Experimental Farms
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. J. Kidd) recently visited the Wagga Experimental Farm, and has made several new arrangements of the…
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Hay Pastoral Association
The committee of the Hay Pastoral Association met yesterday. There were present:— Mr D. Grant (president), and Messrs. A. G. Stevenson, L. S. C. Bobertson, R. C. Simson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kiewa Valley Butter Factory
The usual monthly meeting of directors was held on the 4th inst. to fix the price to be given to suppliers for butter fat during December, and to transact other business…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wagga Farm
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. J. Kidd) recently visited the Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm, and has made several new arrangements of the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Weaning the Pigs. Expert Experience on a Subject which is of Utmost Interest to Every Farmer
I am aware that there is a great difference of opinion in regard to age that young pigs should be allowed to remain with their dam. I have no…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
VINEYARD.—Vignerons will do well to give more attention than usual to the work of thinning. Grapes need protection, or exposure, according to the purpose for which they are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lecture on Dairying
Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert, delivered a lecture on dairying, at O'Brien's Tumut-hall, on Thursday night last, the Mayor (Alderman J. Blakeney)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Farmer's Wife's Death. Allegation of Murder. Exhumation of the Body. the Husband Arrested
The supposed accidental death on December 6, at Koorah South, some distance from St. Arufud, of a married woman named Martha Hawkins, through the explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Corowa Branch
A MEETING of the Corowa branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on Tuesday afternoon last, when there were present:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. [?]liquin, Friday Evening, January 24. 1902
[?] other week of delightfully cool weather has [?] experienced, and the many cool days and nights [?] have had lately only go to confirm the state [?] been one of the coolest summers known so far as it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OpenColumn. the Forbes Value-of-fleece Challenge (To The Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR,—In connection with the above matter several residents , of Riverina inform me it is currently reported there that during the shearing at Forbes the shearers were supplied with liquor, and were under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Help to Hiving Bees
[?]hiving swarms of bees it sometimes happens that the bees are persistent in taking wing, when they are placed in front of their new hive,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Pastoral Association
A meeting of the above Association was held at Messrs. Wilkinson and Lavender's office on Thursday afternoon. There were present—Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Industry
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Kidd) baa received a report from tho dairy expert (Mr. M. A O'Callng[?]an) on the subject of a visit made by that…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Cattle for South Africa
A message from Brisbane says:—"A cable was recently received from the High Commissioner of South Africa inquiring at what price young breeding cattle could be…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cross-fertilisation of Wheat
The work of wheat-breeding was begun in France many years ago by M. Henri Vilmorin, more than a thousand new wheats having been tested by him. Ten years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cost of a Pound of Butter
In a recent issue of a reliable agricultural journal a tabulated statement appeared showing the cost of producing a pound of butter. The circumstances under which the trial was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Pass Through a Cattle Fence
A gate in a pasture fence is often a source of much bother. A permanent passageway through such a fence is shown in the cut. A person can step through it readily, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Commercial Agent for London. Dairy Expert Appointed
The New South Wales State Premier has announced the appointment of the new commercial agent for New South Wales for London. He is Mr. C. C. Lance, manager…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Facts About Ostrich Farming
For the past 15 years oshrich farming in Cape colony has been a highly successful industry. In the past 10 years ending in 1899, before the beginning of the war, the…
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