Dairy Labor Famine
"Indaba" writes from Berry to the Land: "I have taken advantage of discussing the labour question with a number of coastal farmers who happened to be assembled at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1911
405 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 21
The Farmer. Marketing and Feeding
The little State of Denmark has attained a degree of agricultural prosperity which has attracted the attention of the world, says a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report--We held our last said of the weekly series on Tuesday. The market ruled Arm at the best rates of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Markets. Sales of Local Wool
WOOL SALES were held on Tuesday at the Sydney Wool Exchange. The market ruled very firm at the best rates of recent sales for all descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Markets. Wool Sales
Hill, Clark and Co. Ltd, report :—For our sale on Thursday, which was the last of the weekly series to be held in Sydney for the season now closing, we brought forward a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sales of Local Wool
At the wool sales on Thursday the following were included.—JJG/Hillside (Captain's Flat), 40 h w at 12½d, very fine, soft, free; AL/Lyen's Creek, Michelago, 22 h w e at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Compulsory Sheep Dipping. the Law in England
The Board of Agriculture (England) has issued a new sheep dipping order. The provisions appeared in the London "Gazette" of 14th April. The new order,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy. Pasteurised Milk
"Morbidity and Mortality Statistics as Influenced by Milk," written by Dr. J. M. Eager, assistant surgeon-general of the Public Health and Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Wool Reports
Hill, Clark and Co. report :—For our sale on Thursday—which was the last of the weekly series to be held in Sydney for the season now closing—we brought forward a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer
The man who is breeding cattle for beef can get a pretty fair idea of the breeding qualities of his bull the first time he sees his calf. By the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Markets. Wool Sales
Schute, Bell & Co Ltd., report under date 6th March.—A strong market characterised our closing sale of the weekly series on Thursday last, competition being generally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Bulletins
THE Department of Agriculture has now in operation a system of distributing special bulleting relating to one particular subject, and already some forty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meats for Farm Use
It Is a lamentable fact that amongst farmers who grow the world's meat supply there are many who have meat of poorer quality on their own tables than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Profit From the Dairy
Much of the success of the average farmer and dairyman depends on the cost of feeding the cows. There are conditions under which it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Notes
A horse trained to walk fast, whether suitable for the saddle, single harness, or team, always commands a better pricfe than one equally good in other respects,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. the Keeping of Butter
Brine, used for salting butter, is made by dissolving as much salt in water as is possible. Salt should be added to the water until no more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle. M. A. O'callaghan
WE have at the Government Stud Farm at Berry representatives of all the principal dairy breeds of cattle, and records of the milk yields of these animals have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Working Stubble Land. Preparing for Catch Crops
All stubble that is intended to be sown for a catch crop, laid down to grass or to be followed by another crop, should be skim ploughed as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dingoes Killing Sheep
OUT Mongarlowe way the dingo is becoming very troublesome of late. Several farmers have had sheep destroyed by them. They are worse than the foxes, who pay the greatest attention to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Wool Markets
The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co, Ltd., report:—Business this week has been confined to the private sales of lots passed in at auction and parcels from the…
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