Practical Irrigation Farming Continuous Irrigation
In the settlements on the Murray, where the water supply is obtained by pumping, an irrigation once started proceeds day and night until it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1915
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A Progressive Farmer
There are few more progressive and venturesome farmers in Dubbo district than Mr. W. L. Mathews, of Barbigal. Eighteen months ago Mr. Mathews, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. an Insect Pest. the Buff-colored Tomato Weevil
Early in October of this year, the entomologist of the Department of Agriculture received (chiefly from the Gosford district) several specimens of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Case for the Farmer. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—I am asking you for space in your paper to place before the public the position of the small farmer who rents land and the share farmer, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Wheat
A trip along the railway line from Dubbo to Wellington at the present time convinces one that whatever may be the feeling in other parts in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Wheat
An hospital wheat scheme has been instituted at Parkes and all district farmers have been asked to donate a hair (or more) of wheat to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction on Thursday an attractive catalogue of 2618 bales. High figures were reached for free merino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep a Shilling Dearer
There won no lack of zest in biddings at the Homebush sheep sales last Monday. Mutton was a comparatively scarce commodity. Buyers, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Scheme
In attempting to criticise the position at the present time I wish the reader to recognise that it is the position as I see it to-day. I mention…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Payments for Wheat
The Minister for Agriculture stated on Monday that the Government would pay 26 a bushel for all wheat, whether good, bad, or indifferent, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Wiachcombe, Carson prices for good wools held firm at our sale last Tuesday. Medium lines and skirtings were dearer. We obtained 19¼d for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Scheme. Conference of State Ministers. Farmers and Their Rights
A conference of State Ministers of Agriculture will be held in Melbourne next week for the purpose, amongst other things, of considering…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Share Farming. Government Scheme Near Wyalong
Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, last week explained details of his scheme for share farming on Forest Vale Estate, situated on the line of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Army of Farmers
Mr. McGirr asked the Minister for Agriculture if he were aware that it, had been stated that a body of fifty' indignant, farmers were marching to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Protect the Farmers
The Prime Minister, after conference on the wheat question, said that it bad been decided, in order to protect the interests of farmers, that no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer's Threat Armed March on Sydney
Mr. Robert A. Pearson, of Tamworth, considers that the day for talking about the wheat seizure is past. He relies upon the "drumming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Up-to-date Farm
Mr. T. M. Smith, of "Kurrajongs," Wongarbon, and Geurie, who this year had nearly 1,000 acres of land under wheat, expects an average yield of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm. Sulphate of Iron As a Manure
In view of the fact, as so far proved, that top-dressings of sulphate of iron were found useful in checking the "Bush disease" to which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Table Poultry. As a By product of the [?]ggFarm
"Accepted notions and practical commercial considerations are not always in accord," says the Poultry Expert somewhat [?]pigrammatically in an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New Wheat Scheme
Mr. Murdoch M'Leod, of Messrs. M. M'Leod and Co., millers, of Wellington writes as follows to the "S.M. Herald.":—Sir,—As a country miller and…
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