The Farm Agricultural Thrift
The French are proverbially thrifty, and in no direction is that thriftiness better illustrated than in their methods, of agriculture. Conditions in the old…
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Farming & the land, 1920
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Farmers and Figures
"The average farmer is primarily an open air man; he works all day and does not concern himself much with account keeping," says the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Farmers and Figures. The Bogey of Book-keeping
"The average farmer is primarily an open-air man; he works hard all day and does not concern himself much with account keeping,'' says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.m.) Friday, January 16, 1920. Raided the Corn Crop
Trevor Bevan was charged with cruelly illtreating one bull calf, the property of Annie Auckram, at Invington, on December 5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homestead Farm for Soldiers
A notification appears in the "Government Gazette" setting apart 520 acres partly within occupation license No. 704, county of Buller, parish of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pig Breeding. Richmond River Stud Farm
Prominent amongst the many new entrants into the pig breeding world during 1919, is a gallant returned soldier, Major A. H. Rassam (late of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairying Season
The heavy milking season is now upon us, and consequently there is a great call for Dairying Utensils of all kinds. We have provided large stocks of Milk and Cream…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Westralian Butter Shortage
The passage of each day witnesses the depletion of the Perth butter supplies, and it is anticipated that within a few days all the reserves of imported butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ballina Cattle Drovers
Recently three Baliina youths were engaged to drove a draft of over 1000 head of cattle from Inverell to the coast at a cost of £l per day from the starting point…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Export
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The council which has been appointed to control the export of Australian wool will meet in Melbourne on Tuesday next, when rules and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Commission. Georgeson's Illness
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Justice (Mr. Fitzgerald), replying to Mr. John Storey's comments, said all the Ministers were anxious to have the wheat inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle Poisoned
SYDNEY, Monday.—Out of 300 cattle travelling from a drought-stricken station property near Wilcannia to feed in South Australia 50 died in two days owing to eating a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ballina Cattle Drovers
Recently three Ballina youths were e[?]gaged to drove a draft of over 1000 head of cattle from Inverell to the coast at a cost of £1 per day from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Handling
MELBOURNE, Monday.—At a meeting of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture Mr. W. McRobert submitted a report on a scheme formulated at the conference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Prices Reduced. SYDNEY
The price of butter was reduced one half-pence per pound to-day, both wholesale and retail, as New South Wales is now self-supporting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Butter. Reduced in N.s. Wales
SYDNEY, Monday.—An order has been issued in Melbourne reducing the price of butter in N.S.W. by 1½d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat for N.S. WALES. Transport Arrangements
SYDNEY, Monday.—In the event of the shipping strike being continued over this week the Minister for Agriculture states that arrangMents have been made to bring wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Deadly Nightshade." Fifty Head of Cattle Succumb. SYDNEY
Fifty head of cattle travelling the drought-stricken districts from Wil[?]- nia to South Australia, died through eating a weed known as "deadly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Matters. No Shortage of Trucks. SYDNEY
Mr. Norris, Secretary for, Railways stated to-day that no difficulty what ever was anticipated for trucks for hauling wheat from Victoria. Instructions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Butter. Regarding Future Contracts. An Increased Price Expected. LONDON
Nothing has been settled by the Food Controller regarding future contracts for New Zealand butter. Sir Thomas McKenzie, interviewed, said the butter…
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