Wool for Military Clothing
Prices for good wools were again firm at Monday's Sydney sales. Winchcomba Carson Ltd., sold privately a line of 15 bales of Brewon station, Walget district scoured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1915
297 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 15
Wheat Acquisition Act Valid. SYDNEY
The High Court has unanimously dismissed the Commonwealth's appeal, and decided that the Wheat Acquisition Act is valid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field Original Articles. Sleepy Cream
Cream does not ripen well at too low a temperature, and, us a rule, says an English dairyman, it gathers a bitter flavour, which becomes distinctly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Values Higher
Cattle values showed all round improvement at Homebush last Thursday. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. state that biddings of prime beef were very brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Acquisition Act
With commendable and judicial caution, their Honors of the High Court abstained from passing any opinion on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Deal in Wheat
A WHEAT speculator has taken advantage of a hitherto unconsidered anomaly existing in New South Wales. Discovering that the Federal Capital area did not come under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Japanese Wool Shipment
As a buyer of wool no fault can be found with Japan this season. Last week's mail steamer took away a record shipment from the port of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australians Appreciate Pallamallawa Wheat Belt
MESSRS. HARDING BROS. of South Australia have recently purchased 3200 acres in the Pallamallawa district. These gentlemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. Original Articles. What Is the Soil
The soil of a farm is not a mass t of inert, matter, but is composed of varied substances almost as complex as those derived from organic life. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuggranong Picnic and Sports. an Enjoyable Outing. OFFICIALS—Horse events, Messrs. A. J. McDonald and J. D. Brilliant judges; stewards, Messrs. John Morrison, Jas. Grady, John Tong and Donald Robertson; foot races, Messrs. Jno. Monk, Alf. Lazarus and H. T. Land; ticket races, Messrs. O'Neill and C. Hardy; tug of-war, judge Mr. G. McKeahnie assisted by Mr. S. L. Roberts; steward, Mr. E. Robinson; throwing at wicket, Messrs. T. E. Woodger, P. J. Gleeson, F. Cleaver and M. K. Gallagher; guessing weight of fat sheep, Messrs. C. Goizer, A. Campbell, P. Gallagher; guessing height of pole, Mr. Phil McGee; stepping the distance, Mr. P. Gleeson; throwing cricket ball, Mr. Mark McMahon; other workers. Messrs. C. Curley, E. Woods, S. Gallagher and Jas. Morrison
THE annual Tuggranong Sports and Picnic, which event took place in Mr. John Morrison's paddock on Easter Monday, was held under the most favourable auspices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales. Shipments Held Up
A CRITICAL position has developed in the Sydney wool market because ships cannot be obtained to take the wool away. Woolbuyers are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farm. Spray for Potatoes. Limb-sulphur V. Bordeaux Mixture
The New York Agricultural Expert most Station has recently conducted, some important experiments with regard to a spray for potatoes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Offerings Reduced
OWING to the scarcity of shipping space, and the consequent inability of buyers to ship heavy purchases of wool, brokers have…
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. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 206. Dairying. the Butter Industry. Its Present Position
Notwithstanding that the war has so distinctly enhanced prices as to allay in part the anxiety of a year ago about the fate of second quality butter, the Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural. Liming Wheat Land. Last Season's Experiments
A year ago some prominence was given in these "Notes". to the conclusions derived from an experiment in the liming of wheat land, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Citrus Culture." Farmers' Bulletin, No. 90
This bulletin, rorming as it does part of the matter that is intended for the ''Fruitgrowers' Guide," is issued by the Department of Agriculture in order…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm. Growing Cowpeas
The cowpea is a plant that is not sufficiently appreciated. Its value as a soil renovator, as a preen manure crop, as a catch crop, as a pasture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. have received the following cable from London :—" Compared with March, values for shafty merinos unchanged. Others fully 5 per cent. lower…
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