Sorghum Crops Need Pure-Bred Seed
Farmers who wish to secure maximum yields from their sorghum and Sudan grass crops this year should remember that one of the essential requirements for a good…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Farming & the land, 1955
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CROPS Rust Threat In Inverell Area
Unless drying westerly winds reduce humidify in parts of the Inverell district there is the risk of a rust outbreak in wheat. The acting…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Hairworms Cause Big Dairy Losses In Vic
Internal parasites of calves cost Victorian dairymen thousands of pounds annually, reports Mr. W. J. Pryor, the Victorian Department of Agriculture's veterinary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DAIRYING S. Coast, Tablelands Winners Dairy Contest
Judging results from the No. 5 Dairying district are now to hand for this year's Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition. This district comprises the South Coast and Tablelands area with headquarters of the judge,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Formation Of Club Leadership Groups Approved
Formation of Club Leadership Groups within the Junior Farmer Movement was approved at the Term Meeting last week. It was decided that groups may comprise members from one club or from a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Move On Wage Rates For Junior Farmers
A motion that for the purpose of maintaining more realistic costs in club project work Junior Farmer wage rates be tabled was passed at the Term Meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →[?]oe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Restriction will ruin small wheat farmer
I have a letter from Mr. C.R.B., of Tamworth, who asks if I would "explain the Communist Party's ideas in relation to the wheat problem." HE referred to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Poultry Farmers Liverpool District Council
Liverpool District Council of Poultry Farmers Association at its recent monthly meeting carried the following resolutions,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →US farmers "hats off" to Russia
LONDON: Before leaving the Soviet Union, the American Agricultural delegation issued a statement warmly praising Soviet agricultural achievements. THE statement was suppressed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Field Day
A field day, promoted by Penrith Dairy Farm District Council and Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers' Club, will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Drenching Kills Sheep
Twenty-five sheep, died recently on a property near Cooma as the result of careless…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle Fodder Causes Human Goitre
The cow fodder known as chou moellier or thousand-headed kale has been found to introduce a substance into milk which can cause goitre. This has been discovered in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Coming Sydney Wool Talks
The Australian Wool-rowers' Council is convening, in conjunction with the C.S.I.R.O., a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Wool Tax Protest
Differential treatment on purchase-tax accorded woollen and non-woollen cloth, to the disadvantage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Extra Day For 1956 Sheep Show
The 1956 Sydney Sheep Show will be held over four days from May 30 to June 2. This decision of the council of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Announcement Soon On Wheat Varieties
The Standing Advisory Committee on wheat is shortly to announce details of variety recommendations for next year's sowing…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Beef Cattle Details Of Delegation's Stud Purchases
Sixteen head of stud cattle have been purchased in North America by the N.S.W. Stock Buying Delegation. The purchases consist of Poll Shorthorns, Jerseys and Friesians and include the all Canadian champion Friesian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SHEEP Ultrasonic Waves Used On Wood Scouring
Electronics have entered the wool textile field. It is now possible to scour wool, dry it and dye it by means of ultrasonic waves. With high costs of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Stabilisation Unnecessary," Says Wool Man
Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, Mr. W. A. Gunn, this week…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Wheat Men Led Up Garden Path
BRISBANE.—Australian farmers have been led up the garden path by a Government…
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