Farm and Field. Original Articles. Specially written for this column All Rights Reserved. Applying Fertilisers
The North Western Courier · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 5
With regard to nitrate of soda, there is no uncertainty; it should be applied as a top-dressing wh[?] the young plants appear above the ground. On heavy…
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Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 12
Wheat--prompt, three shillings and nine pence…
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Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 7
The large display of wheats shown at the "Farrer" Court in the Agricultural Hall was visited by large numbers of farmers yesterday, and the merits of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Milk and Butter Tests
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6
Naturally the competition for the Royal Champion Butter Fat Test engages the attention of those closely associated with the working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Among the Cattle Breeders
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6
The annual meeting of the United Pure-bred Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association was held at the Showgrounds. Mr. J. T. Cole (president) in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Exhibits. a Farrer Court
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 5
The wheat exhibits this year came from all parts of the wheat belt. A grower has to furnish with each entry particulars as to variety, locality in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Enclosure. Milk and Butter Tests
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6
The horse section very naturally takes pride of place in the huge catalogue of the R.A.S., and this year it was no exception to the rule. There This year there were 14 cows in the Milk and Butter Test competition, a record for the Show. The entries were, H. Colley's Model, C. Cooper's' Ethel,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sowing the Wheat. Some Seasonable Hints
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2
Practical points in connection with the sowing of wheat were offered by the Chief Inspector in the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Markets Wheat Markets. Sydney
The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2
Private cubles state that Liverpool wheat options were down five-eighths per cental on Thursday for May, and down a farthing for July. The general cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Black" Chaff Trouble. Victory for the Strikers. Farmers Not to Use Line
The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2
A surprising development has occurred in pegard to the trouble on the WaggnHumala railway, arising ou[?] of the refusal of the men to handle produce consigned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Black" Chaff Trouble. Victory for the Strikers. Farmers Not to Use Line
The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2
A surprising development has occurred in regard to the trouble on the Wagga-Hunula railway, arising out of the refusal of the men to handle produce consigned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Single-farm Exhibit
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 8
There were three competitors for the special prize, £65, for best collection of farm produce grown and exhibited by a bona fide farmer resident in New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Science and the Farmer
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3
Professor Ainsworth-Davis recently said that among the results of the scientific study of the soil was the discovery of the bacterial nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Model Irrigation Farm Exhibits
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 8
This was located on the plot of ground opposite the Agricultural Hall, and being a novelty, representing a feature which is yet new in the State it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Furracabad Farms
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 8
The connection of the famous Furracabad Estate with the Royal Agricultural Show arises out of the fact that it is in the hands of the Haymarket…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Field. Original Articles. Special written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Fungi and Fruit
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3
The fungi are not mysterious kinds of organisms generated out of nothing, but they are real live plants growing from spores, just as weeds or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Herd Testing
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2
What is Revealed About Profits. The extent to which herd-testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Active Farm Clydesdales
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 5
The number of active farm Clydesdale stallions exhibited was not up to expectations. The judge, Mr. P. M. Bourke picked out Mr. E. Roberts'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6
The entries in dairy produce were 355, against 296 last year. Butter had gone up from 147 to 176, and bacon from 89 to 125. Cheese exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 154. Agricultural. Selecting Seed Potatoes
Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2
Some Practical Men's Opinions. Discussing last week the methods adopted by several experienced growers in New England in the preparation of…
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