Cattle Raising
During the past few weeks our attention has been drawn to the quality of some of the cattle fattened in the Pokolbin district. Since the…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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The Butter Factory. Work May Be Resumed by End of Month
During a conversation with Mr. T. E. Wyatt, Manager and Secretary to the local Co-operative Dairy Co., we learnt that he hopes that work will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guernsey Cattle
Mr. E. Perry, of Parkville, and Mr. H. Knodler, of "Eyrie Bower," have lately imported a number of Guernsey heifers from the Channel Islands. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Grading of Butter. New Regulations
For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole, the Dairy Expert thinks Unit directors and proprietors of butter factories will find it wise to take…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairying. Grading of Butter. Advantages Offered by the New Regulations
For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole, the Dairy Expert thinks that directors and proprietors of butter factories will find…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Strike. Lumpers Displaced
Contrary to expectations the wheat-lumpers' strike at Lockhart did not cease on Friday morning. The wheat-lumpers as a body attended the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Wagga Paddock Accounts. the Demonstration Area
The paddock accounts for tho demonstration area of Wagga experiment farm show that during the year 1912 tho 377 acres, .which make up that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →73 Years on One Farm
Mr. H. Hum, of Northgate-street, Colchester, writes to London "Daily News" giving the following remarkable record of his father, who has just died at the age of 95…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Poultry Yard. Poultry Farming
The rapid increase during the past ten years of poultry culture is doubtless responsible for the many aspirants to poultry-farming which—especially to those desirous of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farming Experiments. Commercial Results Aimed At
The Minister of Lands and Agriculture on monday spoke of the results of an important departure of policy with regard to the areas controlled by the department for the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairying. Yards and Rails
During a recent [?] along the [?] the manager [?] Cowrn [?] form [?] in which the [?] that [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DAIRYING. Yards and Bails. Suggestions for Their Improvement
During a recent tour along the North Coast, the Manager of Cowra experiment farm observed one dairy yard in which the discomforts that attach to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?]pervision of the Hon. j. l. Tre[?], minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 139. the Orchard. Bottling Fruits. Some Suggestions
The principles and process of bottling are practically, the same as those of canning described in recent "Notes," the adoption of rubber rings and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying. Grading of Butter. Advantages Offered by the New Regulations
For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole, the Dairy Expert thinks that directors and proprietors of butter factories will find…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These notes are issued every week, under the personal [?] of the Hon. J. L. [?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 139. THE ORCHARD…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Inventions
Messrs. Griffith and Hassel patent attorneys, of 77 Castflereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Margarine As Butter. a Dealer Imprisoned. London, Jan. 6
A Nottingham dealer was yesterday sentenced to three years' penal servitude for selling margarine as butter. There were 22 previous convictions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tariff Reform. the Bonar Law Compromise Opposition of Farmers. London, Jan. 6
The "Westminster Gazette" is publishing correspondence which alleges that the Unionist newspapers are boycotting the tariff reform propaganda, particularly the complaints…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Handling Wheat. the Bulk System
The Minister of Lands and Agriculture, Mr. Trefle, stated on Wednesday that the Government will lose no time in bringing into operation a comprehensive scheme for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Strike. Buyers Suspend Operations
Although harvesting operations are practically over, the trouble between the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Rural Workers' Union is still serious (says a…
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