Rotation of Crops. and the Effect on Fertility
Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…
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Farming & the land, 1917
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AGRICULTURAL. The Changes Effected by Fallowing. a Farmer's Statement
A paper on the soil and the changes effected by fallowing was read by Mr James Selwood at a 'meeting of the Springside branch of the Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hurricane in England. Food Crops Damaged
London, Wednesday.—A hurricane, which sometimes attained a strength of 100 miles an hour, swept the South of England and Wales for 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Food Control. Butter Prices. London
The Food Controller prescribes that after September 8 a maker shall not sell butter at a profit exceeding 7/6 a hundredweight. The retailers' profit is limited to 2½d per lb. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers' Produce Markets. Sales in Sydney. Sydney
There were no Tasmanian potatoes on the market to-day, but fairly adequate supplied of Victoria and local centres were forward, for which £4 to £8 per ton were the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Produce Markets Sales in Sydney. Sydney
In Sussex-street to-day maize was quiet at ½ and 4/3 per bushel. Potatoes £4/10/ to £8 per ton; choice to £9. Milletts £10 to £15 per ton. scarce…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control Wheat Exports. Washington
The United States Board of Exports Council has shut down on shipments of wheat to any country contiguous to Germany. No neural countries will get wheat before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Handling Storage Wheat. Rates of Pay Fixed
Judgment, was given by .Mr. Justice Heydon in theo State Industrial Court in the Minister for Labour and Industry for the settlement of conditions of all persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Act Prosecution
At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Frank Wigan, Dairy Inspector, proceeded against A. C. Forrester for that he, being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Houston's Herd of Dairy Cattle
On Friday next, 14th inst., Mr. John Houston's champion herd of milking Durhams, together with the dairy and farming plants, horses, pigs and young stock, will be offered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market
The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report 5th September:—Shearing is now in progress in some of the earlier shearing districts, and we learn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale
Mr. R. A. Elkin will offer at auction, at his yards, Raymond Terrace, on Tuesday next, 150 head of fat cattle, springers, and stores, on account of local owners…
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. 331…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Wheat Transaction. Appeal to High Court
Judgment was delivered in the High Court at Darlinghurst, in the case Gelling v. Crospin and another. At the trial plaintiff recovered a formal verdict for £3328, but the Supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Roumanian Peril. Farmine Feared. London
The "Times" states that the Germans retrained, from forcing a passage of the Dvina previous to this summer because they hoped that the Stockholm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control Wheat Exports. "Washington
The United States Board of Exports Council has shut down on shipments of wheat to any country contiguous to Germany. No neutral countries will get wheat before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Food Control. Butter Prides. London
The Food Controller prescribes that [?] September 3 a maker shall not sell butter at a profit exceeding 7/6 a hundredweight. The retailers' profit is limited to 2½ per lb. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairying the Spineless Cactus. Food for Stock
Recent American flies contain a statement supplied to certain newspapers by Prof. Woll, of the University of California, on the subject of feeding spineless cactus to milking…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Act Prosecution
At the West Maitland Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Frank Wigan, Dairy Inspector, proceeded against A. C. Forrester for that he, being…
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