Pastoral. Sheep Blow Flies. Essentials of Suitable Dips
"Any slip to be thoroughly useful— of what might almost be called a perfect dip—must fulfil certain conditions if it is to be of any real value in…
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Farming & the land, 1916
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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. No. 248
These Notes are issued every week. under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture. and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Rotation. Theory and Practice to Relation to Wheat Growing
Many of the problems that confront the wheat grower may be solved by rotation of crops, says the Chief Inspector in a current article. All farm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Seed Potatoes. For An Autumn Crop
"Would you inform me the quickest method of starting seed potatoes to shoot before planting them? I have a quantity of Fatly Rose that I wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., report:—Our catalogue on Monday included many attractive lines of fine quality merino, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"John Bridge" Wool Sale. More Successful Selling
The second sale of the present year by John Bridge and Co., held on the 3rd inst., may be said to eclipse the several brilliant ones…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer and His Daughter Harvest the Crop
A message from Wagga tells of a crop being harvested entirely by a farmer and his daughter. On Rockview Estate, an Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Section E.—sheep-dog Trials. To be run off on First Day of Show at 10 a.m
140 Dog or Bitch; open to all comers. First £2/2/-,second. 10/6. 141 Maiden Dog Trial For all Maidens, Dog or Bitch, any age, that have never won a prize up to time entry. First £1, second 10/-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that competition continues keen at the Sydney wool auctions. All previous records for scoured wool were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Sheep Blow-flies. Dips that Sometimes Fail to Act
It is one of the peculiarities of treating sheep for blow-files that a dip may act very satisfactorily for a time, and then suddenly prove ineffective, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural. Rotation on Wheat Areas. Profitable Change Crops. No. 249
Last week we pointed out the importance of rotation in relation to the production of wheat and put the question what crops can be used as under…
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. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fruit Preserving Farmers' Bulletin, No. 88
Canning, bottling, jam-making and candying peel are all dealt with in this bulletin, a second edition of winch is now available for circulation. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Orchard. to Maintain Soil Fertility. Californian Cover Crop Experiment
Attention was directed in these "Notes" last week to the importance of cover crops in orchards as a means of maintaining the fertility of the soil,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report—At our sale on 10th instant we realised the record price of 21d for comeback on account of J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report that they, offered at auction yesterday 2213 bales. Free, good-stapled wools were firm; and short,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; report that the wool market continues firm and unchanged. Out of 3,100 bales of greasy wool catalogued by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"John Bridge" Wool Sale. Sterling Figures
John Bridge and Co. held another auction sale on the 14th inst, and a glance at the appended figures indicates that it is worthy to rank with…
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. C. Grahama, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 252…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Orchard. Practical Irrigation Farming Pruning Irrigated Orchards
A fruit free of vi[?] should be shaped and pruned to bear as large a crop of fruit as may be reasonably expected to mature properly, without injury to the…
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