Maize as a Cover Crop
A farmer wrote the Department stating that he thought of planting maize and then sowing grass over the ground, and asking would it do any…
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Farming & the land, 1915
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Just a Note from the Bush. Read Carefully. Daisy Flat Farm, Guyra
Mr. J. E. Howland— Dear Sir,— In answer to your memo. of the 25th Nov., requesting me to give you results of treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Butter Market
Turning to the local position, it is clear that high prices for beef, together with the effects of the drought in Victoria must reduce the number of dairy cattle in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Butter Famine
Residents of almost every suburb of Sydney will be forced to live without butter during the next few days, as Sussex-street merchants this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Store Cattle Sale
Messrs. H. York and Son will offer by public auction at this shire yards, Singleton, on Wednesday next, 400 head of store cattle, comprising well-bred steers and bullocks of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Value of Cattle
The value of cattle is another material factor in the welfare of thedairy-farmer, and here, too, the outlook is satisfactory. Cows that a couple of years ago were only…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Store Cattle Sale Postponed
Mr. J. Enright announces that the 300 Durham store bullocks, advertised to be sold on account of Sir. P. Hayes, on Tuesday next at Campbell's Mill yards, will not be forward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Harrison, Jones and Devlin offered on Thursday 2193 bales. The market was very strong for good free wools, but burry descriptions were difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Position As to Export Butter
The future of the butter industry it is more difficult to forecast. It was owing to depression following a European war that margerine was first produced, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Food Shortage. Butter and Weat
For the first time in Sydney Sussex-street merchants did not have a single box of butter to offer yesterday. Not even during the great drought of 1902 did such a state of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increased Prices. Butter, Bran and Pollard
In creased prices for butter, bran, and pollard may now be charged. This decision was arrived at by the Executive co[?]cil on Friday, on the recommendation of the Necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Loss of Sheep. Snowed In
Since June 3rd. 26,000 sheep, which passed through Cooma for the mountain country have been returned to Wagga, Hay. Carr[?]thool, and Narrander[?] districts. Many of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →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 →Agricultural. Bluestoning Wheat. and the Value of Limewater
In connection with the experiments of the Department to determine the most suitable fungicide to apply to wheat seed to prevent infection by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hay Crop Seized
The German military autherits have seized the entire hay crop of Belgum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maize As a Cover Crop for Grass
"I have been thinking of planting maize and then sowing gross seed over the ground. Would this do any harm to the crass, or would it be benefited by being shaded?"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairying. Future of the Industry. a Review
What effect will the present European war have upon the dairying industry? To this question the dairy expert of the Department of Agriculture addresses…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are Issued every week. under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 216. Agricultural. Notes Fob Maize-growers. Early Ploughing as an Insurance
"The time is at hand when those farmers who each year plant a given area of their farms with maize, should devote their attention to the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indian Wheat. Purchases by Britain. London, June 27
A writer in the "Observer" says the deal in Indian wheat by the Government has been remarkably successful. The shipments to Britain have been virtually only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Famine. Unprecedented Position
The present scarcity of butter, unprecedented in the history of the State, has been receiving the serious consideration of the State Government. The Attorney-General, as the…
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