Victorian Beet Crop a Failure Irrigation Absolutely Essential
The dry season has been the cause of almost complete failure of beet crops on the plain land in Heyfield district, Victoria. Experienced growers have long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1919
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For the Farmer. the Horse. Imperfect Mastication
It is absolutely necessary that a horse should masticate his food if he is to remain healthy and do profitable work. We find that where the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Temora Demonstration Farm. a Suggested Rotation
Where a farmer is catering for the grain and the hay markets, it is possible to adopt a rotation that will give two crops every three years. That,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Appraisements
Australian, Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Limited, Report Having submitted an attractive catalogue of 5639 hales. Both Riverina and Wester…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Wool Appraisements
An Important announcement appears elsewhere regarding the next Albury wool appraisement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “ Pastoral Times.”]
April 27, 3878 :— On Thursday the interesting ceremony of laying the first metal on Urana streets was performed by Mr c…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rape As Sheep Feed
Amongst those who have proved the value of rape as a feature of the wheat and sheep farm, and who have esteemed the results so good as to justify them in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Large Quantity of Wheat Burned. Mirrool
A disastrous fire broke out at the wheat stack at Mirrool Siding yesterday, when 75,000 bags of 1916-17 wheat, valued at £36,000, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and the Drought a Land Bank Advocated. Sydney
It is estimated that one-third of the New South Wales farmers are bankrupt through the drought, and that another third is fighting hard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments with Sheep. Some Combined Results
A progress report on the cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Bathurst experiment farm, with which is afforded a combination of the results…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Sheep Stealing. Finley Farmers Arrested
Last week First-class Constables H. N. Ferris and W. Toole and Constable Pomroy arrested John Oliver Schier and Charles Henry Schier, farmers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Pool. Should It Be Continued? Farmers and Settlers to Consider
Pursuant to a request by private firms to the Acting Prime Minister that the Wheat Pool should be discontinued, the Farmers' Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Maintain Soil Fertility Green Manuring Crops
The maintenance of fertility, notwithstanding the loss of plant food that results from constant cropping, is one of the problems that confront every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Farmers
The Minister of Lands, Mr. Ashford, discussing the serious position of the farming industry, said that undoubtedly a grave crisis had been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Ten-year-old Silage. a Profitable Venture
A sample of silage that had been made from green maize in April, 1909--nearly ten years ago--was recently forwarded to the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Temora Demonstration Farm. a Suggested Rotation
Where a farmer is catering for the grain and the hay markets, it is possible to adopt a rotation that will give two corps every tree years. That,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Appraisements
Appraisements were continued in Melbourne on Monday, 10th inst., when the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. submitted an attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep-fly Pest. Investigators Conclusions
The work carried [?] in the northwest of the State during tho past two years in the investigation of the sheep-fly posit is reviewed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Inferior Wheat Action at Corowa
At a meeting of the council of Corowa Agricultural and Pastoral Society Mr. Knight, one of the vice-presidents, said the Wheat Board should be asked to sell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike of Wheat Stackers Wet Bags and Increased Pay
Seventy lumpers ceased work at Huntly wheat site, near Bendigo, on Tuesday over the question of handling wet bags. A stop-work meeting was held after…
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