Farm and Field Original Articles Feeding Dairy Cows
The custom of feeding all the cow in a herd alike, irrespective of the yield of milk, is a source of considerable loss. The capacity of every individual cow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1917
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Farmers' Co-operatiae Wheat Pool. Successful Meeting at Corowa
The meeting, convened by Mr. W. Keenan, of Ringwood, to discuss the proposed Farmers Co-operative Wheat Pool, was attended by a large number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Stacks. Use of Bark for Roofing
A proposal has been submitted by Mr. T. H. Williams, District Forester at Tambarumba, to the Chief Commissioner for Foresty, that bark of certain trees should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers A[?] Association’s Conterence. Delegate’s Report
W Pyle made a report on the recent conference In Sydney, which he attended as delegate from tho branch He said he was not present on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Berrigan Brance
The monthly meeting of the Berigan branch of the Farmers and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Important Cattle and Sheep Sales
Important special sales are to bo conducted by J. M'Namara and Co., at Shopparton, this month. On Tuesday, 23rd August, a special sale of 1200 store cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Sheep on the Farm
"It was asked to write a paper on sheep as scavengers on the farm, but, admitting that they help to keep the weeds and rubbish in check I do not approve of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sheep's Head
Take two sheep's heads, three carrots, one onion, one pint Maitre d'Hotel cause. Soak the heads in cold water; scrape and class them thoroughly; remove the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Clip
The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) states that wool-growers throughout the Commonwealth, now that the shearing is commencin g in the largest sheep-carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Riverina Wool Appraisements
An Albury correspondent writes:-- The handling of last season's wool clip by the Government on behalf of the Imperial Government has worked to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co-operative Wheat Venture
For the first time the wheat farmers appear to he taking up seriously and effectively the question of cooperation in the handling of the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Stacks. Bark for Roofing
A proposal has been submitted by Mr. T. H. Williams, District Forester at Tumbarumba, to the Chief Commissioner for Forestry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy As a Bag of Wheat. Walbundrie
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am a bag of wheat. I was sewn up, stacked in a paddock for a week, and then put on a waggon, taken to a railway station, and left there for a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Agricultural Notes. Sheep-ma-ggot Flies. The Government Experiment Station
Farmers' Bulletin, No. 113, just issued by the Government printer, brings up to date the published records of the work of the Government she ep-fly experiment…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Wool Industry of Australia. (To the Editor of the "Albury Banner.")
Sir,—In 1870 there were in Australia 41,503,612 sheep. Twenty years after, in 1890, the numbers had increased to 97,881,221. That was before the craze for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Lighter Farm Implements
The Americans were the first to adopt a lighter type of farm implements, particularly as regards machines worked by horse traction, and the sanity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Why Soils Produce Poor Crops
Among the causes which may render English farm lands incapable of bearing satisfactory crops, the following (quoted by "Mark Lane Express") may be…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Farmers' Co-operation
The co-operative movement appears to have got a grip on wheat-growers. There is a widespread feeling that they can do better for themselves in the handling of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Farmers and Co-operation. Growers to Handle Their, Own Grain. Mr. E. J. Gorman's Speech at Howlong
At Howlong on Friday afternoon last a farmers' meeting was held, the speaker being Mr. E. J. Gorman, of Berrigan, who is well known throughout Riverina. The…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Female Farmers
The Minister for Agriculture stated that his department had arranged to take over from the Department of Labour the training of the 20 women students at present…
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