Wheat for Soldiers. Henty
A fund has been started for local soldiers, and up to the present nearly 700 bags of wheat have been promised by farmers. On Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1916
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A Million Bags of Wheat
Taking Culcairn as a centre with the two branch lines from there-- one to Corowa and the other to Holbrook, and north ten miles to Henty and south…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W G Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 251…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"John Bridge" Wool Sale Sterling Figures
John Bridge & Co. held another auction sale on the 14th inst., and a glance at the appended figures indicates that it is worthy to rank with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat for State Bakery. Purchases Now Admitted
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Grahame) has admitted “that purchases of wheat have been made in the Berrigan district on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.'s Wool Sale
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Melbourne, report that their catalogue on Wednesday was confined to scoured wools, chiefly of Riverina growth, which attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Nangunla. Hay, Wheat and Stubble Burned
Shortly after 2 o’clock on Monday afternoon last the residents of Berrigan were attracted to a thick cloud of smoke rising to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's Surplus Wheat. Proposed Sale to the Allies
Quite independent of the order received by the Australian Wheat Board some time back for the purchase by the Imperial authorities of 200,000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Feeding Off Growing Wheat. Favourable and Unfavourable Conditions
The feeding-off of growing crops of wheat is commonly practised throughout the wheat belt of New South Wales. It is an operation that is entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 4 →The Wheat Pool. What It Has Achieved. Half Million Tons Sold. Net Price, 5- Per Bushel. Total Net Value, £5,000,000. Further Advance to Farmers. Question Under Consideration
The inter-State conference of Ministers of Agriculture respecting the working of the wheat scheme was opened on Tuesday at the office of the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Price of Butter Falls. 2 1/2d. Per Pound. Embargo Has Effect. Melbourne
There has been a fall of 2 1/2d. a 1b. in butter in the past four days, under pressure of the Federal embargo on export. At the present moment the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manufacture of Lanoline. From Our Raw Wool. a Wasted By-product
That manufacturers in this country are only just awakening to the possibilities of industrial expansion was demonstrated to the Minister of Customs (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Berrigan Crops. "Nillumbik," Berrigan
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I suppose you think I have forgotten you by this time, but this is not the case. I still take a great interest in the Children's Page, and I…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Boy From Parramatta. Melrose Farm
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner," and I hope you will accept me as one of your nieces. I go to school at Parramatta, but at present…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →For the Farmer. the Difference in Cows
The question as to whether the percentage of butter-fat in any certain cow's milk can be increased by changing or increasing her food seems about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farms Without Horses
Mr. Thomas A. Edison the inventor and electrical wizard, declares that electricity in farming is one of America's oming developments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural & Pastoral
These notes are issued under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seed Wheat
Amid the preparations that are being made for the coming sowing of wheat, farmers should not overlook the importance of the quality of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat at Culcairn
The railway yards are now Showing what a bounteous harvest the farmer has had. A few days ago 95,000 bags of wheat were stacked in the grain shed…
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