Big Load of Wheat
Mr. Art Wheeler arrived in Dubbo from Bellevue this morning with a load of 110 hags of wheat drawn by 18 bullocks. The net weight of the wheat was over 9 tons…
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Farming & the land, 1912
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On the Land. Sydney Wool Sales
Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 28th December:—Although transactions in wool have been of very…
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Dalgety & Co., Ltd., wool salesmen, Sydney, report under under date of 4th instant:—The opening wool sales in the new year were held at Hobart on 3rd…
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Many people considered farmers were exaggerative in their assertion that the heavy rains in December had decreased the weight of wheat by three [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narromine. the Wheat Harvest
Harvesting operations are almost completed throughout the district. The yield on the whole is very good, but extensive damage was wrought by the early summer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision at the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, ami arc based mainly on the experiments ol tho Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Opinion. a Wheat Experimentalists Report. (To the Editor)
Sir,—Knowing that you are ever ready to distribute through the columns of your paper any information, or what may be of information to its readers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage to Sheep From Maggot Fly. Reduced from 80 per 1000 to 3 per 1000 by Dressing
Mr. C. W. Phillips, or Canimibla, via Cowra, gives the following experience in preventing the maggot fly amongst his sheep.—700 awes and hoggets were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PLOUGHING 25 Milles a Day. The Work a Farmer Really Does
The acre is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated field, and all the nations of antiquity had a similar measure. The acre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. For The Man On The Land. Theae Notes will be issued every week, under the dir[?]tion of the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly en the experiments of the Department. AGRICULTURE. To Improve Sandy Soils
There are certain areas of sandy soils which could be made far more productive with a comparatively small outlay. The farming world moves in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefie, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy. Healthy Pigs. Effect of Food
Two factors which largely conduce to disease among pigs are overcrowding and injudicious feeding with more or less unsuitable food. Wheat is at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PLOUGHING 25 Miles a Day. The Work a Farmor Really Does
The acre is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated field, and all the nations of antiquity had a similar measure. The acre,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wandering Cattle
At the police court on Friday, before Messrs. Gates, P.M., and F. H. Kennard, J.P., James Ivers wa charged with allowing a cow to wander in the street…
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At the yards on Saturday next, Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., will sell by public auction 1000 sheep comprising 600 aged ewes, 300 Lincoln…
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During the week ended 30th December, the quantity of wheat dispatched from the country stations was 269,013 bags, compared withs 225,718 bags during the same…
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At the Wellington police court on Friday, Mr. Gates, P.M., fined a man £2 and costs for allowing a cow to stray on the streets. The P.M. remarked that it would…
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A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 5th January:—Wool continues to arrive in small quantities, chiefly from the later-shearing districts, most of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wheat Market
Wheat advanced at the sales yesterday, and a considerable aggregate of business was transacted early in the forenoon. Now wheat sold at 3s 8½d and 3s 8¾d per…
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At the yards on Saturday next, Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., will sell by public auction 1000 sheep. comprising 600 aged owes, 300 Lincoln…
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