Novel Wheat Crop
Mr. R. C. McLean, of "Hillview," South Partes, has a somewhat novel wheat crop on his property. In July last he put in a crop of Soft Federation, on ground which had been…
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Farming & the land, 1924
3,198 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 160
Serious Cattle Loss
A Bismuth correspondent writes to the editor of the Deepwater "Dispatch":—A serious thing is happening here on Bismuth. Some very fat cows and bullocks have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Wool Clip
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—Nine wool sales were held in different centres of New Zealand during November and December, at which nearly one-third of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Run on Butter
During the Christmas holidays, the whole of the output of the Tweed Heads butter factory was insufficient to supply the local demand. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Selling Methods. Neglected Markets
Objection has been taken to the statement made by Mr. A. Wilson, who is visiting Melbourne as the representative of the London and North-eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Butter Supplies. Pre-war Figures Passed
The statement is made in Weddel's annual review of Britain's supplies that "in volume, the import trade in dairy produce may now be said to have returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Using Up Wool. Good Suggestions
In these days of universal knitting and crocheting there is often an accumulation of wool left over, and the writer has used up her surplus in the following ways:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stabilisation Missingham and Labor. Why Farmers Hang On
Mr. Missingham (in the Assembly): Only last night Mr. Davies was complaining that butter had gone up 1d. a lb. He knows hat that 1d. a lb. goes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Faith in Wragge
Western people will no doubt erect a monument to the memory of Wragge, says a message from Dubbo. At Christmas time last year thoughts of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Cheese Making
Heat one gallon of new milk in an enamelled pail or dish to 95 degrees. Add to it three drops of cheese colour and 15 drops of rennet mixed in a little cold water. Stir for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Increased Production in Dairying
Yob would materially increase the milk yield and butterfat test of year herd by methodically drenching each cow after ealving with Sykes's Drench. Do not overlook this,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fodder Crops. Value of Rotation
Success in dairying is impossible without the aid of cultivation. Every dairyman realises that his herd normally reaches maximum production when on luxuriant pasture…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scientific Farming
A misapprehension, the effect of which is seriously detrimental to our welfare as a producing country, is the idea that farming demands the well-trained and efficient in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pastoral Progress. Australia's Rapid Growth
The enormous growth of the pastoral industry in Australia is referred to, in the last Commonwealth Year Book. In the years between 1860 and 1921 the number of horses in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Riverina Cattle for Coast
The Wagga "Daily Observer" says:—"As is well known, Mr. J. W. Shepphard, of Gobbagumbalin, has one of the finest pure bred Milking Shorthorn strains of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cotton and Wool France Makes Experiments. Seeking After Independence
PARIS, Tuesday.--M. Loucher (Foreign Minister) in a speech to-day on France's colonial policy, deprecated the dependance of France on Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uplift of the Dairy Industry
The dairying industry of Australia presents a curious anomaly. The cooperative butter factories, both in respect to their management and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sudann Grass Seed. Warning to Farmers
Samples of Sudan grass seed have recently been received by the Department of Agriculture which contain seeds of sorghum and a sorghum-Sudan hybrid in addition to certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Fire. Victorian Farmers' Loss
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Heavy damage was done by a fire which started in some grass at Nagam[?]ie. Before long it was realised that the efforts of the settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Disease
Until a definite and authoritative assurance has been issued to the effect that the last vestige of the rinderpest has been stamped out in Western Australia the whole…
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