Poultry. Fowls on the Colony System. the Methods on a Large Farm
The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 6
For the ordinary farmer keeping a few scores or hundreds of fowls, with plenty of grassland to run them on, the colony system will always take first place,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Making. Causes of Inferiority
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6
Some of the causes of interior, quality in butter are a want of cleanliness in dealing with the milk, leaving the cream so long on the milk that it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amb-raising and Wheat-growing
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 13
[?] lambs for export long since became important industry in South Australia conjunction with wheat-growing the lamb [?] has often been a theme for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4
Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal suporvision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fair Average Quality of Wheat in New South Wales
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 11
As inquires are frequently made respecting the F.A.Q. standard of wheat at different periods in New South Wales, the following information will be of interest:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Muswe?bròk Store Cattle Market. Ed. Higgens, Parkison & Co.'s Report
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 7
The above firm held a special sale of store cattle at Muswellbrook on Tuesday, the 12th inst. Close on 3000 head of cattle were yarded and sold, at prices in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Best Type of Pigs
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2
In the lecture in which Mr Inspector M'Donald recently delivered on, "Pigs," at Inverell, he pointed out the great necessity for intending pig-raisers to start…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry. ' Fowls on the Colony System. the Methods on a Large Farm
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6
For the ordinary former keeping a few scores or hundreds or fowls, with plenty of grassland to run them on, the colony system will always take first place be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy. Breeding Pigs. Question Op Rations
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6
The feeding of pigs, with special reference, to their development for breeding purposes, is the subject of a special report which has just been issued by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Profttable Dairying
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6
A very interesting paper has been published by Mr A. M. Draper, of Bannockburn, near Inverell, New South Wales, giving the result of dairying on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Education in Agriculture. Vacancies for Apprentices on Government Farms
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 11
Commencing from the 1st February, the Department of Agriculture will have its scheme of training farm apprentices in full going order…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motive Power on the Farm
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5
Machinery is the order of the day; there is no sense in doing by hand that which can be done better and quicker by the aid of machinery. The "Alfa-Laval" Separator has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Education in Agriculture. Vacancibs Fob Apprentices on Government Farms
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2
Commencing from the Ist February, the Department of Agriculture will have its scheme of training farm apprentices in full going order…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4
Will, Chirk and Co., Ltd., report:— Mo new features characterise the wool market during the week. Quietness is the general order, though a fair private enquiry exists…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dungog Butter Factory
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 3
Mr. [?] K[?]earl, the manager of the Dungog Butter Factory, has been achieving fame in other quarters than Dungog of late, and the last issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydhey Produce Market Further Fall in Butter. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2
The following are the latest Sussexstreet prices:— Hay;—Choiee (large bales) 4/- cwt, good 2/2, mediam 2/9; lueerne hay, ex…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scone Special Sheep Sale
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4
J. A. Simpson and Co, report.—On Friday last, we held a successful sheep safe in the Scene yards. The attendance of buyers was good, and we sold right out. The majority of the yardings were aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 1
FOR week ending March 16, 1912: —Wool.—The market continued quiet and operations tduring the past week have been confined to local fellmon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fearful Floods in Portugal. 150 Drowned. Peasants Swept Away with Cattle and Sheep
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 2
The great floods that occurred in all parts of Portugal recently, were rendered worse by fresh storms. Telegraphic communication was interrupted. An earthquake shock occurred at Alcantara,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather and Crops
Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 2
Some nice showers have fallen throughout the district since last issue, and 36 points were recorded locally on Tuesday. The recent rains, though not…
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