Bush Fires. Wheat Crops Restroyed
About 600 acres of wheat crops were destroyed by fire on Wednesday at Daysdale, near Berrigan. The outbreak occurred in the stubble paddock of Bay Bros., and also…
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Farming & the land, 1917
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Special Cattle Sale
A special cattle sale will be conducted at Tenterlield on Thursday next by Messrs. Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., of Singleton, and Mr. Harold Curry, of Tenterfield, when…
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Messrs. Garvin and Cousens, Ltd., will offer at a auction Tamworth yards Friday next, 1500 head of store cattle, which will be drafted in lots to suit purchasers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale
Mr. R. A. Elkin will conduct a special cattle sale at his yards, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, when 400 head of mixed cattle, springers, Durham steers and helfers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General News. Muswellbrook Cattle Sale
Messrs. Edward illgins, Parkinson and Co, will offer at Action at Muswellbrook yards on Tuesday, 16th instant, 1400 head of store cattle. Particular will be found in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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. 297…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry. Goose Farming. Hatching and Rearing
Goose eggs take 28 to 32 days to hatch, and occasionally 34 days. The eggs can be hatched under ordinary hens, giving them three to five eggs each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. the Yellow Color. Cows that Store up Carotin
Experiments conducted at the Missouri station, U.S.A., have shown that the color of cream mid butter due to carotin, a yellow coloring matter that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Sales
Particulars of the following cattle sales will be found in our advertising columns:— 3.10 head to be sold at Muswellbrook on tuesday. January 28, at 2 p.m., by percy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sheep Fly
Every householder knows the attraction which boiled cabbages have for flies, and this, reports "Farmer and Settler," is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep-fly Prevention
In reporting upon the sheep-fly pest the Jerilderie stock inspector states that the general experience seems to indicate that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Growing
The civilised world mainly depends for its subsistence on the wheat crop. Certainly the Empire and the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Butter Quality. the New Cream-grading Conditions
In an interesting little table the Dairy Expert sets out the quantity of butter of each grade that was manufactured during July, August and September of this year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Special Cattle Sale at Tamworth
As will be seen in our advertising columns, Garvin and Cousens, Ltd., are holding a special cattle sale at Tarnworth on Friday, 19th January, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damaging Wheat. Minister's Statement
Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, has received various reports from the State' Wheat Office that maliclous damage has been caused to wheat stacks throughout the State…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →English Butter and Cheese Market. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night
In the butter market, Danish was firm at 216/ to 218/. Heavy arrivals of colonial depressed the market. Choicest Australian salted brought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. For the on the Land. These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 207. Agricultural. the Potato Crop. Keep Cultivating Implements Going
Provided the land is kept well cultivated during the next two or three months, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in practically all districts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. the Yellow Color. Cows that Store up Carotin
Experiments conducted at the Missouri station, U.S.A., have shown that tho color of eream and butter due to carotin, a yellow coloring matter that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry. Goose Farming. Hatching and Rearing
Goose eggs take 28 to 32 days to batch, and occasionally 34 days. The eggs can be hatched under ordinary hens, giving them three to five eggs each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry. Goose Farming
Goose eggs take 28 to 32 days to hatch, and occaslonally 34 days. The eggs can he hatched under ordinary hens, giving them three to five eggs each according to the size…
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