Next Season's Wheat
The Australian Wheat Board has not et come to a decision as to what shall be the amount of the first instalment to be paid on next season's wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1916
1,382 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 63 of 70
Strange Disease in Wheat
Cumnock wheat farmers are troubled by a strange disease that is making its appearance among apparently healthy crops, the plant commencing to die at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second-hahd Wheat Backs
The Wheat Board of New South Wales has issued a circular stating that: the use of second-hand wheat Backs will be allowed during the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Clip. Sydney
It is understood that the British Government has submitted a proposal that it should purchase the whole of the Australian wool clip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Prices for Australian Wool
The september woor report of Messrs. Chas. Balme and Co., of London, received by Mr. J. W. Siltar, of the local branch of the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 289…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Questions. About Maize
What is the best system on which to plant maize—the drill or the check system? The question was asked the Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Proper Cleansing of Cans. And the Effort
Considerable experimenting has been carried out by the Dairy Division of the United States Department of Agriculture in regard to sterilising cans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excellent Oat Crops
On n recent crop-insurance tour of the Dubbo district. Mr. J. Shearer met with something of such extraordinary value as to be well worth the owner's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Sale
Messrs. M. G. Cater and D. J. O'Dea, in conjunction, will hold a cattle sale at the yards on Wednesday next, commencing at 2.30 p.m. There will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Sale on
Messrs. T. M. Sherriff and Co. will offer 80 head of mixed cattle at the yards on Saturday afternoon next. Amongst them are 50 steers, 18 months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Report
Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date 20th November:—In the present transition state of the coal strike, it is little use hazarding an opinion at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us last night:—No decision has yet been arrived at regarding resumption of wool sales, pending result of conference now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whole-meal Bread. Conserving Wheat Supply
"The national food problem of England to-day may be the national food problem of Australia to-morrow." This concise expression was used by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. (Issued under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture). Propagation of Vegetables. a Variety of Methods
The methods of propagating vegetables differ considerably according to the nature of the crops themselves, the climatic and soil conditions under which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lime on the Farm. Methods of Application
Lime may be applied in two ways—either as ground burnt-lime or as freshly slaked lime. As ground lime it is applied at the rate of 5 to 0 cwt. per…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland's Wheat Crop
Queensland has this year 219,000 acres under wheat, of which it is estimated 168,340 acres will be harvested for grain for a return of 2,806,700…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Crop. SYDNEY
The Australian Wheat Board hag decided to pool this year's wheat crop like the last, and advance half a crown on it being split into two or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Cattle Stations
T[?] Queensland Government is pushing ahead with its scheme of State cattle stations. Already it has on its various properties over 27,000 head of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Sheep Losses
A message from Forbes states that the shearers who have returned from the west recent stories of exceptional losses in sheep through ravages of…
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