Cowpeas. a Crop of Varied Usefulness
Increasing attention is being directed to the cowpea as a summer-growing annual that is likely to be useful in various ways. It first came into use in New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1914
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Seed Testing for Farmers
The Department of Agriculture is prepared to test vegetable and farm crop seeds for farmers. Reports will be given stating the germination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Co.'s Subscription
The £50 down on the patriotic list as a donation from the shareholders and suppliers of the Cessnock Co-operative Dairy Co., is what…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat in Germany
The "Financial Times" states that wheat in Germany is selling at 120/3¼ per quarter compared with 44/ in Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Siberian Butter. London, Friday evening
There are prospects of shipments of Siberian butter to England from Anchangrel, British warships guaranteeing the safety of the route if Russia removes the prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patriotic Pastoralists. Donations of Money and Sheep
The Pastoralists' Union, has received the following further amounts on account of the Pastoralists' war fund:— Amounts previously acknowledged, £760;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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. Aenford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Reports Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report
The disposal of wool is at a standstill apart from a very limited inquiry on local account. Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, state that nothing much can be done as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Sold by Auction. Remarkable Price Secured
Mr A. Caple, of Derra Derra, Bingara, recently consigned a truck of prime wheat to Sydney. The truck was offered by, Dalgety and Co. to a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Freights. Additional Payments of £500,000
At a largely-attended meeting of the council of the Pastoralists' Union, held on Wednesday, the president, Mr. Philip Oakden, being in the chair, the proposals of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seed Testing for Farmers
The Department of Agriculture is prepared to test vegetable and farm crop seeds for farmers. Reports will be given stating the germination…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cowpeas. a Crop of Varied 'Usefulness
Increasing attention is being directed to the cowpea as a summer-growing annual that is likely to be useful in various ways. It first came into use in New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Power on the Farm
What a blessing the Oil Engine has proved to the "Man on the Land," with the numerous duties to which he can put his Engine. and what a labour-saver it has proved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DAIRYING. First Grade Cream. Clear-cut Issues
In those days it sounds somewhat superfluous to say, as does Professor Guthrie, of Cornell University, U.S.A., in a recent pamphlet, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting. Payment of Dividend Deferred
The fifteenth half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, the chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Federal Elections
The citizens of the State will becalled upon to elect a new House of Representatives as well as a new Senato on September 5th. I wish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Inventions
Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, ney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Policy of Butter Factories
Mr. E. D Meares brought before the co-operative dairy factories' conference in Sydney last week the delicate question of the maintenance…
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