Farmhouse Tragedy
Samuel Parsons, aged 47 years, was found near a farmhouse at Wandsworth, New England, shot through the stomach and unconscious. He died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1926
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Homestead Farms. Restrictions on Transfers
A settler who selects a homestead farm under the Lands Department may have the rent remitted for a term up to five years if he expends the full…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Farmers and Settlers. Conference Resolutions. Departmental Replies
The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. W. C. Cambridge) has received several replies in regard to resolutions passed…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Countryside Alight Flames Fanned by Fierce Winds. Big Losses Experienced by Farmers. Brocklesby and Walbundrie Districts Suffer
Miles and miles of raging flames swept everything before them in the nearer west, south-west, and southern portions of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farm Produce Agents. Instructions to Applicants Licenses
It is suggested by the Department of Agriculture that applications for licenses under the Farm Produce Agents Act, 1926, which will come…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Dairying Industry Menaced. Margarine's Unfair Competition
The desperate position in which Australia a great dairying industry stands to-day is duo to many factors. Not the least important of these are the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Turvey Wheat Wins the Yarrawonga Crop Competition
Winning crops in the crop and fallow competition conducted by the A and P. Society at Yarrawong[?] would have made a showing in a State-wide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burn—or Plough in a Point in Preparing Land for Wheat
One of the questions most frequently asked in relation to the preparation of land for wheat is: "Would it not be advisable to occasionally plough in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P.p.u. Aims at Compulsory Pool Controlled by Farmers
A meeting of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers' Union has agreed to the following mot[?] "That we favor compulsory pool, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. Large Special Sheep Sale
Younghusband Limited report having held a highly successful sale of store sheep at the Albury yards last week, when they offered 26,000 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Skin Sales
Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association report under date 16th December: Sheepskins.—Closing auction sales for the year were held this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mathoura Wheat, 25,55[?] Average Estimated at 17 Bushes Slump Makes Growers Hold on to Crop Mathoura
To[?] £5,555 bags of wheat have been delivered at Mathoura. The wheat [?] of good quality and bags average three mahels. The sining in wheat caused many farmers to [?] in the [?] of prices Arming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Prices and Costs
In view of the high prices secured for light. Tree wools some persons and be under the impression that wool-growers generally are making…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burn—or Plough in ? a Point in Preparing Land for Wheat
One of the questions most frequently asked in relation to the preparation of land for wheat is: “Would it not be advisable to occasionally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Marketing
One of the largest public meetings held at Lismore decided by 71 votes to 57 to support a system of Stater" control of butter marketing. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Control of Wheat Silos. Replies to Farmers' Requests
Mr. Campbell, the secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, supplied the replies of the Department of Agriculture to the resolutions carried…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Adelaide Wool Sales
Dalgety & Co. Ltd., Albury, have received the following wire from their Adelaide office commenting on wool sale held in that centre on 17th December,…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →New Zealand Wheat Affected
Disquieting reports have been received from the Taieri and Milton districts, where the wet weather is causing concern to wheatgrowers. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Wool and Artificial Silk
The question whether and to what extent artificial silk competes with wool is referred to in a recent issue of the London "Weekly Wool Chart." The…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Wheat Growing Conditions Under the New Award
Not content with what seems to be in obvious partial crippling of the secondary industries of New South Wales, with harrassing legislation and…
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