Quitting Farms. Drudgery a Reason
There is foundation for serious thought in the contention of Miss Mabel C. Williams, of Memphis, that the "drift to the city" is due primarily to the desire of housewives…
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Farming & the land, 1914
1,713 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 86
Dairy Herd Sale
Simpson and Co., report:—In conjunction with Messrs. R. and N. Lochhead we held a most successful clearance sale of Mr. S. H. Dight's dairy herd in the Scone yards on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Tweed River Herd-testing Association. the Second Prize Herd
In connection with an account of the Tweed River Agricultural. Society's efforts to encou[?]ge herd-testing within its district, we made some references a few weeks ago to Mr. J. T…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wheat Market
The Sydney wheat market was less excited today, the reason being due to majority of buyers deciding to operate with extreme caution. Many shippers declined to operate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Market. Chicago July, 31
Armour and Company aided freely with any cash required over 70 firms involved in the threatened wheat trade panle, and not a single failure is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Successful Prison Farm
Reports from Leesburg, New Jersey, U.S.A. where a prison farm has been established, point to the success of what must be regarded as a most sensible experiment. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Farms. Canadian Expert Coming Vancouver, Aug. 1
Dr. G. C. Crochman, principal of the Ontario Agricultural College, is on route to New Zealand and Australia. When interviewed he said he wanted to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Sale Yards
A large number of people assembled at the sale of the sale yard property belonging to the firm of Carlton and Abbott, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Engines for Farms and Estates. Reprinted from the London "Times," 27th Feb., 1914
The oil engine has become almost ubiquitous, largely as a result of the high degree of reliability combined with great simplicity which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market
The Sydney wheat market opened with a absence of private cables as to the values of Australian cargoes off the British Court New South Wales old grain on the spots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Wheat and Flour. Prohibition Advocated
The limited quantities of breadstuffs available in New South Wales are causing great concern to wholesale mer- chants in Sydney. Many of them on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Schule, Bell & Co., Ltd., report under date 3rd August:-At last week's wool sales competition was very irregular, being confined to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 170…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Saving Moisture for Wheat. Some Cases in Point
It is not many weeks since the [?]ly Notes'' were urging upon the attention of wheat farmers the importance of following as a method of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Farming Practical Encouragement
Mr Alex. Hay of Coolangatta, has taken a practical step in the way of encouraging good farming methods amongst young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Encouraging Youthful Farmers
The Canadian Bankers' Association at Winnipeg has offered to contribute the sum of £200 in prizes at the Manitoba Winter Fair, which will be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PASTORAL. Crossbreeding Experiments with Sheep. Body and Fleece Weights
"The idea of catering for specific demands with special breeds or crosses has, so fax, not attracted the attention of those engaged in the mutton, and…
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