"Muster Even Pets" When Dipping Sheep
Pets should not be overlooked when sheep are mustered for dipping; a complete muster is essential. This point was made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farming & the land, 1955
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Keen Cattle Bids At Melbourne Show
MELBOURNE.—Bidding was keen at the auction sale of cattle at the Royal Melbourne Show last Friday, the day after judging was completed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →S.A Bulk Wheat Handling
A growers' co-operative, the South Australian Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited, has…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Wheat Now On Buyers' Market
BRISBANE.—Queensland had a wonderful opportunity to capitalise on the expanding…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Our Cattle Are Robbing Of Its Fertility
By the time the three and a half million cattle carried on N.S.W. pastures at the present time reach slaughtering age, the hide, carcase and offal of each will contain, on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sheep Show And Sales At Dubbo "Outstanding"
First combined ram show and sales of British and Australasian sheep breeds was held at Dubbo last week. Sponsors were the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Cuts Plan 'Policy Of Despair'
MELBOURNE.—Schemes for compulsory reduction of wheat acreages or, alternatively, a bushel-quota system, were described this week as "impracticable" and "policies of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Board Appeals For Cleaner Grain
The Australian Wheat Board is concerned about the relatively high percentage of broken grain and foreign matter in wheat deliveries…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Home and Fashion Housewives' Secretary Sees Butter Production
The urgent need "for a butter subsidy in the interests of the national economy and the living conditions of Australians in both city and rural areas is to be taken up by the New South Wales Housewives' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Beef Cattle Choice Of Sire Vital Beef Production
Increasing numbers of beef cattle are being run successfully on improved pastures in conjunction with sheep and more owners are building up their own breeding herds…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →South African Year's Best Wool Student
A student from Africa was the brightest pupil in last year's day course at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Prices To 5% Better: Keener Demand
Wool selling in Australia this week proved to be on a very satisfactory basis and although earlier losses have not been recovered, demand is now keener and more widespread than at any stage of the season so far…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Melbourne Royal Show Record Entries; Quality High In Sheep Section
MELBOURNE.—Record entries and outstanding quality were features of the sheep section at the Royal Melbourne Show, in which the judges completed their task last Monday. The aristocrats of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DAIRYING Big Production Rise On Tamworth Farm
Sown pasture, good management and a favorable season combined to increase production by 124 per cent, on a dairy farm in the Tamworth district last year. Total production…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Royal Show Many Cattle Awards To New South Wales Studs
MELBOURNE.—The £6,000,000 1955 Royal Melbourne Show had an unfortunate start with two days of wet weather, but judges and public alike have acclaimed its success from the quality viewpoint. New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week-end Magazine Henry O'Brien Started Boiling Down And Saved Sheep Industry Recalling the Pioneers No.45—Henry O'Brien
The name of Henry O'Brien, of Douro, Yass, should not be forgotten by the pastoralists of Australia. He was responsible, mainly, for the development of boiling down stock which saved the pastoral industry from bankruptcy in the black years of the 1840's,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Import Cuts: Mystery Over Farm
How far the new import restrictions announced in Canberra this week will affect farm machinery is still a puzzle,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Boutflour Prize" To Boost Dairying Production
Proposals for prizes for dairy farmers in the milk zone who have increased production by adopting the principles laid down by Professor Robert Boutflour, were announced this week by the chairman of the Milk Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hold The Economy' Bid: Menzies For Talks With Farmer's Reps
ANBERRA.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, will arrange for a conference with representatives of primary producers' organisations to discuss proposals to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmer News by Corncob Outstanding Western N.S.W. Girl Junior Chosen
BATHURST: First Australian Steel Prefabrications' competition for Junior Farmer girls in the west of N.S.W., sponsored to select that area's outstanding girl junior, has been completed…
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