What One Farmer Did
A few years ago, T. W. Sprague, of Battle Creek, Mich., decided to invest in a herd of registered Holstein-Freisland cattle. With this end in view…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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Thrifty Italians. Sugar Farmers in Queensland
Mr. Easterby, general superintendent of the sugar experiment stations, who has returned from a tour of the sugar districts, says that this season's cane crop north of Mackay will…
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Rain has fallen in France and the Weather is cold. The agricultural region of France has almost entirely escaped the blight…
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Report for month ended 30th September, 1914:--Paid for first-class butter 10¾d per lb., nett, second-class 9¾d, pork 6d. Amount of pay…
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Our Sydney correspondent writes on Saturday: Perhaps the best news this morning was conveyed by the ceaseless patter-patter of the rain. Not that we needed rain in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The wool sales were held yesterday. The quantity catalogued (quoting 5541 bales, including private transactions) amounted to 10,413…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Up-to-date Farmer
Mr. J. C. Fredriksen, of Rous Mill, is a type of farmer of whom this district could do with thousands. Thirty years ago Mr. Fredriksen, who is a Dune, was following a…
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The Upper Bellinger Co-op. Dairy Co., Bellingen, manufactured for the month of September 26,124lbs. of butter, being an increase of 9000lbs…
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Realising that N.S.W. would have a very heavy early summer butter production, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ashford, caused inquiry to…
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These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minter for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Coloring of Margarine
"The margarine-butter conflict in Australia narrows itself down to a question of color. Margarine makers claim that they should be allowed to…
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For the month of September 47,711 lbs of better were manufactured at the local butter factory being an increase of 21,1301bs on September, 1813…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Co-operative distributing companies from Victoria and New South Wales waited on the Minister for Customs regarding the difficulty in shipping butter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Farmer's Loss
Farmers, beware of how you treat your pige to salt! Mr. H. C. Sawtell informs us that he lost a whole litter of nine three-year-old pigs last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Sour Skim Milk
Experiments carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture, indicate that in summer calves make as rapid gains on sour…
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The butter market is quiet, with a slight downward tendency. Choicest new Australian 126s to 130s…
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Considerable relief is being expressed at the abandonment by the Government of any intention that they might have cherished to go into the business of wheat growing on their…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Ashford says the State Government propose to guarantee farmers a minimum of is a bushel by means of a wheat bonus on all wheat garnered from…
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The present is by far the most promising spring the Richmond River district enjoyed for years. Already there is a luxuriant growth of grass, ami during the last fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heat Kills Cattle. Sydney
The intense heat at Homebush Sale Yards yesterday killed a number of cattle. A southerly, which sprang ap[?]during the afternoon, enabled a…
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