Farm and Field. Spraying Potatoes for Blight
Mr Kirk (Government Biologist for New Zealand) states that the potato crop in that colony will show a shortage for the season. The havoc this year was in…
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Farming & the land, 1906
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Mogriguy. the Weather and Crops
The wheat crops in this district are in a very backward state for this time of the year, the lack of rain and the inroads of the rabbits being responsible for most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Returns
The first month's run of the local butter factory concluded during the week, when cheques were paid to the various suppliers. The largest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warwick Farm Races. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, August 11
Hurdles.—Superstition, 1; Soismic, 2; Ryde, 3. Liverpool.—Gaby, 1; Famous, 2; Proprietor, 3…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Meeting of Dubbo Branch
THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo Branch of the [?] and S Association was held at the Town Hal[?] Dubbo, on Saturday afternoon. Present: The [?] President (Mr. A. Craig) in the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
Messrs. Schute, Bell and Go. report under date 13th August:— Russian political troubles are still a serious disturbing factor in European…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weight of Bags of Wheat
In the Assembly on Tuesday a bill to relieve the shoulders of wharf laborers was brought down by Mr. Daley. It provides that 150lbs should be the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Wool Market
Winchcombe Carson and Co. report:—The Sydney wool market shows returning activity, though prices are now on a lower level than a month or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Sales of the New Wool Clip
Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:—There is little alteration in the news from Europe, where business continues very unsettled In Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dry Farming. the Hope of the West. Bountiful Crops Without Irrigation, in Semi-arid Regions. I.
Nearly one third of the entire area of the United States, exclusive of Alaska and our insular possessions, consists of vacant public lands regarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought-resisting Crops. Extent of the System in America. Ii
After planting, the dry farmer does not trust to luck and Providence to do the rest, and blame it all on the weather if the final result is failure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Wheat Average
Mr. George Chandler, of Yaloogris, who has been engaged in systematic experimental work on his farm, has to his credit a general average wheat…
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Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Limited, report:—There is little alteration in the news from Europe, where business continues very unsettled. In Sydney, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Uniform Quality of Danish Butter
The annual report of the butter examinations in 1905 at the Danish Government Laboratory for Agricultural Research hag just been issued. Nine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Market
Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:—There is little alteration in the news from Europe, where business continues very unsettled. In Sydney, however, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]ight of Bags of Wheat
IN [?] assembly on Tuesday a hill to relieve [?]ers of wharf laborers was brought in by Daley. It provides that 150lbs should be maximum weight of a sack containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Feeding Ducks for Egss
IN selecting breeding and laying stock most people choose the long-bodied, bright-eyed erect specimens, and allow five ducks to one drake, and those are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Scouring. What Is Being Done for the Grower
The wonderful revival in business throughout Australia, and more particularly in New South Wales, has to be credited mainly to the great wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Commercial. The Wool Market [?]hcombe, carson, and co., Report
[?] is little alteration in the news from where business continues very un[?] In Sydney however we continue to fair amount of business by private…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Saturday, August 18, 1906. Farming in Drought
SOME years ago American farmers, refusing to deliver over any part of the Republic to the dominion of the drought, discovered a method of…
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