Butter Making Frauds
Rivalry between butter factories in the matter of securing cream supplies has led to the adoption of fraudulent practices which are having a very harmful effect…
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Farming & the land, 1912
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Sydney Wool Sales
New Zealand Loan and Mereantile Aginly Co., Ltd., Sydney, report that at their auction sale held on Wednesday, they effered 2,255 bales of wool. There was excellent competition from a full…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Markets. the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. Report
Wool.—The June sales which are also the last of 1911-12 wool year opened yesterday, when we submitted a catalogue of 1222 bales. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Industry. Control of Cream Tests
At the opening of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales in Sydney [?] Monday, Mr. Trefle. the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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. Trefic, 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 →AGRICULTURAL. Wheat Production. Fallow As the Economical Method
"To my mind there is no country in the world where wheat can be produced more cheaply than it can in parts of this State, if the correct preparation and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy Notes. Care of Farm Implements
At a recent meeting of the Monarto South branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau, Mr. Thomas contributed the following remarks:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Dairy Notes. Unnecessary Drudgery on the Farm
It is a mistake to suppose that what is known as the efficiency movement concerns only large enterprises. That impression arises from the fact that it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Live Stock. The cheapest Foods
Every farmer knows that a ration will have far grater valeu in the nurtives are in the proper proportions, and that it is possoble to reduce the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairy. the Pig Industry. Decline in America
Pig production is dealt with incidentally as a subject of importance in a recent American official return. A few interesting facts are emphasised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ploughing Green Crops Under
Best results In ploughing under green crops can come only when there is enough moisture in the soil to insure prompt de-composition of vegetable matter. Slow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Preserving Meat on the Farm
Mr. G. M'Carthy, Biologist, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Writing on this subject, gives some interesting advice. He says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying. Contagious Abortion
Investigations by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry have demonstrated that the bacteria which causes abortion in cattle may also be found in milk…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Failure. Losses on Experimental Farm
An astonishing revelation of the failure of the State Experimental Farm at Wyuna Victoria, is provided by the report of the departmental committee which has recently…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Singleton and Its Surroundings. Its Representattve Men and Pioneers, and Its Industries and Trades. the Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Co. (By Edwin Howell, B.A., etc.)
That co-operation, so far as the manufacture of butter is concerned, has been a great boon, especially to the holders of moderate sized dairy farms, is every…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Market
Hill, Clark and Co., Limited, report:— The last of the 1911-12 season of auction sales was held in Sydney last week. On Wednesday we submitted a catalogue of 445…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairying Industry
The uplifting of the standards of our dairying industry is a matter of vital concern to the State, because our export, of butter has already reached great dimensions and is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Rise in Butter
During the past fortnight the price of butter has risen 20/- per ewt., and the current rate is 134/-. To-day there will be a further rise of 6/-. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
Hill, Clark and Co. report under date 21st June:—The last of the 1911-12 season of auction sales was hold in Sydney this week. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Exhibition. As Unqua[?]fied Success
The mea[?]s of tho Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers' and Secretaries' Associations' conference devoted Thursday last…
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