Farm & Field. Original Articles. Crops for Dairy Farms
Dairy-farmers anticipating their cows coming in early in spring should look well ahead to see that there should be plenty of succulent food to…
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Farming & the land, 1918
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General Telegrams. the Wheat Harvest
SYDNEY, Friday.—With an estimated wheat harvest of 110,000,000 bushels the conductors of the wheat pool will be expected to find £16,500,000 for distribution on accdunt…
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The Controllers of the Australia Wheat Pool report that no buyers have been found for the 1917-191S crop, which will probably be over a million. This will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 347…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Modern Dairying
The benefits of Labor-saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. The Dairying Industry ranks as one…
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One of the most interesting developments of Prison Administration in this State is the establishment of agricultural industries for the dual purpose of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The prospects of the Australian sugar crop for next season are considered to be very favorable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying in 1917
In a review of agricultural progress during the past year the "S.M. Herald" says:—It has been a profitable year for the dairy farmers. They are enjoying a good season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sheep Tick
There are not many sheep in the Tweed-Lismore, Pastures Protection Board district, for the simple reason that the country is better adapted for…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Wheat Board everdraft on December 31 was £ 690,000, of which New South Wales was debited, with £14,000 on the 1916-17 harvest. The number…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Fruit. State Experimental Farms
The Department of Agriculture is paying attention to the prospects for fruit growing along the North Coast. A small experimental orchard has been…
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The Farmers' and Settlers Association has approached the Prime Minister in an endeavor to obtain a higher guaranteed price for wheat for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homebush Cattle Sales. Sydney
At the Homebush cattle sales to-day A there was a good supply of trade quality cattle; prices were dearer. There were 935 head yarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's Wheat. Why it is not Transported. LONDON
Chiozza Money, a noted financial expert, in an interview with the "Pall Mall Gazette," in reply to Australian criticism stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cables the Food Problem. At the Week End. Thousands Without Meat. Stocks may be Commandeered. If Farmers Refrain from Sending to Market. LONDON
The week-end meat shortage was most acute. Smithfield's supplies were sixty per cent below requirements, and a crowd of butchers struggled for…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—John Schier, 67, a well-known farmer at Berrigan, was found drowned in the Government tank on Saturday Afternoon. He was seen by his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Telegrams. the Wheat Crop
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Agriculture states that an agreement for the handling of the new wheat crop is ready for signature. It does not disclose the rates…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Treasurer has been informed that a shipment totalling 5,000,000 racks for bagging wheat has been unloaded, at Sydney. Farther supplies are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial Letter. Our Commercial Letter. Sydney, Saturday. BUTTER
Good supplies of butter have arrived at this week end, notwithstanding the non-arrival of the Richmond River boat, reported as barbound. Byron Bay sent 5640…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Farmers
The farming population of Northern France, writes the "Australasian," is gradually trickling back to its native soil as the Germans are forced from it…
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