Mice Eating the Crops. DelLwood, Boree Creek
Dear Uncle Jeff,—We are having very bad weather here at present. It has been raining here this week; I am tired of rain, but perhaps it will hunt the awful…
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Farmers Solidly Behind Government
The interests of primary producers, especially those with perishable produce to market, are obviously jeopardised by the hold-up on the railways. This and other…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of the council of the above Society was held on Thursday at the Royal hotel. Messrs J. V. Ingram (vice-president), Wyse, Talbot, Carew, Stitt,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field Original Articles Keeping Pigs
Hitherto there has been [?] green a tendency to breed from immature animals of both sexes. Well-developed animals not only produce the qualities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd
A meeting of the directors of the Hay Co-operative Butter Factory Company, Ltd., was held on the 8th inst. Present: Messrs J. T. Barnett, D. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BROCKLESBY. Wheat Stacks
The work of reconditioning the wheat stacked at Brocklesby, which for some weeks past has been vigorously carried on under the direction of Mr. J. Levin,…
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A proposal has been submitted by Mr. T. H. Williams, District Forester at Tumbarumba, to the Chief Commissioner for Forestry, that bark of certain trees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Wheat Fund
The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of the following moneys in connection with wheat promises made to the Corowa hospital last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Taxation Returns
The Acting Federal Commissioner of Taxation (Mr R. Ewing) has issued the following statement for the information of farmers generally. The Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Selling Diseased Cattle
It is an offence against the law to sell, consign, or export for sale, or supply for rations, any diseased animal, the penalty for so doing being the sum not exceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sheep-maggot Flies
Maggots in Decaying Vegetable Matter. The statement has been made quite often in the press that blow-flies have been found to be breeding in rotting herbage…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Damaged Wheat
Beyond a temporary "speeding up" nothing has been done to alter the dormant condition into which the Victorian Wheat Commission has fallen regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Butter Famine in Sydney
Several of the largest shops in Sydney declined to sell more than one pound of table salt to any customer, across the counter. Many of the largest shops in…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Small Growers' Wool Lots
A Marengo correspondent writes:—The action of those in authority in not permitting small woolgrowers to dispose of their clips to country wool traders is one which…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Wheat Handling Must Not Stop
The Federal Government, acting in conjunction with the Victorian Government, decided to engage men to handle wheat at Brooklyn, Williamstown, and Newport…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →The Wool Industry of Australia
The Editor,— Sir, In 1870 there were in Australia 41,503,612 sheep. Twenty years after in 1890 the numbers had increased to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Industry of Australia
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:— Judging by wool arrivals at Darling Harbor up to the end of last week, shearing operatios in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Stacks. Use of Bark for Roofing
A proposal has been submitted by Mr. T. H. Williams, district forrester at Tumbarumba, to the Chief Commissioner for Forrestry, that bark of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Use of Bark for Roofing Wheat Stacks
A proposal has been submitted by Mr. T. H. Williams, District Forester at Turnbarumba, to the Chief Commissioner for Forestry that bark of certain trees should…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Wool Clip. Pack the Bales Tight
The Prime Minister (Mr Hughes) stated this week that wool-growers throughout the Commonwealth, now that the shearing is commencing…
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