area Senior Groups wanted to break away from the Junior Farmer Movement, the Southern Area Supervisor, Mr. A. J. Chalmers, said this week…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Good Junee Cereal Crops
Excellent cereal crops are being produced in the Junee district. "Prospects at this stage…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Wool Cheque Down £15 MILLION Crisis gives lie to Fadden's Budget
Within a fortnight after Sir Arthur Fadden's boast at the time of his Rob the Worker budget, that Australia was enjoying unprecedented prosperity, daily papers are full of laments about a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Irrigation Farmers Helped by Science
The C.S.I.R.O. had done wonderful work to help Australian Irrigation farmers, the President of the Australian Irrigation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Farm Land Leased to Jockey Club
The Metropolitan Water Board has granted the Australian Jockey Club a 10-year lease on seven acres of land at Liverpool adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Farmers Hit by Rise in Freights
I think we all endorse our correspondent, who writes: "The action of the NSW State Government in raising railway freights is unfair and must be opposed. It shows the Government's disregard towards the difficulty of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Survey of District Farms
Mr. D. P. Spankie, of the head office of the Commonwealth Employment Service, has been very busily engaged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Wheat Harvest?
Once upon a time predictions of a record wheat crop would have been a matter for rejoicing; today that is hardly the case. Faced already with a surplus, wheat farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record 200 M. Bushel Wheat Crop Tipped I
A record 200,000,000 bushel wheat crop has been predicted by the Australian Wheat Board. Last year's crop totalled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Wheat Needs Rain
Rain is needed to keep wheat crops in the Upper Hunter moving, said Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Complaints On Wheat Quality
While initial complaints on the quality of wheat should be made to the supplier,…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Vic. Wheat Belt Pasture
Competitions for the best 50 acres of pasture grown under natural rainfall conditions in the Wimmera…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Subsidy Limit "Most Serious Setback"
The dairying industry had just received the most serious set-back it had ever experienced through the decision of the Federal Government to place a ceiling limit of £14,500,000 on subsidy payments for butter and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Scientists Go Outback
IN THE MURRAY FLOODS: Mr. J. G. Downes (C.S.I.R.O., Sydney), Dr. R. L. M. Synge (Britain's 1952 Nobel prizewinning chemist) and Mr. A. Duncan (Vic. Agricultural Dept.) paddle back to their buses after clearing debris off the Tocumwal road. This was an incident during a tour of sheep stations by delegates to the International Wool Textile Research Conference. BELOW: Delegates at the C.S.I.R.O. sheep biology station at Prospect…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Galloways—Ideal Beef Cattle In Rough Country
The Galloway breed of beef cattle had developed in popularity in Great Britain to meet the continuing need for increased home production. The qualities of the breed should also ensure it a place in the Australian beef cattle…
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