Pastoral. for Shade and Shelter Points When Planting Trees
Shade and shelter as afforded by trees have very positive economic value in relation to stock, and in country naturally lacking in trees or…
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Farming & the land, 1929
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Pastoral for Shade and Shelter. Points When Planting Trees
Shade and shelter as affored by trees have very positive economic value in relation to stock, and in country naturally lacking in trees or which has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Cattle Thief Member of the "Ragged Thirteen."
Our own operators in this State are very small beer compared with Jack Hanrahan, who passed out on a Northern Territory cattle station the other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rice As Sheep Feed. Its Value in Dry Times
Referring to the extremely dry times now prevailing in pastoral districts, and the necessity in many cases for recourse to hand-feeding, the Sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Preventing Losses in Production. Co-operation of Agricultural and Dairy Farmers. Dr. Earle P Age' S Views
Dr. Earle Page, Federal Treasurer, addressed a meeting of lucerne growers at Aberdeen on Monday last, in connection, with a fodder conservation scheme. "You on the Hunter are in the best strategic position to have a fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fodder Conservation Preventing Losses in Production. Co-operation Op Agricultural and Dairy Farmers. Dr. Earle Page's Views
Dr. Earle Page, Federal Treasurer, addressed a meeting of lucerne growers at Aberdeen on Monday last, in connection with a fodder conservation scheme. "You on the Hunter are in the best strategic position to have a fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S. Wales Merino Wool. the Clip and the Season
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 30 th July, 1929:—An [?]cous impression appears to be held abroad that Australia is about to shear another…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tariff on Wheat to Remain (Australian Press Assn Message.) Washington
The Senate Finance Committee has decided to retain the present tariff on wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes The following notes have been issued by the Department of Agriculture:— Agricultural Land for Maize. The Importance of Thorough Preparation
The importance of a thorough preparation of the soil for maize cannot be too strongly stressed. It seems to be a prevailing idea that a well-preparcu…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pumping Plants. Enterprising Farmers
The lessons of the past are beginning to force farmers to a recognition of the necessity for making provision for the lean times which recur with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Farming Implement
A tripod spring steel rigid harrow with English chain harrow attachment was shown at work at Mr. H. H. Capper's farm Bolwarra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Newcastle Abattoirs. Support Bacon Industry
At a largely attended meeting of local farmers—there were some 75 present—and over which Mr. Geo. Plummer presided, an address was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Engineering. Concrete on the Farm Its Preparation and Use
The suitability of concrete for various farm structures, the nature of the material, and the standards to which its ingredients should conform…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canberra Hog Farm
The Federal Capital Commission has established a hog farm at Canberra at accost of £7000 to £8000, consisting of 120; acres, all necessary outhouses, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Production Output at Its Minimum
As might be expected, during July the production of butter and choose is about at its lowest, and most of the factories are undergoing their annual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming on Gold a Lucky Find
A Britisher, who for some years has been a successful farmer in Northern Ontario, literally blew himself into a gold mine recently. While building a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldier Settlers State's Big Loss. Farmers' Bad Times
Reference to the hardships which men on the land have to face, and also the big loss sustained by the State in placing, returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Food Relief More Applicants Turned Down. Cessnock Youths Offered Farm Work
For reasons similar to those given last week, many more applicants were turned down when they applied for relief at Cessnock Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Wheat. Drought Affection Crops, Washington, July 25
The Weather Burean and the Department of Agriculture states that there is a severe drought in the spring wheat [?] of North…
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