Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These notes are issued every week by direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
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Farming & the land, 1928
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Effect of Top-dressing on Wool
Though there can be no question as to the added feeding value to top-dressed pastures, writes the Sheep and Wool Expert of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Sales. London Values. Unchanged. London, May 10
At the wool sales 7100 bales were offered 4380 being Australian. It was a miscellaneous selection, all classes being represented, with good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural. Humus Content and Soil Fertility In Relation to Wheat Production
By what means can the wheat grower guard against a dangerous depletion of the humus content of his soil? Space was given in these notes last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairying. Second Grade Cream. Some Contributory Causes
Most of the troubles in milk and cream are caused by organisms closely associated with cow manure. Milk in the udder of a healthy cow in normal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rural School Notes. Flowers at School Farm
At the Presbyterian fair we saw a grand collection of chrysanthemums. These wonderful blooms were the result of special attention. Scientific…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Markets. Alexandria Sales
No auctions were concluded in the forage section at Alexandria owing to the paucity of buyers, and sales registered by private treaty showed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sale of Farms
Mr. W. N. Dann reports having sold for Mr. J. G. McCarthy, at Allandale, 146-acre dairy farm; for exors. in estate late Geo. Walker, dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fur Farming Inquiry Concludes Sydney
Giving evidence before the Fur Farming Committee, Mr. S. M. Tout, Secretary to the Forestry Commission, said that so long as the forests were not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Factory Manager
Mr. George Searl has; been appointed manager of Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., in succession to Mr. G. F. S. Lee, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sheep Fly
In many districts the sheep fly has been particularly bad this year. The luscious season and the warm weather following on the mid-summer rains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grasshoppers. Wheat Crops Eaten Down. Sydney
According to news from Goolamon, the wheat crops in that district are being eaten right out by grasshoppers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Noxious Weeds Question of Control
Noxious weeds have flourished. exceedingly this season, and because of this fact, together with the change in the Local Government Franchise, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Trade. Gradings for Export
During the week ended May 5 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 11.857 boxes of butter, of which 11,262 were salted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Market Decline in Output
Reports of the dairy instrutors go to show that with the exception of the low-lying areas of the Tweed. Richmond, and Clarence, which…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pastoral. Control of Rabbits. Erection of Fences
One of the first steps to decide in considering the question of freeing land from rabbits is whether it will pay or not to erect rabbit-proof…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Market. London and Chicago. London, May 7
Wheat cargoes were firmer and 3d to 6d higher. Liverpool futures were quoted May 11/1 3-8, July 11/3 3/4, October 11/ 3/4 October 11/5 3/4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural. Humus Content and Soil Fertility. in Relation to Wheat Production
By what means can the wheat grower guard against a dangerous depletion of the humus content of his soil?…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trade Review Stock Exchange Buoyant. Coming Wool Sales LONDON, May 5
The Stock Exchange is in a distinctly cheerful mood. The industrial market continues to overshadow other markets in activity. British…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Agricultural. Soil Fertility. the Problem of Its Maintenance in Wheat-growing Districts
For obvious reasons, the history of farming in a new country shows in the beginning a tendency to extravagance of method, which perforce…
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