Pastoral. Sudan Grass. Some First Impressions
Probably no plant is attracting more attention in the United States just now than Sudan grass, and for some months a good deal of interest in it has been…
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Farming & the land, 1915
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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, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 209…
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Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd. advertise they will sell by public auction at the Commercial yards on Saturday next, 20 mixed fat cattle, and…
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It would he wise for any farmers who are holding back wheat to pay strict regard to the fact that the police have received definite and final instructions in…
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Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report.—Members of the Wool-buyers' Association still refuse to bid at the Sydney auctions unless given extended terms…
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Experienced farmers are abel to estimate the approximate yield of wheat in a manner which is astonishing to an outsider. It is said, however, to be…
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The Government Statistician (Mr. J. B. Trivett) reports that, owing to the intense interest attaching to information concerning the probable harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Superphosphate. Its Effect in a Dry Season
A question of some interest was raised by one branch of the Agricultural Bureau quits recently. Is there any danger, it was asked, in sowing…
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"I am much interested in the suggestion made by the Wagga Branch of the Farmers and Settlors' Association that the Government should be asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers Please Note:—
H. V. McKay has given a[?] his agents notices that owing to the increased cost of material, the early order allowance on all harvesters will be…
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"Dairy-farming in Denmark has enormously increased the number of live stock, the area of land under tillage, and the value of the harvest since…
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T. D. Palmer, Estate J. Tink, H. T. Tink, J. A. Ryan, and Baird Bros, were the principal exhibitors in the cattle section. The animals were not in very…
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There were no more than about 20 exhibits in this section. Mr. Frank Mack had entered eight sheep in the various classes for grass-feds, but none…
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Last yew the cuttle section was something to "blow about," and all things considered, this important section this year did oven greater credit to the…
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For [?] in the Long history of Dubbo Shows we can't say much about the sheep section. In fact, as one disappointed member put it, the least said…
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Lindsay Reif was fined £5, in default six weeks' hard, labor, for cruelty to a sheep in his charge at Flemington Siding. Evidence was…
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Mr. E. S. Twigg (Cowra and Armatree) writes:—To-day hay is being sold a few miles out of Dubbo at £9 a ton, that makes chaff worth £10 to £[?] a ton. Wheat at 5s a…
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John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 1st May:—Wool.—Arrangements have been made for the holding of auction sales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General the Fat Sheep
The fat sheep presented by Mr. J. R. Craig to the Belgian Fund and used as the subject of a guessing competition, at Dubbo Show, weighed 134…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SHEEP. Best Merino Fleece.—W. J. Doyle 1. Section I.—(Coarse-woolled Sheep) (Judge, Mr. G. Cockle)
Lincoln Ram, 3 years, and over.—Estate late J. Tink 1 and 2. Lincoln Ram, under 21/2 years.—Estate late J. Tink 1 and champion,…
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