Science of Wheat Culture. Tribute to the Late William Farrer
OVER a very large proportion of Riverina the harvest for the season 1908-1909 has certainly been a bounteous one, and the farmers generally have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1909
194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 10
Agriculture, Etc. Secrets of Dairy Success. Importance of Keeping Records
Mr Warren Wasgatt, in the "Rural New Yorker," writes:— "The profitable handling of dairy cows does not come as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Farm to Palace. a Strange Career
Clpriano Castro, the fallen Napoleon of Venezuela, was born about forty-five years ago in a mountain village, the son of a farmer with some strain of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Modern Cattle Breeding. Points of Interest
The trouble and expense of rearing good and rearing bad heifers is about the same. This fact is pertinently referred to by an English breeder. If a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Handles for Farm Tools Adjusting Appliances
The advantages of an adjustable handle with which to hold firmly the heavier closs of tools while working in awakward positions amongst machinery,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Advancing Wool Trade
A contract which has been let to Messrs, Start Bros., in the office of Mr. Clamp, architect, for the erection of addition to Winchcombe, Carson and Co's wool store, Pyrmon, is satisfactory evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Hon. Gordon Farmer." HOBART
At the Hobart Police Court a young man, who claimed to be the Hon. Gordon Farmer, and said he was the son of the English baroo, was charged with having on March 8 forged a cheque on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Advancing Wool Trade. Additions to Wool Stores, Pyrmont
THE contract announced in our issue of Tuesday last as having been let to Messrs. Stuart Bros. in the office of Mr. Clamp, architect, for the erection…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cardinal Points in Dairying
There are six cardinal points to be observed, viz.:—(1) Breeding; (2) suitable feed and plenty of it; (8) calving; (4) good water supply; (5) cleanliness; (6)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An African Farm
In response to an appeal for various articles for use on an African farm, a milking stool, with other things, was sent to a mission worker from England. He gave it to a Kaffir,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. Wool Reports
Schute, Bell & Co., report under date 16th March as follows:—The London sales are progressing very satisfactorily, buoyancy prevailing as regards the better qualities of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture, Etc. Secrets of Dairy Success. Importance of Keeping Records
Mr Warren Wasgatt, in the "Rural New Yorker," writes:— "The profitable handling of dairy cows does not come as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Reports
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At our wool sales on Wednesday we found excellent competition at prices from par to five per cent higher that those ruling at our last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. Wool Reports
THE first of the off-season sales was held during the past week, operations extending over two days and comprising a turnover of 10,585 bales at auction and privately. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Wool Reports
Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report under date 23rd March, as follows:—Cable messages have been received by us from our London House advising the progress of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Butter Values in London
At every opportunity certain politicians representing country districts, and also some of the Government dairy experts in the Commonwealth, make it a point to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field. Action of Warm Water on Rennet
It is stated by the Canadian d[?]ry Journals that the discovery has been made in Canada that the use of warm water destroys the action of rennet. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Butter Business. Imports of Dairy Produce
The January number of the Journal of the British Board of Agriculture contains some interesting information concerning the quantity of butter and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agriculture, Etc. Good Dairy Cows. Must Be Well Bred
It is foolish to expect a common-bred cow, even if she is continuously stuffed with plenty of nutritious food, to produce as much milk of a rich and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lilliputian Farms. Wonders of Irrigation
When at Castlemaine (Vic.) lent week, Mr. Elwood Mead, chairman of the Victorian Water Supply Commission, discovered some irrigationists after his own heart…
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