Seed Testing for Farmers
The Department of Agriculture is prepared to test vegetable and farm crop seeds for farmers. Reports will be given stating the germination…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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Pastoral and Commercial the Weather. Friday evening. Drought's still continues. Homebush Stock Market. Sydney, August 28
Cattlo yarded 2600 — Market unaltered. Best beef 33s; second quality 27s; inferior 25s, Bullocks £5 to £13; cows £3 to £10. Sheep.—40,000 penned. Market…
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The Department of Agriculture is prepared to test vegetable and farm crop seeds for farmers. Reports will be given stating the germination…
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Increasing attention is being directed to the cowpea as a summer-growing annual that is likely to be useful in various ways. It first came into use in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 173. Agricultural. Lu[?]erne Hay and Chaff. Making, Handling and Marketing
"Every care should be exercised in the cutting, curing, storing, and preparation for market of lucerne hay and chaff, so as to produce a product capable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Crop
The prospects for the wheat, crop, as far as the south and west are considered, depends on rain falling in the near future. In some parts of the western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fine Crops at Talbragar
Notwithstanding unfavorable reports from other districts, the crops in the immediate vici[?]ity of Dubbo are looking remarkably healthy; and in no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Commercial the Weather. Tuesdny evening
Drought still continues…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Sydney Wool Report
Schute, Bull and Co., Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 31st August:—A cable from Bradford published…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Nature of Drought. and Dry Farming
Under this title an interesting bulletin has been written by V. G. Rotmistrov, Director of the Odessa Experiment Field, based upon investigations he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pastoral Outlook
Matters north and north west of the Darling in the pastoral line are serious. There is no grass, and owners are obliged to resort to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sheep-drafting Yard
We have received from Mr. E. J. Saunders, of Wongarbon, interesting particulars of a sheep drafting yard which is greatly in use in the west of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Roach's Wheat Again
Mr. James B. Roach, of "La Bona," obtained the following prizes for wheat at the Parkes Show:—First for hard wheat; first for soft wheat; and first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral. Cultivated Pastures. Some Reasons for Our Limited Area
"Land intended for pasture needs to be as thoroughly prepared as for any crop grown." So says the Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cow Peas. As a Green Manure Crop
The references made last week to cowpeas would be incomplete were no mention made of the utility of the crop in the orchard. The deep-rooting and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Picnic
The farmers' annual picnic, a popular event, will be held in Mr. W. W. Baird's paddock on Wednesday next. A varied sports programme has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Gilgandra Crop
Mr. F. J. D. Hankel, of "Essington," Gilgandra, has 800 acres under crop this year, as against 570 last season. He started at the middle of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Power on the Farm
What a blessing the oil engine has proved to the Man on the Land with the numerous duties to which he can put his engine, and what a labor-saver…
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