Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 6
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 →United States' Wool Tariff. La Follette Bill Carried Washington, July 26
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 5
Following on a compromise the Wool Tariff Revision Bill, Introduced by Senator Penrose, has been passed by the Senate by 34 votes to 32…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Requirements. Further Railway Facilities. Improved Telephone System
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2
The Farmers and Settlers' Conference agreed to the following motions on Tuesday:—That the Federal Postal Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important to Dairymen
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2
At the Tamworth Police Court, on Monday, Joseph Lacey, inspector under the Board of Public Health, proceeded against a person, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairy. the Tamworth. a Great Baconer
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 5
"The demand for lean bacon has steadily increased of late years, and the studmaster has not failed to realise in the Tamworth a keeli rival to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Protest
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 12
"That the Farmers and Settlers' Association strongly protests against the passing into law of the Parliamentary Privileges Bill, now before Parliament." The above…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Farmers' Parliament
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 12
The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers" Association is being held in Sydney at the present time. Organization in rural districts is a much more difficult work…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DAIRYING. The Herd and the Tester. Where the Owner's Picked Cows Really Were
Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2
The New Zealand Department of Agriculture has given currency to the following letter from a dairy-farmer in the Dominion:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 4
Hill, Clark, and Co., Limited. report:— The Brisbane wool market is reported firm, with good competition. Well-grown, sound wools are in beat request, and show a slight improvement on June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Trade. Review of the Year. London, July 28
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 5
W. Weddel and Company, Ltd., in their annual review of the butter trade state that the wider application of pasteurisation in New Zealand had resulted in an all-round…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market. Schute, Bell, & Co., Ltd., Report
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2
Competition at the Brisbane sales last week proved fully up to expectations, the German contingent still giving chief support. The improvement recorded at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemies of Drought. Irrigated and Dry Farming
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 6
More and more every day Australian farmers appreciate the value of scientific irrigation and dry farming methods applied to the cultivation of the soil, and they realise that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Many Farms Flooded
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4
Unsettled weather, with occasional [?] showers continued to-day, though there [?] a marked improvement compared with [?] decidedly moist conditions of yesterday…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 7
Mr. Cann, the State Treasurer, was questioned on Monday in Sydney concerning the resolution passed by the recent conference of the Farmers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers and Settlers' Platform
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2
The following objective and platform, drawn up by a sub-committee, was adopted, after some discussion at the conclusion of the conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Inventions
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4
Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Maitland District. Farms Under Water. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2
the continued rainfall has caused floods in the Maitland district. All the low-lying farms are submerged, and many of the roads are under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Hews. Store Cattle Sale
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 4
Messrs. Edward Higgens, Parkinson and Co., auctioneers, of Muswellbrook, intimate in our advertising columns that they will hold their next special sale of store cattle at the Muswellbrouk yards on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep-stealing. Traces of Shearing and Droving
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 7
A month ago William and Donald Mc-Millan, well-known graziers of Broughton, Victoria, missed 5000 sheep, when mustering on their mallee property, north of Broughton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 1
FOR week ending July 27, 1912:—Wool.—-The market remains very quiet, supplies being limited. Very little wool is arriving for sale, and…
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