Not for the Farm
Country schoolmasters receive some epistles from parents at times that fairly tickle them to death. The official in charge at Yarrabunga Public…
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Farming & the land, 1931
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Farm and Orchard Notes Book-keeping for Farmers
Book-keeping is not a practice that is taken to very kindly by most farmers, but some permanent record of purchases and sales, profits and expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Orchard Notes the Poultry Industry
Signs are not wanting that some important changes are taking place in the poultry industry in this State, the extension of which will adversely affect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wear Wool for Health --And Australia's Wealth
Wool is easily the first and best of all materials for clothing the human body. No other material has the same desirable qualities. Fashion or…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cultivation of Peanuts May Prove Profitable Crop in Gosford District
In the opinion of those qualified to judge, there appear to be good prospects for peanut-growing in this district. At the same time, nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Orchard Notes Turkey Raising
In the feeding of young turkey chicks (writes the Poultry Expert of the Department of Agriculture) the old idea of giving finely chopped up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Orchard Notes Nominations for Egg Marketing Board
The Minister of Agriculture, Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., advises that he has received the following nominations for producers' representatives on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Orchard Notes Starting a Poultry Farm
The shape of the block, the area available, this aspect, and the general direction of the fall, all require dose attention, both before purchase and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trees on the Farm. Their Care After Planting
There are signs of an increasing appreciation of the importance of trees in relation to farm economy, and there is evidence that not a few efforts have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Orchard Notes Vegetable Seed. Need for Local Production
Growers should get out of their heads the ideas that they had to go to a seedsman for seed and that imported seed was superior to local, said the Director…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Farm and Orchard Notes Summer Training of Young Deciduous Trees
It is necessary during the spring and early part of the summer to look through young deciduous tress periodically, and to direct their growth by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Marketing of Farm Products Lessons of Recent Trends
No subject is exercising the farmer's mind more nowadays than that of the disposal of his products, and although (until quite lately at least) its study…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Station Buildings How They Can be Built Easily, Quickly, and at Low Cost
To the man on the land, improved methods and materials in modern building construction are always of interest. On most farms and stations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Making a Concrete Floor The Best Type for the Farm
For many purposes on the farm impervious floors are required. Concrete--a mixture of Portland [?]ment with sand, stone and water--has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Orchard Notes Lost Fertility. The Problem of Soil Erosion
A farm, one would say, is surely a stable form of property, but if the area is subject to soil eros[?] a little of it (and some of the best) is constantly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Orchard Notes Spotted Wilt of Tomatoes
Though 'insects (e.g. thrips) have been proved to be carriers of the parasitic virus responsible for spotted (or bronzed) wilt of tomatoes and the use…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farm and Orchard Notes Summer-ripening Lemons
There is a considerable shortage of summer-ripening lemons this season, and growers who have fruit maturing during the next few months may…
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