Geurie District Crops
Crops in the Geurio district are need-, ing some rain badly.' An inch or more would do an immense amount of good just at present. The Geurie district…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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Farmers' Picnic
The annual re-union of the men on the land in this district will be held on Wednesday next, 9th inst. Preparations for a big day are already…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle for the War Food Fund
Offerings at Homebush last Monday included a draft of nine bullocks from Mr Wm. Walker, Craglee, Tam worth district, consigned to Winch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral. Cultivated Pastuees. 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 →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 →Agriculture and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personel supervinion of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience on the Department. No. 174. Agricultural. Lucerne, Hay and CHAFF. Making, Handling and Marketing
The lucerne crop should be cut at the right stage, and when there is a prospect of fine weather. So soon as the sun has dissipated any dew, the mower may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo Ciberal and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, September 8, 1914. Local and General. Farmers' Picnic
The farmers" annual re-union and picnic will be held to-morrow at "Cootha," about 2½ miles from Dubbo. The committee extend a hearty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Butter-making in Summer. a Farmer's Method
Some useful hints on butter making were given by Mr. J. Baldwin, at a meeting of the Canadian branch of the Agricultural Bureau, the most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Pastoral Outlook
Matters north and west of the Darling in the pastoral line are serious. There is no grass and owners are obliged to resort to artificial means of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Best Wheat Crop on Australia
Mr. J. T. Salmon, one of the most experienced wheat growers of the Riverina, has stated that the wheat crop at the Coonamble Experimental Farm is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Wool Trade
Business on the Sydney wool market is still quiet. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., state that they have effected a limited number of stiles, purchases mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Sydney Wool Report
Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date, 7th September:— The wool trade is still lifeless, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Boom Continues. Prices Highest Since 1902
The commercial editor of the "Sydney Sun" writes:—The wheat boom shows not the slightest signs of abatement in the Sydney wholesale markets;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Phylloxera-resistant Stocks. Some Hints on Grafting
In the hope that vignerons may presently be induced to undertake for themselves the grafting of European vines on to phylloxera-resistant rootlings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pastoral Outlook
Matters north and north-west of the Darling in the pastoral line are serious. There is no grass, and stock-owners are obliged to resort to artificial means of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool
The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 3rd September:—Favored with dry weather, shearing continues to progress rapidly. The clip to a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Prospects
Mr. Robert Gillespie, flour miller, giving evidence before the Necessary Commodities Commission, stated that the Millers' Association had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Demand for Sheep
As far as fat sheep are concerned, stockowners have had no cause for complaint in values ruling at Homebush of late. Mutton has not only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, ander the personal [?] of the Hon. W. G. A[?], Minister for Agriculture, and ore bused mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 175. AGRICULTURAL. MAIZE CULTURE. Another Bulletin…
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