Dairying. the Mechanical Milker and the Cow
It is impossible for a person to harmonize the milking machine and its work unless he knows that kind of work the machine has to [?] The operator must understand that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1918
1,370 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 69
The Farm Girls. Turning England Into Food
What they were before the war I do not know. They belonged, one imagines, to the great company of prettily dressed, pleasant girls who throng all our cities, drifting from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Live Stock. Barbed Wire Cuts. Some Suggestions for Farmers
Unsightly scars, the results of barbed wire cuts, materially depreciate the value of colts and horses when the time comes for them to be sold. These scars perhaps seldom impair…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →German Prisoners. Working on Englishs Farms
London, Wednesday.—The "Manchester Guardian says the authorities are bringing German prisoners from France to work on farms in the south of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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. 351. Agricultural. Harvesting Oats Tor Hay. To Get a Choice Sample
Some practical points on making Algerian oats into hay were put before the Cotta Walla branch of the Agricultural Bureau by Mr. G. W. Butt at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Cattle Sale
Messrs. Elkin and Eales will offer at auction at their yards, Raymond Terrace, tomorrow (Tuesday), 300 head of fat and store cattle, springers, etc. Motor cars will meet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Butter Factory. Near Taree
The tender of the Standard Waygood, Hercules, Limited, of Hay-street, Sydney has been accepted for the erection, of a new butter factory for the Upper Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in Wheat Crops. Farmers' Heavy Losses
Two bush fires occurred in the Forbes district during last week. On Mr Jas. Henderson's property, 65 acres of standing crop, which was giving bass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Big Butter Record
This season some splendid butter records are reported from various centres of the Richmond River district. While there is abundant feed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat or Meat
The conference of primary producers, adjourned at Parliament House last week, was continued at the Education Buildings in Sydney yesterday. The meeting was convened by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat for Britain. Senator Gardiner's Comments
Senator Gardiner commented on the cabled report of the message of Lord Rhondda, British Food Controller, to Mr. Hoover, the American Food Controller, in which the former declared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
Those 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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Henry Ford's New Motor Tractor. Revolution in Farm Work. (To the Editor.)
TWENTY-FOUR years ago Henry Ford, of Detroit, U.S.A., built his first motor car. He now turns out 3000 cars a day, employs a staff, of 41,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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 →DAIRYING. The Mechanical Milker. and the Cow
It is impossible for a person to harmonize the milking machine and its work unless he knows what kind of work the machine has to do. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City of Cork. Cattle and Sheep on Board. 24 Persons Rescued. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night
The steamer City of Cork carried 42 passengers and crew and 400 cattle and 1000 sheep. The force of the impact was seen to raise the vessel out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Store Cattle Sales
Particulars are advertised in this issue of store cattle sales to be held as follow:—1200 head at Tenterfield on Thursday next, by Grainger and Falkiner and Mr. Harold Curry, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market
The Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Co., Ltd., report January 30:—The appraising was continued last week, the sixth round of appraisements…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Wheat Tests
The two varieties of wheat tested in the Department of Agriculture's plots on the farm of Mr. R. O. Eulenstoin, Graecoate, Henry, yielded from seven bushels 45lb to 14 bushels 52lb per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meat or Wheat
Just now a controversy is proceeding between the wheat growers and the Minister for Agriculture as to whether it is best policy to grow meat in lieu of…
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