Free Pamphlets on Farming
As part of its educational activities the Department of Agriculture has a large number of publications—something like 500 leaflets, bulletins and…
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Farming & the land, 1937
2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 88 of 110
Junior Farmers' Meeting. MK. V. T. Seaward to Speak
Mr. W. T. Seaward will give an address on Soil Erosion at the meeting of the Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee to be held in the District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plague of Grasshoppers. Serious Damage to Crops and Pastures
According to field officers of the Department of Agriculture, there has been serious damage to crops and pastures in the northern area of New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PASTORAL Sown Pastures
If the pasture mixtures have been sown at the correct time (autumn) and have made normal bendway, vigorous growth will be made in the spring;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Field, Farm & Dairy AGRICULTURE Better Potato Crops
Discussing some of the lessons to be learnt from the potato championship competition conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society in the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Return Quarter's Wool Sales
Over £1,000,000 more was paid for Wool in the first quarter of the present Australian wool season than in the same period last year. The price per lb for greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk "War" Footscray Dairymen Novel Campaign Melbourne
Footseray dairymen have banded themselves together to prevent a competitor' from another suburb, who is said to bo underselling the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DAIRYING Silage in the Ration
Silage Is a value's component in the dairy ration, and is regularly included in that of the famous Jersey herd at Hawkesbury Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry Farmers Egg Board Election P.F.A. CANDIDATES
At a meeting of poultry farmers convened by the Castle Hill branch of the Poultry Farmers' Association, Mr. Owen French, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plight of Farmers in Britain Workers Desert for Arms Factories
"Agriculture in England has been passing through lean times and it has been difficult for farmers to find the money to employ…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barriers in Way of Farm Prosperity an Outspoken Producer
"Farmers do not receive a fair return on their capital expenditure, enterprise and labour," said Major E. W. Hunt, in his presidential…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Milk in Melbourne Dairymen's Campaign
Footscray (Melbourne) dairymen have banded themselves together to prevent a competitor from another suburb, who is said to be underselling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Denman Cattle Sale
Messrs. Higgens, Parkinson & Co's. next cattle sale at Denman will be held on Saturday next at 2 p.m., and not on Friday, as previously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market
At the Sydney wool sales yesterday an average selection, comprising 11,587 bales, was submitted at auction Sales at auction totalled 8960 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Exhibits for Show. Exhibitor's Request
Mr. T. Fleming wrote to yesterday's meeting of the Show Committee, suggesting an alteration in next year's Show dates in order to avoid clashing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales Values Lower in SYDNEY
Values declined at the Sydney wool sales, The offering totalled' 11,587 bales, and sales 8060 bales. An additional 590 bales were sold privately…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Industry Favourable Reports Weekly Review
Prescott, Pty., Ltd., in their weekly review of the dairy industry, report that favourable reports are being received from South Coast dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Weed Invasion Its Relation to Farming Methods
The majority of weeds established in this country have come from overseas. Admittedly, writes the Weeds Officer of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior Farmers' Club
A paper rend before a meeting of the Scone Junior Farmers' Club and the Advisory Committee on Friday last, at the D.R. School:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle From Gresford
The particular buoyancy of the cattle market at Homebush last Monday was largely due to the absence of sheep actions. A line of 22 bullocks from…
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