Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 4
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 645…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Known by Its Nose-print. a Novel Method of Identifying Cows
The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 4
Finger-print identification of criminals and suspects has been in use for more than twenty years, but it has taken a long time for anyone to think…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cowpeas. a Valuable Fodder or Green Manure Crop
The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 4
The cowpea is a summer-growing annual, more closely related to the bean than to the pea. It is not a true climber, bating no tendrils, but the long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral. Water Requirements of Sheep. Some Useful Figures
The Picton Post · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 4
Many areas of land taken up for grazing and cultivation have no natural permanent water supply, and the problem of providing a sufficiency of this most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saffron Thistle in the Wheat
The Picton Post · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 4
Farmers are again reminded of the damage caused to wheat by the presence of the weed known us saffron or false star thistle (Carthumus lamina). In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Picton Post · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 4
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 646…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Security in Dairy-farming
Camden News · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 2
The first factor in security for the stockowner is obviously a reliable supply of feed, and as a means to this end there is none so cheap and simple…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When Pasture Is Short. Treatment of Dry Food for Dairy Stock
Camden News · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 1
During the height of the 1914 Riverina drought, when every vestige of pasture had disappeared and foodstuffs were at a prohibitive price, a large herd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairying Conditions Around Kiama and Jamberoo
Camden News · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 1
During last week the writer had occasion to visit Kiama and Jamberoo and was able to compare dairying conditions there to those at present…
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