Farm and Produce. Rearing Calves
The dairy instructor (Mr. W. G. A. Lee), Wagga Experiment Farm, gives some good advice on rearing calves. He says that in order to secure strong healthy calves it is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1912
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 19
London Wool Sales. London
The wool sales yesterday opened brisk, with prices at from par to 5 per cent. advance. Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada As a Wheat Country
What of the future rivalry of Canada, the United States and Argentine? Mr. Rutter, in his volume. "Wheat Growing in Canada, the United States and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Boom in Melbourne. Melbourne
Very little wheat is offering, and buyers are paying 4s 16½d for milling grain, for spread deliveries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Produce. the Compost Heap
A compost heap is a necessary adjunct of every well-managed farm. Its use affords the means of transforming into a useful condition the fertillsing material contained…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Produce
The market for all lines of farm pro-produce has been on the up grade, there being a big demand from the country and Queensland for all grain and forage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Produce
A satisfactory volume of business was passing in dairy produce. Good sales of butter were effected at late rates, and although the export…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Happy Farmer
The normal state of the farmer's mind is that of panic; the weather is never right, and his land is either too sodden or too blighted to ho of any use…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Canada's Grain Crops. Railways Overtasked. Winnipeg
In order to deal with the situation arising from the congestion of freight traffic, due to the efforts to move the Canadian grain crop to the west, an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Farmers' Grievance
The present season of the year, so far as the supplies of produce that reach the market are concerned, is the heaviest of the whole year, but difficulties are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Dairying Industry
Lord Chelmsford, the State Governor, in his address on the occasion of the opening of the agricultural show at Berry, held up Denmark as an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Season
The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs., Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety mad Co., Ltd., totalled 19,593 bales, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Firm
The wheat market is very firm. The week opened at 3s 9d, and closed at 3s 9¾d, with some buyers willing to meet holders' ideas of 3s 10d. Transactions for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Eradication of Bracken
The Hawkesbury Agricultural College authorities are often asked how to eradicate bracken. So far, the principal has recommended the spiked roller, passing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairy Produce
A good volume of business has been passing in dairy produce lines. The supply of butter is just about equal to the demand, and an advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Produce
Business in all lines of farm produce has been particularly brisk, a good volume going north and to the North Coast. The wheat market is much firmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Canada's Foreigners. Fight Between Farmers. Regina
A fierce fight has taken place at Blainlake, in Saskatchewan, between foreign farmers. The custom is that the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep As Burden Bearers
In the northern parts of India, sheep are made to serve as beasts of burden. The mountain paths among the foothills of the Himalaya are so precipitous that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Produce Market. Sydney, Friday. Wheat Inactive
The bulk of business in wheat this week has been small. Last week closed with holders at 3s 9½d and 3s 10d, but on Monday they were more inclined to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Produce. Splints
These only amount to unsoundness when they are likely to cause lameness from their size, shape, or position. A large number of light horses suffer from this…
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