Stud Cattle
Sydney Show this year has seen many stud cattle change hands, and this district has been enriched by several aristocratic bread beasts…
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Farming & the land, 1915
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Boom in Butter
The total entries in the section was 330, which exceeds the Society's previous best record. Tho butter classes were responsible for the increase, there…
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The successful competitor was the Alstonvile Co-operative Refrigerating Company, with 94 points, the Ullahulla Butter Company, Ltd., second with…
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In former years provision was made in the schedule of prizes for fat merino sheep, but they have been dropped out and only British breeds and crossbreds…
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report—London March wool sales closed with best merinos 5 per cent., medium 5 to 7½ per cent., and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Government Wheat. Work at Woodlands
Twenty-seven thousand acres of timbered country cleared ready for the plough by 400 men in three months. This is the record of operations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the W. G. Ashford. M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based [?]ly on the experience of the Department. No.205…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 205…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irrigation Farm Exhibit
The Model Irrigation Farm Exhibit was prepared in order to give those interested in irrigated agriculture some idea of laying out and preparing a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Just a Note from the Bush. Read Carefully. Daisy Flat Farm, Guyra
Mr. J. E. Howland— Dear Sir.—In answer to your memo of thr 25th Nov., requesting me to give you results of treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Butter. Minister's Proposals
The trouble in the butter trade over the export of butter to other States where the price is higher than that fixed by the Government upon the recommendation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural. Sowing the Wheat
Asked for a few seasonable hints on the sowing of a wheat crop, the Chief Inspector made the remark that one of the most important things to which the farmer could…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Withholding Wheat. Serious Temporary Inconvenience
"It is very clear," said Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General, "that a very large percentage of last year's crop has not yet been delivered to the Government. The result…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seed Wheat. Delay in Distribution
The Minister of Lands (Mr. Ashford) stated on Friday that 5321 applications had been received from necessitous farmers for 578,460 bushels of seed wheat and 16,397 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Butter. Action by the Government
The action of the butter merchants in increasing the price of best brands of butter to 130/ per cwt. has had the effect of causing the Government, on the recommendation…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Abattoirs Opened. Sheep Sold for £701
The new abattoirs at Homebush were officially opened on Wednesday by the Premier, Mr Holman, in the presence of a large gathering. Mr. Holman said…
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. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weevily Seed Wheat. Can It Be Used?
We have some clean seed wheat stored in a shed that has this year become infested with weevils. The seed wheat now has some weevil in. Can it be treated and used…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Butter Trade. Interview with Mr Hall. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Representatives of the butter trade interests had a conference with Mr Hall, Attorney-General, this morning. The meeting was private, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pigs and Pork. Pig-raising and Dairying
"Bacon has taken an important place in the industries of this State, and as most, of the pigs required to make this bacon are raised in conjunction with dairying, it…
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