Big Deal in Store Cattle
Messrs. H.York and Son report selling the following lines of store cattle by private treaty, as follows: On account of R.Robinson,301 steers; on account of…
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Farming & the land, 1913
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Bleached Wheat. Effect on Value
What effect bleaching really has on wheat, from the point of view of milling value, is a very important one to farmers—particularly so if the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Wheat Bounties. London, Jan. 7
The Conservative are giving prominence to Sir Joseph Lawrence's idea that a bounty of 2s should be granted for colonial and homegrown wheat, the money to be obtained by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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. No. 88. AGRICULTURE…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market Winchcombe, Carbon Ltd Report
We held our first sale of the New Year on Monday. Aided by a buoyant market, ready clearances were effected, practically the whole of the catalogue being cleared at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marketing Australian Butter. Mr. Reid's Comments Resented. London, Thursday evening
The cabled summary of the report by Mr. George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, on the marketing of Australian butter in London has aroused dissent in Tooley-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Seed-bed for Wheat. Why Plough Twice?
The practice seems to have been adopted lately by a few of our wheat farmers in the north-west, of ploughing their land twice before sowing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vegetable Fibre in Wool. Committee's Report. London
The committee appointed to enquire on the subject of vegetable fibre in wool, has issued its report. The committee recommends that two paperlined packs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COMMERCIAL. Wool Market Report. John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report
For our twelfth sale of the season we brought forward on Tuesday, the 7th instant, a catalogue of 5415 bales, including some very nice parcels of New England…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agriculture. Cabbages and Cauliflowers. Good Prospects for Growers
An industry that is well worth consideration in our cooler districts is the production of cabbages and cauliflowers for the Sydney market. At the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Skdage on Farms
The first necessity for a farmer contemplating the making of silage is cheapness in handling and cheapness in growing the crop—and one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home-made Cooler. Useful on the Farm
An effective cooler can be made by using a flour barrel and a 10-gallon stone jar. Place the jar inside the barrel and surround it with charcoal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy. Manufacture of Cheese. Hot Weather Troubles. High Acidity in Milk
Trouble is often experienced during summer by most cheese makers (states one of the New South Wales Government experts) on account of the high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Silage on the North Coast
Two spells of dry weather within the past couple of years have proved that even on the fertile soils of the Richmond River, where the pastures are supposed to spring…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Demonstration of Farming Implements. Interesting Exhibition
Labour-saving implements and machinery, combined with which, of course, is the [?] of increased and more rapid production, play an important part in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agriculture. "The Farmers' Handbook."
"In using in systematic order every. part his holding for. some profitable purpose throughout the twelve, months of the year, the farmer will find the key to the Treasury…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dairying for Profit. About Herd-testing
Herd-testing is on the move as a progressive element in dairying in New Zealand. The Dairy-produce Division of the Department of Agriculture has been conducting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dairying. the Paspalum Pastures
The peculiar problem ofthe Richmond River district is the management of the paspalum to better profit. This grass, which in the past the done so well in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Deserting From Hired Service Three Farm Laborers Fined
A case of considerable importance to farmers was heard at Inverell this week, when T. G. one of the largest farmers in the district,proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Assist Hospital
Farmers in the' Forbes district arc liberally* giving bags of wheat to the Forbes District Hospital, as a sort of thanksgiving -for the bountiful harvest…
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