Farmers Hard Hit
The losses to the farmers of this district will run into thousands of pounds. That is the district loss, and in addition the damage to ploughed land and young crops will swell…
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Farming & the land, 1913
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Singleton Submerged. Great Losses of Stock and Crops. Streets Badly Damaged. Singleton
The flood was almost, if not quite, as disastrous as the memorable visitation of 1893. Although heavy rain fell here during Tuesday and Wednesday, and the river rose rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →River Failing. Back Water Rising. Bolwarra Farms Flooded. Bursting of Cummins' Dam. "Mercury" Office, Saturday. "Mercury" Office
The flood waters of the Hunter commenced to fall at a fairly rapid rate about seven o'clock last evening, when measurements taken at the Belmore Bridge showed that it had gone down…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Where Farm Students' Get To
The Minister of Agriculture has had return, prepared, showing the disposition, of youths who enter the various agricultural training institutions conducted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boj Warra Farms [?]Looded Water Breaks Over Near Largs
The Bolwarra Embankments stood remarkably well until yesterday afternoon when the water began to come in at Suters', at the foot of Largs. For a length of about 150 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairying. the Cow in Sickness. the First Symptoms
The detection of the first symptoms of sickness in a cow is one of the qualifications of the dairyman that comes only by experience. The dairy expert has remarked…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Training Emigrants the Proposed Farm. London, May 20
In reference to the proposal for the establishment of a training farm in England for the instruction of emigrants, Mr. W. A. Watt, the Victorian Premier, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trained Immigrants. Proposed Farm in England. London, May 19
Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, in the course of an interview in reference to the proposal to establish a training farm in England for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor and the Farmer
All parties are agreed nowadays that the prosperity of the cities is dependent upon the growth of the country, and laud settlement has become the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Where Farm Students Get To
The Minister of Agriculture has had a return prepared, showing the disposition of youths Who enter the various agricultural training institutions…
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. [?] Ministar of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. AGRICULTURAL No. 107. Lucerne As Horse Feed. What Growers Have to Say
Is lucerne as a feed for horses u sound proposition for the wheat farmer? There are hundreds of wheat growers in the State who are content to regard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Dairy Notes. Manuring Potatoes
As a result of experiments made during the last twenty years it has been established, according to an expert's opinion, beyond all doubt that a light dressing of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discontented Farm Workers
Much discontent, exists among farm workers in Lancashire and trouble is threatened. A number of labourers have been locked-out at Downholland for demanding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
A. M. L. and Finance Co. Ltd., report, May 21.—After a lapse of six weeks, sales were inaugurated to-day, when some 7647 bales were catalogued, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool & Produce Sales
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association, namely, Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd John Bridge and Co., Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Inventions
Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 163 King-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Rural Workers
Mr. Neilsen ex-Minister of Lands, has been appointed chairman of the Wages Board for pastoral and rural workers. Other members of the board are Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
FOR week ending May 24, 1913:—Wool—The final auctions of the wool season 1912-13 were held during the past week when claranc[?]s…
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