A Farmer's Poultry Plant
The average farmer has not always time to devote to poultry breeding, but as there are fowls on most farms, and foxes also, a short description of a farmer's yards and…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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Dairying. Conservation of Fodder
One practical result of the Department's advice to farmers on the subject of conservation of fodder has been furnished this season by a farmer on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aids to Agriculture. Advice From Experts. for the Man on the Land. Good Cultivation. North Coast Maize Crops
Discussing the progress of his work and the valuable object lessons that are being provided by the farmers' experiment plots in his district, the inspector for the North…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairying. Herd Testing
The extent to which herd testing has benefited the dairy' industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than in simple statistics. It was in that country (a bulletin of the…
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Milling wheat, Reuben Smith, 1; R. Moss, 2. Oats, G. and P. Ernst, 1. Cape barley, G. and P. Ernst, 1 and 2. Cobs maize, small variety (light), G. and P…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Store Cattle Sale
At the Maitland yards, on Friday next, Mr. J. Enright will offer at auction 1000 head of mixed store cattle, by rail and road from Taree, Wingham, Mt. George, Eskdale,…
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Tindale and Co. report yarding at their special sale on Tuesday last, 28th April, 1400 head, and scold all but 10 cows. The yarding was very mixed, being made up of old to…
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Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmers' Bulletin
A must useful farmers' bulletin on "Fences and fencing" has been issued by the Department of Agriculture. It coverthirty pages of descriptive mutter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Branxton Dairymen. Co-operation
A meeting of the dairymen of Branxton and district, convened by Mr. Harrigan with a view to forming a co-operative society, was held in the Branxton School of…
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Complaints have frequently been made concerning the system which obtains in Singleton of drivings cattle promiscuously through the streets, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Keep Butter for a Length of Time
Melt the butter in well-glazed earthen pans at a heat not exceeding 180 deg. Fahr., in a water bath, and keep it heated, skimming it from time to time until the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 157…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experiment Farm Refused
It is not often a Minister, in offering an experiment farm to a district, has it voted out by residents by 47 votes to 32. Yet this was the resident of the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Limited. Factory Report for April, 1914
The bulk of the cream now received is of good quality, and with cooler weather conditions, and if separated to not higher than a 36 to 40 test, can be handled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawkesbusy Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers
Arrangements have been made for the 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences
According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers
Arrangements have been made for the 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June,…
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