A Record Wheat Crop
New South Wales has this year garnered a wheat crop which in the aggregate is not only a record for the State, but is several million…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1914
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Closer Settlement Farms. Matter of Interest
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Chaffey (Tamworth) asked if the Government was charging interest and compound interest to the holders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proof Against Cold. Fish, Sheep, Rabbits
A hedgehog picked up in the curious torpid state which we call "hibernation" has been immersed in water for twenty minutes without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farming in Ontario
The chief among the great agricultural industries of the Province of Ontario is dairying. It is a business requiring intelligent management and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Train Smash. Brisbane
On the Gayndah line, near Marybouough, Queensland, General trucks of a cattle train became derailed. Two [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers to Be Victimised
Mr. Halloran, speaking at Wagga. calculated that the Rural Workers. Award would mean an additional £60,000 a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle-maiming Mystery. Girl Makes Amazing Confession
There was a sensational sequel at the Welshpool (England) Police Court to a local farmer's loss of ten cattle and the serious injury of an eleventh, Annie Evans, aged 15, a domestic servant, being charged with cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experiments at Dookie. Sheep and Wheat
Interesting experiments are being carried out at Dookie Agricultural College (Victoria) in the crossing of rams of various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experiment Farm Not Wanted
It is not often a Minister, in offering an experiment farm to a district, has it voted out by residents by 47 votes to 32. Yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Farming. Blot on Crowded London
Or Christopher Addison, M.P., declares in the "Daily Chronicle" that "the chief blot on the housing conditions in the crowded districts of London is undoubtedly the tenement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Asserting Themselves
The Farmers and Settlers Association states that not a single crop was harvested under conditions laid down by the A.W.U…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and High Prices
The "Bulletin" comments thus:—"It looks as though people elsewhere are beginning to perceive that in Australia the farmer is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Sporting News. Warwick Farm Meeting, Saturday, 13th June
Hurdle Race.—[?] 4, Demand 2, Inverlorn 3, Betting 7 to 1 agst winner. Farm Stakes.—Cold 1, Special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Memorandum to N.S Wales Wheat Growers
The Police Officers throughout the Wheat Belt will (shortly be engaged in collecting particulars respecting the areas sown with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Orbost Cattle Market. Saturday, June 20th, 1914
J. W. Bird & Co. report:—Cattle—We had a fair yarding of mixed cattle. Prices were equal to late rates. We sold calfy cows, nearly fat, £5 11s, £5 3s, £4 15s;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Scute, Bell & CO., Sydney, report:—WOOL REPORT. Monday, June 22nd, 1914
A very firm market ruled in Brisbane last week, with strong American and Continental competition for all good and superior quality wool available. Prices are quoted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closer Settlement Farms. May Be Converted to Homestead Farms
The following information may be of service to the holders of settlement purchase farms on Maharatta and Bibbenluke:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proof Against Cold. Fish, Sheep, Rabbits
A bedgehog picked up in the curious torpid state which we call "hibernation" has been immersed in water for twenty minutes without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Sheep St[?] Case Dismissed
At the Micheingo Police Court on Tuesday, the Bench being occupied by Messrs. S. B. Gunn, Police Magistrate, and Eelly,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Orbost Cattle Market. Saturday, July 11th. 1914
J. W. Bird. & Co. report:—Cattle—A very few cattle yarded. We sold fat cows to £7 12s; Jersey cows £6 7s; springing heifers £5 15s; and privately a team of…
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