Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
These notes are issued every week ander the personal supervision of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the…
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Farming & the land, 1924
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Dairy Industry. Plight of Farmers. Preference in Federal House
The plight of dairy farmers, owing to unremunerative returns for produce, was emphasised in the House of Representatives by Mr. Corser (Q.), who,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tobacco Crop. a Batlow Sample Brings 3/-
The British-Australian Tobacco Company recently paid 3/ per lb. for a small, parcel of flue-cured leaf from Mr. H. Tonkin, of Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Market
Australian, Mercantile, Laud, and Finance Company, Ltd., report:—Quietness continues in the local market. Although a fair demand has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pastoral. Fat Land Raising Departmental Experiments
For a number of years the Department of Agriculture has been demonstrating at different experiment firms in the wheat belt what a profitable…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cattle Export. Bounty on Live Stock
In the House of Representatives, the Minister for Customs moved the second rending of the bill authorising the payment of 10s a head to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Killed. Through Derailment of Train
As a result of the derailment of 13 trucks of a train two miles on the Peak Hill side of Alectown, a number of rams, consigned to Bourke were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Prospects. Higher Prices Assured
Advices received in Melbourne commercial circles indicate the probability, of a boom in wheat as wheat, prices in Chicago had made further advance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Declared "Black." Wheat Steamer Held Up
The steamer Waimarino, loading wheat, is hung up at Wallaroo (S.A.) in consequence of a dispute. The agents of the vessel notified the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Butter Trade. Companies Amalgamate. London, July 25
An amalgamation of considerable importance to the butter trade is announced. The Home and Colonial Stores, Limited, has acquired a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Girl Drinks Sheep Dip (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Mona Hilliary drank some sheep dip at her home at Kawl Kawl, near Murgon (Q.), and died shortly afterwards. It is alleged she was depressed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Saleyards. Cattle at Waratah Abattoirs. Newcastle Comment Answered
An effort is being made by the Newcastle District Abbatoir, Board to boost the saleyards at Waratah, and in that connection statements…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Higher Prices. American Market. Cotton and Wheat. New York, July 28
The rise in prices of farm products continues unabated, Cotton increased 22 dollars per bale representing a rise of 220 points over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Wheat. Canada's Uncertainty. Sharp Fall at Chicago. New York, July 24
Wheat prices at Chicago which luring the past week had been sharpy in the ascendant, suddenly dropped overnight. because of conflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm Planning. Reducing Operating Costs
The lay-out of a farm, as pointed out in these notes last week, has a very definite relation to the cost of production. A number of factors…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Planning. Economical Production
Successful farming largely resolves itself into a question of reducing the cost of production to the lowest possible point, and the economical working of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sugar Crop. Record for Queensland. Fruit and Cotton
An excellent season, following a dry period combined with the fact that the acreage under cane has been rapidly increased, will probably result…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →More Immigrants. Domestics and Farm Apprentices
More immigrants reached Sydney today by the steamer Jervis Bay. Among the number were 32 nominated passengers. 32 girls for domestic…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Attendant Assaulted. at Gosford Farm Home
A serious assault is reported from the Gosford Farm Home for Boys, where it is alleged, one of the attendants was knocked down by an inmate…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Juvenile Migrants. Apprenticed to Farmers
Mr. Wearne, deputy leader of the Government, replying to Mr. Baddeley in the House of Representatives said he had ascertained that the…
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