Experimental Farms
Every now and again a controversy crops up with regard to the Government experimental farms, and the absurd claim is made that to be…
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Farming & the land, 1924
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Hygienic Dairy Utensils
Cleanliness is inseparably connected with the operations of the dairy, and it is not advisable to be negligent in this respect, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Almond Brand Butter
It is announced that the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd., have been appointed sole distributing agents for the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Fall in Butter
At its meeting in Sydney on Wednesday the Butter Advisory Committee considered the position of the local market in the light of the drop in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying. Winter Fodder Crops. a Profitable Investment for the Dairy Farmer
The great value of fodder crops to the dairy-farmer in the winter and early spring might lend one to expect that every farmer would have…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bowman's Creek Wool
Mr Allan Ball's "Grenell" wool clip, from Bowman's Creek, attracted keen competition at Wineheombe Carson's Sydney-sale last Tuesday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beef and Butter Australia Suffers
Mr J. S. Bryce Beard, of Katoomba, a retired pastoralist, who, with his wife, returned by the Ulysses on' Thursday from a 12 months' trip…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Position. Production Increasing. Brighter Prospects
The position in New South Wales dairy centres continues favourable. The good rainfalls recorded last week will further improve prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Commercial. Sydney Wool Auctions
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—At our sale on 13th instant, we submitted 4,923 bales which proved a particularly attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Diseased Cattle Slaughtered Scandalous State of Affairs
At the Chelsea (Vic.) Police Court sickening revelations were made during the hearing of a charge against George Davis, dairyman, of neglecting to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Claims. Auditor-general's Finding. Justifies Government Action
The action of the Government in paying £549,214 to the 1916-17 Wheat Pool account has been justified by the report of Mr. F. A. Coghlan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Delivery of Milk. Dairymen Prosecuted
Before Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday, James Moylan was proceeded against by J. G. R. Bocking, an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Empire Migration. Farming Successes. London, Feb. 12
Mr. J. B. Colebatch, Agent-General for Western Australia lecturing at the Colonial Institute on group settlement, said that, with few…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cotton Crops. Insect Pests
The following report by Mr. W. B. Gurney, Government Entomologist, has been received by Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Herd Aristocrats. Tales of the Test. Spurs to Excellence
It is to be hoped that our dairymen take an interest in the reports that are published month by month by the dairy branch of the Department of Agriculture of the tests of pure-bred cows for yields of milk and butter fat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairying Industry
We are proud of the fact that for forty years we have virtually been a part of our great dairying industry, and that our interests are so closely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Live Stock. Ophthalmia in Stock. Warning to Farmers
In view of the extensive occurrence of ophthalmia among stock this season, stock-owners are warned to keep a look-out for the trouble,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales
The yarding was rather below normal at the Alexandria market yesterday. An unusual feature was the arrival of a truck of jam melons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Sales. Sheep Firm, Cattle Better. Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson and Co,, report.—Cattle: 2,200 yarded, the bulk plain and medium quality. The market opened bettor. Sheep: 13,000 penned, the bulk medium and useful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Californian Cattle. Disease Quarantine New York, Feb, 23
The Department of Agriculture in Washington has declared quarantine, on account of foot and mount Disease in Alameda,…
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