Farm Engineering Material for Concrete. How to Estimate the Quantities Required
The question is often asked aa to how much cement, sand, and metal will be required for the concrete for particular Job. The table give…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1936
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Free Agricultural Training At Government Experiment Farms
The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. Hugh Main, M.L.A.) states that there are a number of vacancies at the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Cattle Tick Successful Eradicative Measures
The sometimes disputed practicability of tick eradication under local conditions is the subject of the following interesting comment by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Sheep Dog Trials
The annual sheep dog trials at Messrs Falkiner and Sons’ Moonbria Station will take place on September 27…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Prices Fixed French Farmers Dissatisfied
The Paris correspondent of " The Times" (London) states that, as a protest against the fixing of the price of wheat at 139 franc a quintal (about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Substitutes
Sir David Rivett, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, who is in England, says that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Sale at Wagga
On Friday next, September 11, Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., Wagga, will submit a great yarding of 2500 high quality cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Commercial Monthly Sheep Sales
MESSRS. PEARSON, ROWE, SMITH CO. report having held their usual monthly sheep sale "yesterday, when they yarded 1350 sheep. A total clearance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral Vaccination Against Black Disease Stockowners' Reports Invited
Vaccination against black disease is extending where the Character of the country prohibits eradication of the snail which plays so vital a part…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wheat Down Effect of Canadian Minimum Price
Quotations for wheat in the Melbourne market fell by 1d. a bushel on Saturday owing to easier quotations in the overseas markets. Trade was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wool Market. Yesterday's Sales. SYDNEY
The wool authorities are extremely gratified over the state of the wool market. While it is pointed out that the first sales cannot be regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vegetable Fibres. Are They Replacing Wool? LONDON
Sir David Rivett, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, states that an inquiry has been begun…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Sales. The Average Prices. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
The demand for all better descriptions of wool was well maintained at to-days sales, and prices for these remained firm. The irregularity and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales Top Price l9¾d. on
Values of all better classes of fleece wool and best skirtings at the Sydney wool sales on Wednesday were fully equal to the best rates of the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Out with the Sheep at 86 at One Time He Suffered From Rheumatism
Going out with the sheep, miles from home, this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Wool Sale Prices Firm Rates Maintained in Sydney Despite Absence of Japan Principal Purchases Made by Britain
Japanese buyers withheld support from the opening wool sales of the season in Sydney on Monday. Nevertheless the result of the sales is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers' Debts Board a Reply to Criticisms
Claiming that the cost of the staff of the Vic. Farmers' Debts Adjustment Board was by no means excessive, the secretary of the board (Mr. W. R…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Dairy Produce Representation on Board
The small States gained a victory at the Agricultural Council at Adelaide. South Australia, West Australia and Tasmania have only one representative…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Cleansing of Dairy Utensils Importance of Thorough Sterilisation
The great majority of the defects of dairy produce arise from lack of cleanliness, points out a departmental pamphlet on the effect of the action…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Turf Notes the Stewards' Right to Change a Jockey on a Fancied Race Candidate. Gave Rider His Apprentice Permit for Races and Then Denied Him First Mount. Talking, The Freak, Gold Rod, and Osculum in Their Great Warwick Farm Form
Dick Wootton regards The Freak as an Epsom proposition, and a few weeks ago he tried to engage Billy Cook for the horse in the big mile event at…
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