Information Invited From Wheat-growers
The Wheat Experimentalist of the Agriculture Department is desirous of obtaining some definite data as to the minimum amount of rain required in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
251 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 13
A Big Sale of Cattle
ONE of the most important auction sales of cattle yet held in the north will be conducted by Messrs Lawcock Broughton and King at their Yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Farmyard Manure
It should be the aim of all owners of stock to preserve as fully as possible the fertilising properties of manure until is ready to be applied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Married Couples for Farms and Stations
The Intelligence Department, Sydney, is doing a good deal towards making the lot of the man on the land much easier than it otherwise would be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Preserving Wheels
Oiling waggon wheels to prevent the tries becoming loose and to preserve the felloes, has been practised for a long time. It is better as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winter School for Farmers
IN consequence of the success of the winter school for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Training Ground for Agricultural Labourers. a Matter for the Consideration of Farmers and Agricultural Associations
Our farmers are for ever calling out for labourers who understand agricultural work, so is the British farmer. The ploughman and the milkman are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool at 10s. per lb
IN a record of 80 years back, published in the "Auckland Weekly News," reference is made to the sale of Australian wool in London in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. Rough Shoeing Horses
The season of frost is now at hand, and due preparation should be made against the visitation. As regards horses, they may well be shod with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fall in Wool
As an instance of how the wool market has dropped, it may be mentioned that early in the season a wool grower, residing in this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Feeding Cows
In some dairies roots are given whole, the hay and straw unchaffed, and other foods with just as little preparation; but these places never…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Winter School
WE are in receipt of a syllabus in connection with the Winter School for Farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Pigs and Bacon
Careful and not put in more stock than can be handled comfortably. The man with limited accommodation is subjected to the same temptations as is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Departure in State Agriculture. Bringing the Department to the Farmer
THE Department of Agriculture, which has recently been reorganised as a separate Department of State by the Hon. John Perry and his Under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manilla Farmer's Union
J. E Kauter reports:--At our weekly auction sale held on Saturday, May 30, we sold:--Butter [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Moving Bees
This is the best time of year to move any hives that are required to stand in fresh positions in the apiary or garden. Bees do not seem to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Commercial News a Big Deal in Fat Sheep
Lowcock, Brougbton, and King, of Tamworth and Gunnedah, report having just concluded a sale of 27,000 fat weathers on account of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Chancing Tints of Autumn Foliage
The common idea regarding autumn colouring is that frost causes the brilliant colour of the leaves. This popular fallacy is without any foundation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Durable Homemade Farm Gate
The form gate here shown is 14 feet wide. It is made of four boards 4 inches wide, the same style as is in general use, by using barb wire between boards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm-hands From Great Britain
SCARCELY a vessel arrives from the United Kingdom without a small party of agricultural labourers who have accepted assisted passages for the…
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