The Wheat Pool May Be Extended
If at the end of the season the wheat agreement should have proved a success, there is a strong possibility, it would appear, of its being continued for at least…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Farming & the land, 1916
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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 248…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Blow-flies. Dips that Sometimes Fail to Act
It is one of the peculiarities of treating sheep for blow-flies that a dip may act very satisfactorily for a time, and then suddenly prove ineffective, the sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Farmer and his Daughter Harvest the Crop
A message from Wagga tells of a crop being harvested entirely by a farmer and his daughter. On Rock-view Estate, an Italian share farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wheat Scheme. 60,000,000 Bushel Harvest. Delayed Certificates
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelsthorn) made the following statement with regard to the Victorian position in rotation to the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Maintain Soil-fertility. Californian Cover Crop Experiment
Attention was directed in these "Notes" last week to the importance of cover crops in orchards as a means of maintaining the fertility of the soil, and reference was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fruit Preserving. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 88
Canning bottling, jam-making, and candying peel are all dealt with in this bulletin, a second edition of winch is now available for circulation. A feature of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Three-year System of Crop Rotation
The rotation of crops is a system that is accepted as sound, but little practised in our wheat districts, except in the experimental way. A greater necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Patriotic Farmers and Our Soldiers
A movement has been commenced in Western district of Victoria by Mr. A. Rodgers, M.P., to provide for the upkeep of the families of soldiers who fall at the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Sudan Crass As Hay Crop
"Sudan grass is primarily a Lay crop, and will be grown entirely for this purpose, except by men who grow for seed. It is probably the most drought-resistant hay…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mcocomar". Ideal, Irrigation Farms
The fact that Cocomar is specially adapted for irrigation is beyond quesiion. The Soil is naturally fertile. With proper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Fund for Returned Soldiers. an Oaklands Suggestion
At a meeting of the Oaldands branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held last Saturday the matter of settling one returned soldiers at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Seed Potatoes. For An Autumn Crop
"Would you inform me the quickest method of starting seed potatoes to shoot before planting them? I have a quantity of Early Rose that I wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Berrigan Branch
A meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held on Saturday evening last. There was a fair attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Sales
Younghusband, Row & Co., Pty., Ltd., report:— Our catalogue on Monday included only a few good crossbred wools. which were in nice dry condition, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deniliquin (and District) History Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”
September 3rd. 1870:— Death.—Desailly—On 31st inst. at Steam Plains, Lilian, daughter of Alfred and Emily Desailly, aged five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roumanian Wheat Sold to Austro-germans
The Roumanian Export Committee has decided to sell 100,000 waggon loads of cereals to the Central Powers. The Roumanian representative of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"John Bridge" Wool Sale More Successful Selling
The second gain of the year by JOhn Bridge & Co, held on the 3rd inst., may be said to colipse the several brilliant ones which proceeded it. For example, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairy. the Value of Cream
Although the value of cream as a builder of the body, has long been recognised, it was looked upon more of a luxury than a sovereign remedy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dairy Feeding Test
In the Iowa station a thorough [?] of feeding beets and turnips to dairy cows demonstrated conclusively that turnips injure the [?] of milk and…
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