Local & General. Assistance to Farmers
Mr. Chaffey, the State Minister for Agriculture, has arranged for officers of the Rural Industries' Branch of his department to visit those districts…
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Farming & the land, 1924
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Dairying for Dairy Premises. How to Lay a Concrete Floor
For all general purposes as applied to dairy premises, the concrete floor will be found most advantageous, being preferable to bricks, flagstones, or…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Settlers. Intending Farmers and Farm Laborers
Mr. F. J. G. Fleming, General Secretary of the New Settlers' League, was present at the A. & H. Committee meeting on Monday night, and drew…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wyong News. Grass and Crops
A truly wonderful change has come over the landscape, as the result of the lovely rains. Parched paddocks have been transformed into beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council and Cattle
There is not much to report here, except that a sort of disease has broken out among the Ourimbah cattle, which causes them to break, out of their…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gosford Farm Home For Boys. To the Editor
Sir,—Twelve months ago the Gosford Branch of the A.L.P. demanded an inquiry into the management of the Boys' Farm Home, and the results of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Auction of Farming Property
Mr. Bert Dalton, auctioneer, will, offer a Narara orchard and farming property at auction on Saturday next at 3 p.m. The property, which is being…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm Home Notes. (Contributed.)
On Sunday evening last, 9th Marco, the Buffalo Lodge, of Gosford, gave the boys of the Gosford Farm Home the sixth concert by the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cattle Taken From Pound
Last Saturday night, when there were three head of cattle in the Gosford pound, the gate was broken open, but none of the cattle escaped. On…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hot Water in the Dairy
The following is taken from notes supplied by the Agriculture Department:—A plentiful supply of warm and scalding water is a necessity for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Cotton Crop
Tuggerawong looks like getting its name on the map as a result of the systematical boom that is being carried on over the growing of a small…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Farm Garden. Cultivation of Herbs
All herbs do exceptionally well in this State, and every farm garden should have a few plants of the more important sorts. Most garden soils…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gosford Farm Home. Accident to Major Parsonage's Daughter
While Beth, the young daughter of Major Parsonage, Superintendent of the Gosford Farm Home, was out riding on Sunday, the horse stumbled and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Handbook For Farmers
Farming is demanding every day a fuller and more specialised knowledge, and the need for authoritative guidance is becoming increasingly…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Good Apple Crop
A remarkable crop of Snowy Apples has just been harvested by Mr. H. E. Peck, of Kurrajong Heights, who off one acre of trees packed 1000 cases—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joys of Farming
A Bowral farmer has just had practical experience of the joy of being on the land. He sent three consignments of peas to Sydney, in two instances…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farm Home Boys
A party of 16 boys from the Farm Home went to Sydney on Wednesday morning, in charge of Messrs Hodgkiss and Melville, to see the Royal Show…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farm Home Boys Again
Still there come telling instances of the good "morale" of the Farm Home Boys. Last night a party of 26 of them were at Buseombe's Pictures…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →French Bean Fly. Attacking Coastal Crops
Miss E. A. Rutledge, principal of the Church of England Grammar School at Casino, communicated with the principal of Hawkesbury Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Winter School for Farmers
Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 24th June to 19th…
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