Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Man on the Land. by the N:s:w: Department of Agriculture. Dairving
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3
The Wollongbar State Experiment Farm, 8 miles from Lismore, on the Richmond River, is surrounded by an extensive area of undulating, arable country, comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Ireland. Serious Damage to Farms. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2
The floods recently reported in Ireland owing to the overflowing of the River Shannon, which rose eleven feet above its normal height still continue. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Harvest. Patchy Wheat in Southern Riverina
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 6
The season has been remarkable for its changes, which have veered from hot to cold, with periodical rainsqualls. Such conditions have not favored quick work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Wheat Experiments
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 17
The farmers' experiment plots conducted under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture by Mr. Bragg, on his Mungeribar Estate, have this season provided a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Stats Wheat Estimate
The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2
The New South Wales Government statist (Mr [?]) estimate the State’s wheat harvest this year at 23,272,000 [?] with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 7
Dalgety find Company, Limited, report:—The wool market is quiet at all the Australian sentres, practically all business being suspended untill after the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser
These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the [?] Minister for Ag[?]ture (Hon. J. L. T[?] and are based mainly on [?] experiments of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drought in Queensland. Big Wheat Importation Necessary
The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3
The severity of the dry spell is being felt in most parts of Queensland. Though people living in Brisbane hare from time to time heard complaints…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Will Keep Best If No Curd Is Retained
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 16
All farmers, when they first begin using a cream separator, want to know about how rich they should skim their cream, but they have not always received the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →DAIRY[?] Intensive Dairy Farming
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6
A very interesting experiment was made recently at the Illinols Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dry Farming in Reality. Payable Crop with 3 12 Inches of Rain
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6
A striking example of the results to be obtained by good farming under an abnormally low rainfall is supplied by the yields of the farmers'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henty and Cermanton Wheat Plots" Good Yields on Moderate Rainfall
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 17
The Riverina furnishes further instances of excellent wheat yields on moderate rainfalls. These are in connection with the farmers' experiment plots at Germanton…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dairying and Hired Help
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 16
A few years ago the strongest criticism raised to dairy farming was that it was difficult to get competent help and to keep it. Now, conditions on the dairy farms…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The World's Crops. Agricultural Institute's Report
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 30
The British Board of Agriculture and Fisheries recently received the following telegram from the International Agricultural Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Farmers' Experiment Plots. Results From Dry Farming
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 18
Mr. Trefle is daily receiving fresh evidence of the value of the farmers' experimental plots. When seen on Saturday he said that from the reports now being…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Engineering on the Farm
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 18
Until recently engineering was considered a science by itself. The engineer was a wise man of the city and the result of his earnest and constant application of thought…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Children's Story. How "Crophorn" Held the Pass
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 13
Nobody knows "Crophorn's" exact age, but she certainly is too venerable to be of use on a dairy-farm, and her breed is as uncertain as her years; but any…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Crops for the Grasshopper. "Wandsworth," via Boree Creek
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 12
Dear Uncle Jeff,—The grasshoppers are very numerous about here now, and they are very bad on the crops and grass, as they eat it down. I am very glad that…
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