Penang Industrial Farm
FROM an authentic source we learn that the Government officials who last week inspected a proposed site on the Penang for the Sobraon Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Central Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1911
21 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Wyong Dairy Co
THE Manager, Mr. F. R. Webb, reports for month of June:—Owing to the continued dry weather, with frost and cold westerly winds, supplies have…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Labor Government and the Farmers. The Need for Unity
MR. R. ROSE, Gosford, writes to the FARMER AND SETTLER :—We have now had a taste of Labor Government, and it is quite plain that they are not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →POTATO-GROWING. No Rain on the Crop
IN a letter to the Department, Mr. E. S. Twigg, of Broula, tells of potato-growing at Amatree under very unusual conditions. A very fine crop of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Shirley's Superphosphate Works. Visit of the Farmers & Settlers Association Delegates
At the conclusion of 1911 Conference a party of the delegates at our invitation paid a visit of inspection to our Works, being taken there by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wyong Dairy Company
WE are in receipt of the eighth half-yearly report and balance-sheet of the Wyong Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. The following summary shows the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Inspector Makes a Cattle Raid
AT an early hour on Wednesday morning last, before Gosford was astir, one may have seen two horsemen with dogs and a cyclist wending…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Training farm. Gosford Scheme Approved
ON Friday afternoon last Mr. A. C. Carmichael, Minister for Public Instruction, accompanied by Mr. W. Kearsley, M.L.A., and Mr. Bethel,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Re Straying Cattle. To the Editor
SIR,—I notice a letter in your last issue complaining of the action of the new Sanitary Inspector in the carrying out of his duties. While one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Point for Maize Farmers
MANY farmers are possessed of the idea that the suckers, or earless stalks, which grow from a cob-bearing stalk of maize, are a hindrance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Cattle Raid
Of late there has been battle And a stir among the cattle That have wandered round the village night and day;…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →District Farming Exhibit
AT next year's Wyong Show, to be held on March 8 and 9, £30 in three prizes will be offered for the best collection of mixed farming products…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Farmers and the Shire Council. To the Editor
SIR,—One of the best things that can happen to this district is to gain an increase in the farming population, and anything that lends aid in that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outbreak of Cattle Disease
THE alleged epizootic amongst cattle at Erina, as reported to the Shire Council recently, has been investigated by Mr. Stewart, Sanitary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer, the Cow, and the Child. Why The Rural Workers' Union is Hated. To the Editor
SIR,—Much has been said and written about the Rural Workers' Union. The very notion of farm employees uniting to secure better terms seems…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Notes. Points of Cleanliness
THERE are many points in clean dairying which, if observed closely, would obviate milk contamination, and consequent complaints about…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A New Outlet for Farmers
AT the beginning of next year a new era in intensive farming will be entered upon in New South Wales, when the first areas for irrigation farms…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer, the Cow, and the Child. To the Editor
SIR,—Your correspondent, A. Walers, has obliged you with a collection or statistics about land values in the western district of Victoria, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fine Oat Crop
THE oat crop now being harvested at Wingello Farm, Niagara Park, is a fair indication of what the Gosford district can produce by intelligent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reforming the Boys. The Government's Scheme. Farming Life at Gosford
THE new reformatory scheme, which the Government is putting into operation, marks a new departure, and will be watched with interest. The…
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