Unusual Wool Season Last Year
Some unusual features marked last year's wool production in Australia, states…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Farming & the land, 1955
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Wool Expert's Doubts On Synthetics
Dr. E. G. Carter, scientific and technical director of the International Wool Secretariat, said this week that he doubted the durability of fabrics made of blends of wool and synthetics…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Back In Wheat Market?
BRISBANE.—Britain is likely to be back in the market for increasing quantities of overseas wheat. This encouraging news was given to more than 100 delegates at the Queensland Grain Growers' Association annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Husbandry Winners Use Keyline Plan On Pastures
One of the two sheep husbandry winners in this year's Merino Ewe Competition on the Southern Tablelands has made extensive use of the Keyline Plan for pasture development and to ensure conservation of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Separate Wool Market For Brisbane Urged
The pressure should be removed from the Brisbane Sydney wool market by establishing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →People and Paragraphs and Wool Show
THE N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association will support the International wool exhibition proposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prices Will Harden, Says Wool Executive
PRETORIA.—The substantial drop in prices at the opening wool sales in Australia and South Africa cannot be justified economically or by comparison with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →500 Mill. Bushel Canadian Wheat Harvest Tipped
The official Canadian prediction is for an above average wheat yield from the current crop, the manager of the Westralian Farmers' Co-operative Ltd., Mr. Braine, said recently…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Brisbane Wool Prices Firm On Sydney's Rates
At the Brisbane wool sales this week prices generally were unchanged on closing rates in Sydney last week. Compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →A.P.F.A. Wants price Of Wheat Reviewed
Following the recent refusal by the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, to grant a Government subsidy to the poultry industry, the Associated…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Week-end Magazine George Hobler—The Pioneer Of Pure Bred Hereford Cattle
In that treasure house of Australiana, the Mitchell Library, the curious will find a collection of handwritten books, 18 in number (the pages of which are now becoming yellow with age), labelled "George Hobler's Diaries."…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dogs In The News The Border Collie Is A Sheep Dog Who Knows His Job
It is strange that the majority of dog books published overseas, even under the titles of encyclopaedias, don't mention that grand dog, the Border Collie. Of Scottish origin, he…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →RADIO Prof. Bout flour For ABC Dairy Discussions
Professor Robert Boutflour, world authority on dairy farming techniques, will be one of the speakers in Better Dairy Husbandry, a programme in the Will It Pay discussion series…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mechanisation Requires A Policy In Farming
The man farming and grazing as a business for profit, and substantiating his enterprise by glowing figures on his balance sheet at the end of the financial year, can confidently state, "I have no obsolete machinery on my property."…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Increasing Fertiliser Supplies Vital For Raising Our Farm Production
Lack of elements necessary for plant life is a feature of most Australian soils, and pastoral and agricultural output is becoming increasingly dependent on chemical fertilisers to supply plant nutrition. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Young Artist Wants To Farm
Twelve year old Kenneth Fleay, Beaufort (Vic.), whose prize winning dress fabric…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Griffith Farms Available
Applications for two fat lamb soldier blocks near Griffith close on Friday next, September…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Cereal Crops Make Good Progress In Junee District
Soil moisture is excellent throughout the whole of the Junee district. Cereal crops have made splendid growth with very heavy stoolings. The agronomist, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Pampas Grass Popular As Fodder Crop In N.Z.
Pampas grass as a valuable fodder crop on stabilised sand in coastal dairying country is causing interest in New Zealand, where dairy farmers are finding the grass…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Refrigeration Of Milk In Q'land
Next to strict dairy hygiene, farm refrigeration of milk is the most important factor in improving the quality of market milk…
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