Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
The Kitchen Garden.—Cucumber, marrow, and other plants of a similar nature are making good growth. The plants need occasional attention; the shoots…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farming & the land, 1904
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Farmers and Settlers' Union
The monthly meeting of the above was held on Saturday last. Owing to the busy season there was not a large attendance. Mr. Wm. Davis was elected chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Administration of the Post Office. Mr. Chanter Complains. of Alleged Farming of Mail Contracts
During the debate on the postal osti[?]ates in the House of Representatives Mr. Chanter severaly criticised the postal administration. We take the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office
The weather has been moderately warm this week with cool and present nights. Up to the present the summer weather has been very mild, Several light rain showers fell on Saturday and 38 points…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Exhibition. Speech by the Premier. Sydney
The State Governor, opened a wool exhibition the day m the Royal Exchange. The display, which included several of the chief products of the State, is intended to illustrate the development of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Harvest. Estima Ted Yield. Mr Coghlan’s Figures
The following is a copy of a report sent to the Chief, Secretary, in Sydney on Tuesday by Mr T. A. Coghlan, the Government statistician:— Having completed the compilation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traction Engines for Wheat Carting
Though the utility of the traction engine has been well demonstrated in England, New Zealand, and South Africa. it is only very recently that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Godfrey Brown's Big Crop. a Harvest Story
There was a glow of satisfaction on Godfrey Brown's grizzled face as his eyes roamed over as much of standing wheat as his vision could compass. The earliest crop…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm to Let
Tenders are invited elsewhere for leasing a farm of 235 acres near Burrumbuttock railway station. A great strike of workmen has taken place…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sale of Diseased Cattle
A case of considerable importance to cattle men occupied the attention of the Muswellbrook Police Court last week. Richard T. Keys, a well-known grazier of Bengalla, Musswellbrook,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Yield
The effects of the locust pest are to be placed to the small [?]eturna from the local fields harvested. Although in a few cases from three to three and a-half bags have been obtained, in others as low as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock Report. Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office
The fallowing are the stock movements:—3,300 merino ewes and rams from Barunah Plains, Victoria, to Armstrong Bros., Gunbar station, Hay; 150 stud rams from Nariga to Hill Plain; 139 stud ewes from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smut in Wheat. Formalin a Preventive
At the request of the Victorian Director of Agriculture the following report on experiments with formalin for the prevention of flag about in wheat has been prepared by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. to Secure Eggs in Winter
PULLETS, not old hens, must be kept for autumn and winter laying ; and the pullets should be mature enough to begin laying before cold weather…
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