Pastoral. Sheep for the Coast. Romney Marsh Cross
A farmer who had purchased a small flock of crossbrod sheep (Shropshiremerino cross) with the intention of trying them on one of the rivers of the…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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Record Wheat Crops
Sydney, Friday.—A record wheat crop is being harvested at Grenfell and Cooma…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Butter. Reduced By Commission
Butter merchants appeared before the Necessary Commodities Commission on Thursday, a call having been made upon them to show cause why the price…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Export of Butter. Embargo Still Obtains
The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) states that the recent rains had not been so satisfactory in the dairying districts of Queensland and New South Wales as the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Losses. Damaged by Rain
Serious losses of wheat are likely to occur owing to the fact that the State Railway commissioners are unable to supply tarpaulins to cover the trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Freightage. Trouble Among Loaders
Speaking of the obtaining of freightage for wheat, Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, said that the Advisory Council had met on Thursday in conference with the Commonwealth…
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. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Deal. Britain and France Takes Supplies
The deal between the Commonwealth Government and the Governments of Great Britain and France for the sale of 200,000 tons of Australian wheat is stated to involve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AGRICULTURAL. Wheat-Breeding. What Is Meant by Selection
Selection is sometimes understood to mean the use' of graded seed or plump well-developed instead of pinched grain, but the Plant Breeder of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. That Is Meant by Selection
Section is sometimes understood to the use of graded seed or plump weil[?] instead of pinched grain, but the breeder of the Department of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court. Thursday, December 30. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnut, P.m.) Charge of Cattle Stealing
A young man named Walter Reeves was charged with having, at Rothbury, stolen three steers, valued at £32, the property of Reginald W. Baker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervisio of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 243. Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. What is Meant by Selection
Selection is sometimes understood to mean the use of graded seed or plump well-developed instead of pinched grain, but the Plant Breeder of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seasonable Dairy Utensils
This being the season when dairy utensils are in such demand, we have pleasure in intimating that we have ample stocks of Milk and Cream Cans in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export of Wheat. Victoria's Position
Referring to the shortage of shipping for the despatch of wheat to Great Britain in February and March. Mr. Hagelthorn, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Cattle Losses. Prices Likely to Keep Up
Mr Sidney Kidman, the great cattle breeder, has expressed the opinion that it will be some time before there is anything like c[?] meat in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farms for Soldiers. Clearing the Land
The working bee inaugurated by Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., for the purpose of clearing land for soldiers at French's Forest, near Manly, had a successful start on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney
Maize, prime yellow, 6/ per [?] white 5/10. Millet, prime long, £40 [?] ton; inferior, £35. Potatoes, Bismar[?] £17 per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stroud Cattle Sale
Mr. Thos, Carlton will offer at auction at Stroud yards on Thursday next, 500 head of cattle, comprising steers, cows, and heifers. The sale will commence at 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Newcastle, are in receipt of the following cable from their London office in respect to the abovenamed:—Woll sales closed highest point for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Herd by Auction
Attention is directed to the advertisement of Mr. C. Murray appearaing in this issue giving particulars of 23s dairy cows to be 12th instant, commencing at 10 a.m. Sharp…
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