Farm and Field. Notes and News
Butter to the value of £2,763,970 was exported from Victoria during the year. Unsuccesful attempts have been made by scottish syndicates to acquire large…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1912
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The Dairy Shorthorn
In the course of an interview Mr. T. L. Shirley, the well-known exhibitor at the Islington Dairy Show, England, has given a press representative his views on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Power on the Farm
The question of whether to get steam or gasoline for farm work often presents itself to prospective purchasers. I prefer one for some work ami conditions, while for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bowthorne Butter Factory
An increase in the volume of business transacted by the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory is disclosed in the monthly report of the manager (Mr. J. S. Vindin)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Territory. Great Cattle Stations
The land regulations, which are now being finally drafted in connection with leaseholds to be granted in the Northern Territory, are being framed on lines which will expedite the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy Notes. Feeding Poultry
Whether meat should be supplied as a food for poultry is a question which has not been clearly answered. Opinions have been expressed upon it, but so far as we are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales
Hill, Clark and Co. report under date 5th January: Buyers have shown little or no inclination for business during the past week, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Argentine Railway Strike. Wheat Traffic Impeded. Buenos Ayres
The masters have accepted, but the railway men have rejected, the offered intervention of the Minister of the Interior. A widespread strike for increased pay and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying. Rearing Calves
The Dairy Instructor (Mr. W. G. A. Lee), Wagga Experiment Farm, gives some good advice in rearing calves. He says, that in order to secure strong healthy calves, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Selecting Seed Wheat
The improvement of seed wheat, writes Mr. R.W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst experimental Farm, in this week's "Agricultural Gazette," is not possible by haphazard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ANTWERP WOOl, SALES
There was a small attendance at the Antwerp wool sales, and competition was poor Prices ruled 3 per cent, lower than during December. There thousand two hundred and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefl[?], 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 →Dairy Parmer's Association
A meeting of member was held on Saturday night. Mr. G.A. Mackay occupied the chair. The Hon, Secretary Mr. R. W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death of Mr. John Kinsella. Dairy Expert. Sad Ending to Useful Career
THE death from consumption of Mr. John Kinsella, formerly dairy commissioner in New Zealand, which took place at the Rookwood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Muswellbrook Cattle Market
Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co. report:— We yarded on Tuesday, the 9th instant, about 800 head of bullocks, steers and mixed young cattle, and practically cleared the lot at satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Territory. Great Cattle Stations
The land regulations, which are now being finally drafted in connection with leascholds to be granted in the Northern Territory, are being framed on lines which will expedite the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No. 36. Rust in Wheat
REPORTS from the State Experiment Farms throughout the State relative to the liability of the different kinds o[?] wheat to rust are interesting. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision 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 6 →Argentine Railway Strike. Wheat Traffic Impeded. Buenos Ayres
Themasters have accepted, but the railway men have rejected, the offered intervention of the Minister of the Interior. A widespread strike for increased pay and…
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