A City man Engaged in Dairying
Mr Brown was tired, and disappointment was plainly depleted in his face. Formerly, he had been engaged in mercantile pursuits in…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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Coming Wheat Crop. Minister's Statement
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame has received official reports which show that the areas being prepared for wheat are about equal in extent to that sowa last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Loading at Newcastle
A communication was read at the Newcastle Chamber: of, Commerce yesterday from Mr, W. C. Grahame, .Minister for Agriculture, in reply to a letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments. The Cowra Results
The termination of what might be called the first stage in the Department's cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment farm,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Why Cattle Chew Bones. Reason for Unproductiveness
Mr. F. W. Clarke, who has just arrived from New Zealand, gives an interesting account of some of the difficulties experienced by dairy farmers in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Fob the Man on the Land
These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comlerol" Dairy Herd
A highly important clearing-out sale will be held by Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner, of Singleton, in conjunction with Messrs, Shape and Co., of Quirlandi, at "Comlerol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Wore in England. Women Workers. London
There is a great rush of women applicants for the hay harvestm beginning in a week or fortnight's time. Ten thousand applied to the national Land League for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Dairying. an Analysis of Records. the Only Way
A striking illustration of the fact that the test and scales is the only method of knowing the best cows is shown in some figures recently published from the books of one American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmyard Manure. Presbyterian of Its Value
Here and there in this State arte to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmytyard manure, and who apply it regularly to the land before its qualities have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harvesting crop under DIFFICULTIES
A unique and interesting spectacle was presented recently to the farmers of the Wagga district on Mr J. L. Taylor's farm Uraquiuty. A very heavy…
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. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 265. Agricultural. Lucerne Inoculation. An Experiment
For the successful growing of [?]ucerne the particular requirements of the plant must be fulfilled. Just what these are at Hawkesbury Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Board. Interesting Statistics
Statistics in connection with the work of the Australian Wheat Board were made available on Saturday. To May 31st, total quantity of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting
The twenty-sixth half-yearly meeting of s[?]reholders of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Ltd., was held in the Oddfellows' Hall. Raymond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Progressive Party. Decision of Farmers' Association
At a meeting of the Durham District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, held at Dungog, among the resolutions adopted to be submitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
Schute, Bell and Co., report under date 3rd June:—The sudden and unexpected enforcement of an embargo against shipment of wool to other than British and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming Inventions
Messrs Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General News. High Prices for Good Cattle
Amongst Mr. J. Enright's consignment of fat stock yarded at Campbell's Hill yesterday, were 90 very choice bullocks, on account of Mr. W. H. Abbott, of Dungog…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bank of New South Wales. a Prosperous Half-year. Increase in Business. the Wheat Scheme
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of New South Wales was held yesterday, Mr, ,T. T. Walker, In the, ab-sence, through illness, of the president, Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany's Crops. Vast Acreage
Germany has sown within her own borders the most extensive "acreage" imaginable. Vast as was her "intensive" planting scheme in 1915, preparations for the 1916 crop of wheat, rye,…
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