Dairying in Winter
The winter season, when Nature is resting and the milk supply is small, affords a most favorable opportunity for making necessary improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1920
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Terra Crops
Mr. Joseph Field has been about uniting the farmers this week, and, of course, he has been tanking observations. He says the prospects are very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Late Shearing. Wool Freights to England
Practically no new season wools are yet to hand. Clips will be late in coming forward this year. Floods have delayed shearing. But growers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expert Handling of Live Stock. FARMERS & Graziers Co. Moving with the Times. Establishment of Branch Officers
The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co, Ltd., writes:— " The services of Mr. G. T. Weaver,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Next Season's Wheat Crop
A meeting of the Ministers controlling the wheat schemes in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia was held in Melbourne on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Grub
Mr. George Keyssecker, at Gulgong, who had an eight-acre paddock under wheat last week noticed that the crop about three inches high, appeared to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina Crops
Sowing operations in Henty were concluded last week, and very little, if any resowing, will be required. The area under grain crops last year was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derribong Stud Cattle
Mr. Chas. McKinnon, of Derribong, is coming to the front as a stud cattle breeder. Last week he despatched two of his bulls to Brisbane for exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Pool
A telegram from Melbourne on Saturday stated that in all probability the wheat pool would be continued, though not as a Commonwealth concern. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Wheat Pool
Mr. Storey has aunounced the likelihood of the establishment of a State wheat pool. The priucipal difficulty will be to find shipping space, as this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sulphur As Fertiliser for Wheat
In view of reports from experiment stations in other parts of the world, it was decided by the Department in 1915 to conduct a series of teste with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural& Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supports of Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiences of Department. 430…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Live Stock. Fattening Store Cattle on Fertilised Pasture
Would our pastures benefit from a top-dressing with basic stage Experiments were recently conducted by the Irish Department of Agriculture with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool-eating Sheep
Sheep have acquired the bad habit of wool-eating. On Tuesday a train of open trucks was conveying sheep out West, and while this train was standing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Dairy and Store Cattle
Messrs. Weaver and Perry, Ltd., will hold an important sale of choice dairy and store cattle at the Newmarket yards, St. Mary's, on Friday, August…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Wool Sale on Open Market
After three and a half years under Government control wool business on the open market has been resumed in Sydney. The first sale under free…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Case for Rhodes Grass. a Comparison with Paspalum
There is no doubt that paspalum has run riot throughout the greater portion of the coast of New South Wales (writes the Agrostologist of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer Dislikes Book-keeping. But the Department's Free Bulletin Simplifies It for Him
Farmers dislike book-keeping, but on the small farm it is a task that need only be very simple. At its worst it is a necessary evil that is generally less…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Outlook
The uneasiness created in wheat circles by the sensational statement made by the Prime Minister concerning shipping facilities for next harvest is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Inquiry
It is understood that the Government intends to ask Justice Pring whether the Wheat Inquiry should be terminated forthwith in view of the fact that…
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