The Wheat Commission
Giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Wednesday, Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association,…
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Farming & the land, 1915
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Gulargambone Station Wool
This season's wool clip from Mr. Peter Ferguson's Gulargambone station, Gulargambone, was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's auction this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Man on the Land Germination of Seed Wheat. And the Prime Act of Husbandry
During the last two seasons cases come under the notice of the Biologist of the Department in which some of the wheat seed [?]own on Government…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers and Politics
The Attunga (Tamworth district) branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which is one of the largest branees in the State, has decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Seeds on Sale. Quality and Purity
Some evidence of the [?]are farmers [?]equire to exercise to assure themse'ves that parcels of seeds they purchase are comparatively clean is a[?]orded by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Good Farmer
Mr. W. Landers, of "Woodlands." Coona[?]le, has decided to go in extensively for whea[?]growing, and intends to sow 500 acres for next season. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Farming, the Trangie Experiment
Contrary to expectations, the Department of Agriculture is clearing and ploughing land for wheat in the Trangie district on fairly sound lines (writes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Record Grape Crop
Some grop? vi[?]s of the Doradillo variety at Messrs, J. B. Reymond and Sons' Champsaur Vineyard (Forbes), and which were specially prunded in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Report
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. report: At our fourteenth sale of the season we brought forward a catalogue of useful wools, the bulk of which showed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Exhibits
At last meeting of the committee of the Wellington P.A. and H. Society, Mr. Rich drew attention to tho fact that under the Wheat Acquisition Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Sickness Among Sheep. Investigated by Stock Inspector
Mr. Chas. J. Woollett, stook inspector. Cobar, was recently instructed by the Chief Inspector of Stock to visit a station in another district and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
Those Notes are issued every under personal supervision of the Hen. George Black. M.L.A., Minister of agriculture. N.S.W. and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 202…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Present Position of Herds. And the Advantages of Testing
"I think it will be generally accepted by most practical men that successful dairying depends largely on the four fundamental principles-breeding,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Soils of New South Wales. and Their Origin
The relation of the marvellously thin layer of a few inches of a few feet of soil, with which successive epochs have covered the surface of the earth, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Are Farmers Foolish? the Blame on the Right Shoulders
The British Board of Agriculture costs something like £100,000 a year, and agriculture is the one British industry which has a State Department, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wambangalang Wool
Mr. N. E. Lane, of Wambangalang, shipped his last clip of wool to the London market, through the Dubbo branch of tho Commercial Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Experience with Sheep
Mr. Compoell, of Gulargambone, had an [?]nenylable experience in removing 5000 sheep to agistment areas. On account of the absence of trucks at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
Winehcomba, Carson, Ltd., have received the following cable from London:— 142,000 bales of wool available. Compared with closing rates of last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bigger Wool Catalogues
The strong demand for wool ruling at recent Sydney auctions induced brokers to further test the capacity of the market. Catalogues this week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Farming
A deputation from the A.W.U. waited on the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Black, and brought under his notice a resolution passed by the executive of…
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