Butter. Shortage Threatened
New South Wales is face to face with another butter famine. For weeks past there has been no rain on the North Coast, and bush fires have been raging throughout the…
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Farming & the land, 1915
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Express Collides with Cattle
Passengers by, the Limited Express had a sensational experience at 1 a.m. on Thursday. The train was coming through to Sydney, and when slowing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Butter. Government Restrictions
Explaining his action in prohibiting the export of butter, Mr. Tudor, Minster for Customs stated Hint two-thirds of the butter produced in an ordinary season in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle on the Line. Express Delayed
An accident occurred to the limited express early on thursday Morning near Kootingal. This train runs through without many stops from Wallngarra to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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 8 →The Wheat Harvest. Satisfactory Financial a Arrangements
Reference was made on Wednesday by Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, to the Federal Government scheme with regard to the wheat harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Price of Butter. Increase From Thursday. Sydney
A request for an increase of 1d per lb. in the wholesale price of butter was placed before the Necessary Commodities Commision this morning. It was urged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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. 239. Agricultural. Malting Barley. The Objections Urged by Farmers
Of the drawbacks attached to barley-growing, the chief is the fluctuation in price. Just as with other crops, a full supply depresses values, but the market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Practical Irrigation Farming. The Use and Misuse of Water
That a farm may be irrigated successfully and without subsequent harm to the soil, it is necessary, says the officer from whose articles on the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Golden Grove Farm
A rich agricultural form at Golden Grove, Largs, containing about 18 acres, will be offered at auction, at Campbell's Hill, on Monday next, by Mr. J. Enright. The land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Working the Fallow. a Farmer's Paper
The working of the fallow so as to preserve the loose surface that conserves mesture is something that formers cannot afford to neglect during the hot day weather that must…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AGRICULTURAL. Malting Barley. the Objections Urged by Farmers
Of the drawbacks attached to barleygrowing, the chief is the fluctuation in price. Just as with other crops, a full supply depresses values, but the market…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Farmers. Co-operative Association
A meeting of the Cessnock Farmers' Co-operative Association was held at Attwater's sample rooms on Saturday. Mr. W. Woodbury was voted to the chair. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the Co-operative sales yesterday, 10 bales on account R. P. Abbott, Barsham, Blandford, sold at 17¾d, 9 at 17¼d, 9 at 16½d, 24 at 16¼d, 10 at 16d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Matter. How Does It Stand ?
Much confusion prevails as to the real position of wheat-growers in view of the proposal of the State and Federal Governments to "pool"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Crop of Industrial Disputes. Settlements in Most Cases
IN reply to a telegram sent to the Prime Minister, asking him to remove the conduit workers from the jurisdiction of the Public Service, Commissioner Hughes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export of Butter. Embargo Still Applies
The Minister of Customs (Mr. Tudor) is determined not to allow the export of butter until Australian requirements are fully supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Sold for Wooneed Soldiers' Fund
At Werris Creek recently seven, prime heavy weight bullocks were found by the local police to be without an owner. They were impounded, and an endeavour made to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →King's Prize Cattle. London. Dec. 6
King George received a piece of plate, valued at 100 guineas, for the champion beats at the Smithfield cattle show—the SEhorthorn heifer Windsor Gem : also a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dread Drought. Terrible Ravages in Queensland. Charleville to Wallangarra. No Crops or Feed. (Tamworth "Observer," Decr., 4.)
The terrible drought that is at present and has for the past five years been raging in Queensland, can scarcely be believed unless by actual…
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