Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. to Kill Wood Lice. Some Suggestions
Can you advise me what to do to kill wood-lice, as they are Aery numerous here, and eat off young seedlings? The reply of the Entomologist stated…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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Large Areas for Settlement. Homestead Farms Near Bara-dine
Mr. J. L. Trefle, Minister for Lands, has decided to throw open an area of about 40,800 acres of the Pilliga scrub lands, suitable for wheat-growing…
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Would hungarian millet serve as a forage crop in a district whore there will be a shortage of fodder for ploughing?…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →[?] Cattle Stud
Mr. John Jones, of [?] station, recently sold 24 young stud bulls to a Queensland squatter. Mr. Jones is achieving distinction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool [?]
Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd, offered at auction on Tuesday their last catalogue for the year, consisting of 1831 bales. For the best…
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The Cabinet on Tuesday appointed the following gentlemen to administer the Wheat Acquisition Act: Mr. Voider (Director of Agriculture), Mr. Day…
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Harvesting has been completed in the Geurie district, and the police returns are now available. They show that 484,000 bushels of wheat were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Dubbo Wheat Case
In No. 1 Jury Court, Sydney, Leopold Louis Dreyfus, Charles Louis Dreyfus, and Louis Louis Dreyfus, trading as Louis Dreyfus and Co.,…
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Mr. G. Valder, Chairman of the Wheat Board, stated last night that agents had been appointed throughout the State to act on behalf of the…
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The crops in the Vongarbon district are nearly all gathered. The yields average about four bogs per acre. Mr. Callaghan obtained 350 tons of hay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assisting Farmers
Farmers and others interested in agriculture have been watching closely to see what the Government intends to do to assist the men on the land,…
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The [?] is now practically completed in the Wongarbou [?]. Some good yields have been obtained, [?] Weir Bros., who have 400…
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 of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 189. Agricultural North Coast Potato Crop. Improvement
A report from the Inspector of Agriculture on the North Coast discloses a much improved state of affairs in connection with the marketing of potatoes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hungarian Millet. As a Catch Crop
Would Hungarian millet serve as a forago crop in a district where there will be a shortage of fodder for ploughing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orchard. Friendly Insects. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 34
A second edition of the bulletin, ontitled "Friendly Insects," written several years ago by the Entomologist, but now revised and brought up to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Goldsborough, Mort and Co. report:— At our last sale of the year we offered an attractive catalogue of good merinos and crossbreds, drawn from many…
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At the London wool sales last week there was good competition for all crossbreds at the highest rates of the series. Good merinos were also firm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Wheat Seizure. Riverina Districts Affected
Mr. Hall, Minister for Justice, on Friday afternoon caused a proclamation to be issued seizing all the wheat in the counties of Urana, Mitchell, Denison…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Seed Wheat
The Secretary of the Dubbo branch of the F.S.A. has forwarded several applications for seed wheat to the Department of Agriculture, coupled with…
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