The Wheat Question
Our Sydney correspondent writes:— Matters industrial are us unsettled as ever. The attempt to block the transport of certain wheat, because it had…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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South African Strikers. Motion of Protest. Farmers' Union in Sympathy
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the last meeting of the Socialist I.W.W. Club the secretary was directed to forward to General Botha a protest against his policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Dairy
These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For Men on the Land Agricultural Varieties of Wheat. the Department's Recommendations for the Ensuing Season
The annual conference of officers of the Department of Agriculture was held in Sydney in the middle of January, the principal business being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Bright Prospects
In the opinion of the Dairy Expert, the prospects of the dairy industry are particularly bright. Notwithstanding the competition of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Dairy Show. Separate Colonial Classes. London
The British Dairy Farmers' Association has decided that at the next Dairy Show there shall be separate classes for Australian and N.z…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm. Dairy. Pasture. Profitable Pig Raising. With Limited Milk Ration
In the districts in which dairymen dispose of their milk whole to the) milk companies the pig has practically ceased to be a factor on the farm, and thus is lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tiredest Farmer
After fifteen years of complete rest, during which time he refused to get out of bed on any account, even to get bis meals or to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Farmers' Calendar."
The exhaustion of the first 4000 copies of the Farmers' Calendar has led the Department to issue a third edition, and this is now available for circulation. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guernseys and Jerseys at Berry Farm
Some concern is being shown by the South Coast farmers at the probable removal of the Guernsey stud from the Berry Experiment Farm. At a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Butter Market. London
In the butter market there is a steady trade, prices being Choicest Australian, salted, 110s to 112s. unsalted, 114 s to 116s; very few,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Produce Market Rise in Butter. Sydney
An unexpected rise of lour shillings occurred yesterday in butter, due to the falling off in consignments from all producing centres, and to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Socialism. State Dairy Farm. Sydney
A State dairy is to be established for the supply of milk to Government institutions around Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.W.U. Demands Farmers' Counter Proposals. Sydney
A meeting of farmers at Glenara, near Dubbo, adopted counter proposals to the rural workers' demands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Market
SYDNEY, Monday.—One of the principal city firms reports this morning that the local butter market' has been one of extreme firmness during the past week. Supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter to America
Mr. Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, who is at present on a trip to America, writes years Chicago. He says that for several years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farm Worked by Two Women
Two miles from Moss Vale on a wooded hillside is the little farm worked by the Farran sisters. It is bordered by a thick edge of damsons, ornamental as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Experiment Farm
The usual monthly fleeting of the committee was held at the Experiment Farm, on Friday last Present: Messrs. Haywood (chairman), Collison, McKittrick, Myers, Thompson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. Produce Market. Another Butter Rise Probable. Sydney
In Sussex-street yesterday eggs were further reduced. The demand has not improved. Onions, prime, and chaff are becoming scarce. Potatoes are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Men on the Land Dairying. Mixed Dairy Farms a Scale of Points
The following scale of points which has been prepared by the Chief Inspector and the Dairy Expert will probably be found useful in judging…
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