SHEEP Lamb Production Costs Can Be Reduced
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 11
Although high prices rule for rams of breeds used for the production of sucker lambs, the cost of producing these lambs need not be excessive if more thought is given to better management technique…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Japanese Wool Men Very Active
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 11
Presence of many young Japanese wool technicians at Adelaide sales Illustrated the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Nitrogen A "Must" In Wheat Growing
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 32
It is impossible to produce fine quality wheat if the soil has a nitrogen deficiency, said Mr. D. G. Barwick recently. Mr. Barwick is…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Heavy Yields Soon For Wyalong Wheat
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 42
Heavy to very heavy yields can be expected from wheat crops in the West Wyalong district. The agronomist. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →How Britain Has Progressed In Fighting Cattle Diseases
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 35
Livestock disease is an ever-present menace and the importance of preventing the losses it causes is widely recognised. While much of this loss is caused by death or forced disposal, more is due to reduced productiveness…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Better Bread Aim Of New Wheat Premium
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 6
"Under a new system we hope to encourage progressive growers to continue to produce…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Bulk Wheat Storage For Coming Harvest
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 4
Almost 12,000,000 bushels of additional storage has been brought into the N.S.W. wheat bulk handling system since last season. This figure was given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Leads World In Wool Production Research
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 12
"Australia leads the world in instituting and applying research on wool production" said Dr. John H. Dillon, Director of the Textile Research Institute, Princeton, New…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District Dairy Award To Dorrigo Farmer
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 9
This year Mr. C. F. Macindoe, of Roath Park, Dorrigo, rakes the district award for the Nambucca-Tweed area in The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Farm Comp. Winners
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 7
WINNING PLANT: Dairy buildings and plant at Mr. N. W. Crosbie's Belvedere Park dairy, Finley, which helped him win the State Championship in The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition. BELOW: Pigs are a feature of Mr. C. F. Macindoe's Roath Park dairy at Dorrigo— a district prize winner. RUNNER-UP for the State Championship in The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition Dairying Trends Revealed In This Year's Judging
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 8
Highlights of The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition this year were the trend from coastal to other areas, an increasing interest in dairying with the accent on herd recording and improved pastures, and the good overall attendances at judging…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Menace To Cowpea Crops
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 43
Cowpea, a nitrogen-fixing legume, is becoming an increasingly popular green manure…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Finley Man Wins 1955 F. & S. Dairy Contest
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 1
The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition's State Championship for 1955 has been awarded to Mr. N. W. Crosbie, of Belvedere Park, Finley, the district winner in the Wagga-Deniliquin area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young's Wheast Crop Dense, Over-Forward
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 43
Wheat crops in the Young district are dense and vigorous and some are over-forward. The agronomist, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →News From England U.K, Farmers Take A Turn At Diplomacy
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 27
A British farming delegation just back from Russia said they had been "given a whale of a time" and had been received with the greatest cordiality at all levels wherever they went…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Clover Aids Honey Crop
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 50
White clover on the coast is providing good honey crops, said the apiary specialist, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 50 →Streamlined Farm Gates
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 44
A collapsible gate which automatically returns to normal after a vehicle has been…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Mau Fail To Stop Kenya Farm Output
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 4
Despite the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya, agricultural development has progressed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Atom Comes To The Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 39
BRISBANE. —Radio-active materials have given scientists an important new aid to…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Herd Recording Is The Key To Good Dairying
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 10
During a series of field days throughout N.S.W., the Kempsey Senior Dairy Officer, Mr. J. S. Wilson, outlined advantages of herd recording of dairy cattle. He said Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →