Crops Too Short to Harvest
The weather is still very dry, and during the past few days it has been exceptionally hot for this time of the year. At Lockhart several farmers have commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1914
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State as Farmer. Big Experiment. Half a Million Acres
The scheme which the Government is seriously considering to extend the wheat area of the State, and at the same time absorb some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Field. Original Articles Manuring for Milk
Experiments have been carried out by the experts of the Agricultural College with regard to manuring and milk production A poor field, which had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. What Dairy Inspectors Hate to See
The “New York Farmer” prints the following list of what should not he seen by tie milk inspectors. Is it any worse tor the inspector to see…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Government Wheat Sold
All of the wheat which was recently seized by the N.S.W. State Government has now been sold. "However" the Atterney-General (Mr. Hall says," I am…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Growing by the Government
At the Berrigan show social, Mr. Ball M.L. A. for Corowa, speaking of the proposed wheat-growing experiment by the Government, said the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Price of Wheat. a Protest Against Fixing. Serious Menace to the Farmer
Mr. H. R. M'William writes:--As the Food Commission seems determined to maintain that the fair price of wheat is 42 at Sydney (equivalent to 39½) to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chess for Farmers. Rain After Drought
Mr. H. A. Hunt, Commonwealth Meteorologist, expressed the opinion on Wednesday that, though there was practically no hope of the drought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Crops
Notwithstanding the unprecedented spell of dry weather the crops sown on fallowed land look well, and round Ball-dale some really fine ones are met with,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Seasons Wheat Prices
At Monday's sitting of the Sydney Necessary Commodities Control Committee, Harold E Horsburg, country manager for Messrs Dreyfus and Co., said that his firm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Parasite of the Maggot Fly. Some Laboratory Notes
Some interesting notes on the habits of the little parasite of the sheep maggot fly have been provided by the Government Entomologist, who has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The London Wool Sales. A Satisfactory Opening
There was a huge attendance of buyers at the London wool sales last week with a sprinkling of French, Russian and American buyers. There was exceedingly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Supplies. Checkmating Germany. British Government's Act
The British Government has prohibited the exportation of wool to European countries other than Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twelve Months for Sheep Stealing
At the sittings of the Supreme Court at Slawell, before Mr. Justice Hodges and a Jury Butler, graizer, of Brimpaen, was charged with having stolen 21 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Block of Butter Export. Melbourne
Mr. W. G. Spence, the Postmaster-General, has asked the Federal Attorney General for an opinion on the clause in the mail contract with the Orient Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Australia. Shortage of Wheat. Importations for Next Year Predicted. Sydney
Giving evidence before the Necessary Commodities Commission to-day, Messrs Brunton and Gillespie, two Sydney flour millers, gave its as their opinion, that next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Next Year's, Wheat Crop. Increased Area — Early Cultivation
There has probably never been a time m the history of wheat-growing in New South Wales when such strong reasons as present themselves just now, could be urged in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sheep for the Farm
A contributor to the Adelaide "Chronicle" says: — "With respect to the kind of sheep for the farm, I have kept to the merino owes, for I think their fleece is more…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →American Wheat Crop
The United States Government crop reports forecast a total yield of 892,000,000 bushels of wheat—a quantity that will exceed the production of any previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Irrigated Wheat
The Irrigation Commissioner furnishes particulars of results obtained by one of the irrigation settlers at Yanco, who has gone in chiefly for the production of wheat for…
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