The Farmer. Points About the Machine Milker
1. That machine-milking, in the hands of a capable operator, may be considered as successful as the best average hand-milking…
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Farming & the land, 1912
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The Wool Market
Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report:--Up to date 481,110 bales of wool have been sold in the Sydney market, and it is estimated that 215,000 bales will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?] in the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the [?] The Department can solve many problems concerning the [?] and production which we[?] impracticable to the individual producer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Rust in Wheat
Reports from the State Experiment Farms throughout the State relative to the liability of the different kinds of wheat to rust are interesting. The Manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crossbred Sheep
OWING to crossbred sheep coming into so much greater favor, both for the wool and for meat, 4000 crossbred ewes have been purchased for the Manar Estate for breeding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Milking by Electricity
An apparatus for milking cows by means of a partial vacuum has been used for a number of years. In a new form of milking-machine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…
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There is also a large number of plant that may be put into the silo, such as vetches, kale, cabbage leaves, silver beet, sugar beet, turnips…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PLOUGHING 25 Miles a Day. The Work a Farmer Really Does
The acre is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated field, and all the nations of antiquity had a similar measure. The acre,…
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THE first wool sales of this year were held yesterday afternoon when the following local wools were among the lots sold:—C in tria., Gininderra, 30 1st come at 12½d, 10 1s clo e…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remedy for Mottled Butter
If, after standing a few hours, the butter is found to show a mottled appearance, this can be overcome by putting it on the worker and giving it an…
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Dalgety & Company, Limited, wool salesmen, Sydney, report under date 11th instant:--The favorable nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bee Farm Sites
A number of applications for bee farm sites and ranges on what is known as the Blue Blocks country were dealt with by a local Land Board at Hamilton, on 9th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. Washing Butter Favourably Affects the Lactic Acid Bacteria
In a series of experiments designed to show the effect of thorough washing upon the keeping quality of butter, it was found in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy Conformation
In the selection of a cow we look to the conformation somewhat and much prefer a cow with a good, deep body, and this conformation is…
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Dalgety & Company, Limited, report--We received the following cable message from our London House, dated 16th instant:-- "The first series of the Home…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Production of Milk and Butter
It is generally believed. with great season, that a ration consisting of a certain. portion of succulent matter is necessary for the most economical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Sale
MR. A W SCOTT advertises a sale on Thursday next, at his yards, of 150 cold country cattle, consisting of 50 bullocks, 4 years, in good condition, 50 steers, 2½ years, and 30 young…
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Hill, Clark and Co. report:—We held our opening sale for the year on Tuesday, when we submitted a catalogue of chiefly medium wools, with a few lines showing fine spinning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Mad for Water
A message from Melbourne reads:—"A severe water famine exists at Tempy, and, despite the efforts of the local progress league to cope with it, the quantity arriving…
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