Sheep Dog Trials at Swan Hill
At a representative meeting promoted by Mr. A. Laird of Murray Downs and held on Thursday evening, 10th inst., it was decided to form a Sheep Dog Club,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1924
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A Crop of Evils (Published by arrangement)
A scathing denouncement of Prohibition has been made in the New York "Times" by Dr. S. Dana Hubbard, Director of Public Health…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Landless Sons
The following article by W.P.B. in a metropolitan daily is applicable to many parts of this state generally, and particularly so to our own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Harvest
The final estimate of the wheat crop 1923-24 has been issued by the Government statistician. The department has extended its means of obtaining information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bunt in Seek Wheat
Bluestone (copper sulphate), if properly used, will prevent bunt, but it has the disadvantage that it causes some injury to the grain. It is also…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wheat Yields. 1023-24 Harvest. District Records
The final returns of the wheat harvest for the 1023-24 season have been received by the Government Statistician…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Empire Exhibition. Australia's Fine Exhibit. Butter Display. Competitions. London, April 17
As the opening day ? ("Wednesday) approaches the British Empire Exhibition is attracting increasing attention, both in the news and the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rotation of Crops
There are sound common sense rea-sons why rotation of crops should be the rule nowadays (writes the "Pri-mary Producers' News"). When a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fallowing and Cultivation Farmers' Insurance
In a lecture on "Fallowing," at the Sydney show ground, Mr. H. W. Potts, late, principal of Hawkesbury Agricultural College, pointed out that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Abandoned Farms on Irrigation Area. Settlees and Minister
The statement made by Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture and chairman of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, at the soldier settlers'…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Merino Versus Crossbred. the Type for Mixed Farming
Prices for merino wool are temptingly high, but in interpret the fact as an indication that the mixed farmer should dispose of his crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Jillamatong Dairy Herd
There can be little doubt of the quality of the Jersey bulls purchased last year by Mr. M. Synnot, of Jillamatong, as we notice that sire of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crossbred Sheep. Best for Farmers
The question of the superiority of the merino or the crossbred as a basis of a flock for the mixed farmer has recently attracted the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Disea[?] Value of Res[?] Another Bushel [?]
In the course of a [?] Sydney Showgrounds, [?] Smith. Government [?] the life history of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association. the Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the members of the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural association took place on Saturday. There were present: Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Diseases. Value of Research
In the course of a lecture at the Sydney showgrounds, Dr. Darnell-Smith, Government Biologist, traced the life history of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep on the Wheat Farm
As frequently pointed out in these notes, sheep should be regarded as an indispensable feature of the wheat farm. In this relation the production…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wheat Missing
When the wheat stack of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Company at Wargin Siding was opened it was discovered that approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
Sales were resumed in Melbourne on the 20th inst., when Dalgety and Co., Ltd., submitted a catalogue of 1400 bales. The selection was of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ergot in Wheat
Hard, dark violet excrescences, which usually fracture easily and are white inside, make their appearance from time to time upon the cars of…
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