Sheep for the Coast
A farmer who had purchased a small flock of crossbred sheep (Shopshire merina cross) with the intention trying them on one of the rivers of…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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Farming Notes. Seed Maize
"Rough and careless methods of saving seed lead to more disappointments in yield than perhaps any other cause known. Apart from the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Held Original Articles. Mammitis in Cows
Any farmer who suspects that one or more of his cows are affected with the ordinary or the contagious forms of mammitis can receive from the Live…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmyard Manure
The farmyard manure produced in France was calculated by the late Professor Grandeau to be worth about £66,000,000 a year, but by faulty and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm & Field Original Articles. Periodical Liming
The advantage to be derived from the practice—nowadays too often neglected—of periodical applications of lime, have been described by no less an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Corn Silage the Cheapes[?] Farm Feed
The machine used for filling the silo may be of any type, although perhaps the blower type gives the best satisfaction. If this is used there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming Notes. Udder Diseases
Caked [?] spoiled udders are the bane of the milk producers business[?] says Dr. A. S. Alexander, in a current article. Generally they do not recover…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral Finance Association
SINCE the period of absolute protection to the kangaroo and opossum has expired, and consignments have been marketed through the auctions of the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd., of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Business
Mr ARTHUR KNOX, Berrima Company, speaking on this subject said he was afraid that the present method of fixing prices by the Necessary Commodities Commission was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cruelty to Travelling Stock. Dead Cattle in Trucks
AT the Burwood Police Court, William Tennant Moss, Secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, proceeded against Wm. Wheeler…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Field Original Articles. Silos and Silage
Oats, barley, rye, and cereal crops generally should be allowed to fully mature, and be cut for the silo when on the turn from the green to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Margarine Before Inferior Butter
As showing the need for every care being taken to produce only first class butter, the South Australian Trade Commissioner (Mr. C. F. G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women As Farmers
It has been found necessary in victoria to make special provision for women students at the agricultural colleges. In New South Wales the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber for Butter Boxes
THE utilisation on the North Coast of a timber known as Richmond River hoop pine for making butter boxes is regarded with interest by the Minister for Lends, who is also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Price of Butter
Mr. Tundar, Minister of Customs, is of opinion that there is no justification for the rise of one penny in the price of butter of owing to any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increasing Crop Yields
Expenses are reduced when the yields are increased, because in many instances it requires but little more labour to secure a large yield than a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm & Field Original Articles. Potash and Lime
To get the best results from applications of potash salts it is essential that the soil should contain a sufficiency of phosphate of lime. Thus an eminent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timber for Butter Boxes
The utilisation on the North Coast of a timber known as Richmond River [?]oop pine for making butter boxes is regarded with interest by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Supplies
The Minister for Customs stated on Tuesday that it had been reported to him that there was a great shortage of butter at the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Butter
Mr. L. S. Loewenthal, referring to the announcement that butter would be lowered 1½d per lb., "owing to the beneficial rains," writes to say that…
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