Sawdust Can Kill Crops
Sawdust contains little in the way of major plant foods, but as a mulch it will keep…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farming & the land, 1955
1,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 72
Sheep To 5/- Dearer At Homebush Cattle Generally Firm
Rates for sheep were generally very firm to 5/- dearer, with lambs showing the most advance at Homebush yesterday. Values for other classes and for cattle remained firm. The yarding in the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Sheep Industry Needs More Instructors
The State's premier industry, wool production and sheep husbandry, is short of trained instructors. To service the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CROPS Increased Export Rate Trend In Our Wheat Trade
A remarkable change in Australia's wheat export trade showed an improved rate of exports which should be maintained at least for the next two or three months, said the Westralian Farmers' Co-operative manager, Mr. Braine…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Sheep Dog Trials Are Abandoned
CANBERRA.— The National Sheep Dog Association has now abandoned its plans to hold an International Sheep Dog Trial in Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Take Charge of N.q. Cattle
CAIRNS— A North-west cattleman with a lifetime's experience on cattle stations will arrive on Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cattle Never Learnt TO Drink Water
Beef Shorthorn cattle which have never learnt to drink, but which quench their thirst and fatten on Parakalyie grass on a miilion-acre property in Central Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Top Prices For Wool
Top prices to date for the season were paid for wool at two selling centres in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Harvesti [?] in Red China
STATE FARM: Trucks and combine harvesters work side by side on this state farm in Honan Province. Wheat straw is harvested in the same operation. Wheat is gradually assuming a greater importance in the national diet of China thus reducing the peasant population's dependence on rice. Note the obsolete machinery. Despite Red China's claim of efficient mechanised farming methods, it is obvious that her peasant population is still unused to large-scale sowing and harvesting…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wheat Silo Board Members Named
The names of the members of the new Silo Board were announced yesterday by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Growers Say New Wheat Clause 'Obnoxious'
A clause in the new Commonwealth Wheat Stabilisation Act giving the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture power to direct the Wheat Board in any matter was "obnoxious."…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →"More Work" Answer To Wool Problems
MELBOURNE.— A warning that "more work" was the only satisfactory answer to the problem of costs in the wool industry, was issued by Mr. Hugh A. Were, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rise In Beef Cattle Numbers In North West Expected
A survey of the beef production potential of the north west of New South Wales has revealed that as pastoral and agricultural development takes place, a rise in the number of beef cattle in the district can be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reorganisation In World Plan For Wool Trade Publicity
Focal point of a re-organisation plan for world wool publicity to be discussed in Melbourne next week is the appointment of a Director-General and two Deputy Directors General to replace the present four member Secretariat administration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Week-end Magazine The Faithfulls Were Famous For Their Pure-bred Sheep Recalling The pioneers No. 17
The Faithfulls, of Springfield, had a long association with the merino sheep industry in New South Wales. Rams from Springfield were sold to all parts of New South Wales and Queensland. The family is the 17th in our series, Recalling The Pioneers…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Poultrymen Divided On Farm Licensing Plan
Opinion in the poultry industry is divided on the merits of the plan to licehse poultry farms which is being put before the N.S.W. Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Graham, by the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Junior Farmer News Still Time To Enter Tree-Planting Contest
Junior Farmers' Clubs would still be in time to enter the 1955-56 club tree planting competition if they raised trees from end before the end of the coming autumn. This announcement…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Visitors For Junior Farmers
South Coast Junior Farmers are at present entertaining two overseas visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →New Dairy Rules for Queensland
BRISBANE.— New regulations to improve the quality of Queensland's butter and cheese exports have been announced by the Agriculture Minister, Mr. Collins…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Approval On Soldier Farm
KYOGLE.— The Minister for the Interior, Mr. W. S. Kent Hughes, has approved the…
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