Transport of Sheep
The motor having to a great extent driven the horse off the road, now seems to be threatening the equine’s supremacy in the droving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1926
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Commercial. Fat Sheep
About 29,0-00 arder. A large proportion consisted of good and prime qualities, including numerous drafts from Riverina, both shorn and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Wheat Position
The Secretary of the Farmers' and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:—Our latest advices from our London representatives indicate:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Season's Prospects. Rutherglen's Fine Show. Wheat and Dairy Progress
Rutherglen district is looking remarkably well. There is an abundance of grass; in fact, it has not looked so well at any time in August during…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Foot-Rot in Sheep. Investigating Its Cause
There have been more reports of foot-rot amongst sheep this year than for twenty years past, regardless of the rain measurement at any given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foot Rot Among Sheep Question Asked in Senate
Senator Guthrie, in the Senate on August 6, said:—In view of the serious outbreak of foot not among the sheep of Australia, which has never been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work for Wangaratta Wool Len Mills
Wangaratta Woollen Mills finalised contracts for yarn this week to the value of £15,000, that will provide work for the mill for about six…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Out Worm in Wheat. Slight Attacks Reported
It is reported from Bendigo that the cut worm is making its appearance amongst some of the district wheat crops. The Agricultural Department…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Farming and Grazing Phosphates to Save Money (Issued by the Department of Agriculture.)
Some farmers have an idea that the feeding of purchased fodders is a certain way of building up their land, and that the enhanced value of the animal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Settlers Weeds, Birds and 'Phones Noxious Weeds
At the recent conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association in Sydney, the noxious weeds problem was discussed on a series of motions. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Painting Farm Buildings
Mixing and Application of the Colours. The pigments generally used for the preparation of the colours commonly used in the painting of buildings are…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Farmers and Settlers' Conference. Cost of Living
The Farmers and Settlers' Conference carried resolutions that, in order to cope with the increased cost of living and the cost of production…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Rotation of Crops. a Beneficial System
Rotation of crops has been reduced to a science in England. It would be almost an impossibility to secure the lease of a farm in England in which…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Seed for the Peanut Crop. Its Preparation and Planting
Peanut seed for planting may consist of—(a) unshelled - nuts, (b) nuts broken in half, (c) shelled nuts (kernels). Of these three, the last is the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Heavy Frosts. Rose Farm, Spring Flat, Gundagai
Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my second letter to the page. We are having very wet weather here lately, and it is very cold. Some nights there are very…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Footrot in Sheep
The prevalence of footrot in sheep is at present causing considerable concern to sheep men. Speaking to a well-known breeder and an authority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat in Victoria
The official estimate of the area sown to wheat in Victoria for the coming season is 3,043,800 acres—an increase of approximately 10 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Prices a Difference Explained Losses in Transport
The question is asked from time to time as to the reason of the different prices quoted daily for wheat in Sydney that is to say, the difference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Butter Factory
The operations of the local butter, factory resulted m a profit of £ 187 during the past year. It may not be considered a very large amount, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep and Lambs Lower
Messrs. Dalgety & Co.’s Deniliquin branch received the following wire from Newmarket to-day: “All sheep much lower. Lambs dull and…
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