Crop Reports
We have made inquiries from a local citrus grower and tomato culturist conc[?]uing rural conditions prevailing. There are some of his views. The tomato…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Central Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1928
27 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
The Orchard Prospects for Apple Crop
The New South Wales apple crop, in common with that of the other eastern States, suffered severe damage from thrips, among other things last season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fruit Fly. Protection for Late-ripening Crops
The period during which orchardists look for trouble from the fruit fly will shortly be approaching its peak, and growers are urged to avail themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Control of Insect Pests. Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Experiments in the control of pumpkin beetle and cabbage moth, carried out during the past season by Mr. W. L. Morgan, B.Sc, Agri., assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hints for the Farm
"Silentio": If drinking vessels made out of kerosene tins are given a light coat of hot tar inside they can be kept clean more easily and will last longer…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →To Maintain Fertility. Orchard Green Manuring or Cover Cropping
The continued cultivation of any soil has the effect in time of depleting the organic matter—by aerating and warming the soil, conserving its moisture,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Farming Train
The Better Panning Train will visit Wyong on April 28, and Gosford on April 30, we were informed by Mr. C. E. Houghton, Manager, who paid a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Better Farming Train
The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby) announces that arrangements are now in hand for the second Northern tour of the Better…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wyong Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd
Directors: Messrs. W. A. Chapman (Chairman), W. B. Woodbury (Vice-Chairman), Thomas Smith (Tuggerah), E. H. Braithwaite (Bebeah), W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Important in Calf Rearing
The essential features of calf rearing may be summarised as follows:— 1—-Always handle calves quietly and patiently, and so develop in the animal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Crescent Poultry Farm Success of Famous Laying Strain
Mr. W. Hardy, proprietor of the well-known poultry farm at Brady's Gully, Gosford, put up a fine performance at the Hawkesbury Laying Competition,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Farming Train Coming Tour
The Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald) states that preparations are well in hand for the coming tour of the Better Farming Train,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Better Farming Train. AT GOSFORD—30th APRIL
Farmers, stockowners, and all persons interested in primary production are reminded that the Better Farming Train is now touring the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Potatoes and Other Vegetable Crops
Summary of a lecture by Mr. J. Douglass, Agricultural Instructor, Department of Agriculture, delivered at the Better Fanning Train while at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Forestry. Principles of Tree Planting
The best time for tree planting is when the plant is at its resting period, and when moist, cool conditions prevail. Generally speaking, May to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Science and Modern Farming Sir John Russell's Views
Mr. W. Ritchie, Wamberal, considers the following points the moral that co-operation is the only hope for the producers' future prosperity:—…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →New Training Farm News From Yanco
Since fifty of the Gosford Training School boys have been transferred to the Yanco Experimental Farm, which has been handed over to the Child…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Book-keeping. Importance of a System of Accounts
Book-keeping is a task not very much to the relish of the average farmer, but some system of accounts is necessary if farming is to be carried on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Poll for an Egg Pool. Poultry Farmers Should Enrol
A poll of poultry farmers is to be taken on September 21 on the question of constituting an Egg Marketing Board under the Marketing of Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Kanwal Poultry Farmers Addressed by Mr. Merritt
There was a good number of Kanwal and Warnervale poe[?]try farmers on the 7th inst., to listen to Mr. J. B Merritt, on the egg question. He had been…
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