Stock for Soldiers Farms
An excellent example in the way of providing live stock for returned soldiers is provided by the well-known Queensland cattle breeder,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1916
99 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 5
The Defence Act. Dairying Industry
It is announced that the temporary general exemption of men liable for service, employed on dairy farms and engaged in factories converting milk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rural Topics Mixed Farming.—flax
In the Drouin district (Victoria), Mr. S. McNeily has a farm covering 100 acres. On this compact area he grows a fixed quantity of flax every year,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Workers' Claims
1. Hours.—Forty eight hours to constitute a week's work not more than 8, hours 40 minutes to be worked in any one day and work to cease at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Topics Dairy Cattle Crosses
In connection with the much discussed question of the most profitable class of cows to keep, Mr. Wright, of Camperrdown, Vic, is decidedly in favor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Required on the Farm
Stanley Joseph Purdey, of Marshall Mount, claimed exemption on the grounds that he managed the farm for his father, who was unable to do…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Department's Notes. Water and Salt. For Dairy Cows
With the approach of summer it is not out of place to remark that all animals require plenty of good, pure water. This is especially true of the milking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Smokes." Wheat They Mean to Fighters
Neither a megaphone nor a cigarette seem much protection against three big guns, but Captain McArthur, acting Staff Captain of the 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DAIRYING. Proper Cleansing of Cars
Considerable experimenting has been carried out by the Dairy Division of the United States Department of Agriculture in regard to sterilising cans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Schools. Poultry Farming and Apiculture
A summer school in poultry farming and another in apiculture will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in [?] year. Both these schools…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural Department's Notes. Lime on the Farm
Lime may be applied in two ways—either as ground burnt lime or as freshly slaked lime. As ground lime it is applied at the rate of 5 to 6 cwt. per acre in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep
It is a significant fact, and an evidence of the labor problem, that two leading cattle men in the front rank of the dairying industry are said to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Topics a Victorian Farmer's Sheep Account
The following is from the "Leader":— In this account it ife explained that the large stations in the neighborhood sold their surplus sheep off the shears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying in England
In the British House of Commons last October, the difficulty experienced by dairy farmers in securing labor, owing to the calling up of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Topics Sheep on a Small Farm
A good sheep proof six wire ring fence with posts or droppers, eight or nine feet apart, was the first essential of keeping sheep on a small farm, observed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Dairy Expert
The fact that the Commonwealth Government has advertised for a Chief Dairy Expert has aroused some curiosity. The official explanation is that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coastal Farmers
The balance sheet presented at the hall-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co-Operative Society at Bega on the 12th inst. reveals the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmanian Potato Crop Blighted
The adverse climate conditions experienced in Tasmania since the end of the winter, has had telling effects on all the crops, but particularly potatoes, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenant Farmers' Union
Mr. F. W. Thompson, sole organiser for the richmond Tweed Tenant Farmers Union, address the following appeal to farmers in the district in which the…
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