Government Wheat. Not Planting for Profit
IT is not the intention of the Government to plant wheat with the object of making it a business undertaking and reap a profit. The…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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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. A[?]ford, minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 182…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Encourage Wheat Production. the Minister's Proposals
Speaking at the Country Press Association's picnic at Vaucluse, on Saturday last, Mr. Ashford, in unfolding his proposals for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Storm at Orange. Orchards and Crops Damaged
A terrific hall and thunder storm broke over the town and district if Orange about noon Wednesday. The wind blow strongly, enveloping the town in clouds of dust. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Sporting News. Tips for To-morrow. Warwick Farm Meeting
"Early Bird's" tips for the meeting at Warwick Farm to-morrow are:— Junipers' Flat Race.—Demand, Ruebell, Colbine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crop Prospects
The district generally is smiling under the beneficent influence of the recent splendid rainfall, and prospects, except with regard to the potato harvest, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Live Stock. the Working Horse. Suggestions by Practical Farmers
Two useful papers on the subject of the farm horse were read at a recent meeting of the Coradgery branch of the Agricultural Bureau, and some of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closer Settlement Farms G.S.B. Calls for Tenders
The N.S.W. Lands Department has gazetted on behalf of the Savings Band Commissioners eight closer settlement farms, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Special Cattle Sale
A special cattle sale will be held at Scone yards on Friday, November 13, by Messrs. J. A. Simpson and Co., when 700 head of good quality bullocks, steers, cows, and cows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Method of Preserving Butter
I have lately, been asked to give the following recipe for curing butter with sugar, as a substitute for salt. It will keep for months, even for years, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Additional Wheat Area. Ottawa
The autumn wheat area in Ontario has been increased by one million acres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supplies of Wheat. Attorney-general Explains
The Attorney-General (Mr. Hall) made reference on Tuesday afternoon to a complaint that difficulty is experienced in securing supplies of wheat at the price fixed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Ships Arrive. London. Oct. 22
The barque Mi[?]field, which left Port Lincoln on May 11 with 26.206 bushels of wheat and the barque Pinmore, which left Port Victoria on June 3 with 44,043 bushels of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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 of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two-story Farming... European Scheme. Pigs and Root Crops
The story of how farmers in Franco, Italy, and Spain grow two crops at once on the same land is told under this heading in the Century Magazine by J. Russell smith. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainy on the experience of the Department. No. 182. Agricultural. the Demonstration Area. Bathurst Experiment Farm
The fifth annual report of the demonstration area at Bathurst experiment farm discloses a substantial profit of £2 4s. 4d. per acre for the year 1913…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Live Stock. the Working Horse. Suggestions by Practical Farmers
Two useful papers on the subject of the farm horse were read at a recent meeting of the Coradgery branch of the Agricultural Bureau, and some of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming Reforms
Our Government agricultural exports are constantly urging fanners to adopt methods, that have been found by thorough scientific inquiry to be most suitable and profitable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Modern Dairying
The drudgery which at one time was associated with dairying is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Just as machinery in many other instances has come to man's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairying. Sour Skimmilk for Calves
Experiments carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture. Indicate that in summer calves make as rapid gains on sour skimmilk as on sweet, though…
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