Cattle Driving Act
The Wagga Borough Council, on Thursday evening, adopted the recommendation of the Finance Committee that a Cattle Driving Act as drafted, with the exception…
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Salt Bush for Cattle
The value of salt bush for feeding in the arid parts of Australia has long since been proved. Mr. Potts, the Government dairy expert of Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Strange Disease in Sheep
A strange disease has occurred in sheep in the Cobar district. It attacks ewes in lamb only, and has broken out in two mobs, one of travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Experiment Farm
Mr. G. M. M'Keown, manager of the Experiment Farm, has resumed duties after a trip to the Sydney Show. The farm exhibit was deemed to outclass those of other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Land. Farmers and Settlers Co-operative Company
The Farmers and Settlers Co-Operative Company held a meeting of their directors in Sydney on Saturday last. The business transacted [?] that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Asparagus—a Good Profitable Crop
With proper care an asparagus plantation can be made to last for years, and it seems strange that people who make any pretension to growing vegetables do not…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery
THIS plant partakes of the general character of the common celery in flavour, so far as the leaf is concerned, and is simply a variety with a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Experimental Farms in West Australia
The Government of West Australia has had under consideration for some time the advisableness of establishing experimental farms in the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. Wool
The Australasian Mortgage Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Hill, Clark and Co.; Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd.;…
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The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, Limited, has received the following cable from its London office, under date April 12: "Market is firm; trade on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Company
The Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Company held a meeting of their directors in Sydney on Saturday last. The business transacted showed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Stealing
FROM time to time, frequently at short intervals, mutterings are heard amongst townspeople and country folk of an offence against constituted law…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Hints for Wheat Growers
A great deal of valuable work has been done in various ways in on d[?]vouring to improve the method of wheat culture. Some of the results have confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Rye Valuable As a Catch Crop
NITROGEN is the fertilising element [?]ly [?] from man[?] and [?] also it is the most expensive. The readiness with…
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Messrs Tempson, Jeremy and Co. report the wheat market to be in a quiet condition. The prices remain the same as previous week, viz., jest samples at 2s 2d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For, the Farmer. Colonial Butter in London
A New Zealand farmer in London, writing to the "Daily Mail," says: -"There is a little matter that should be known. Tons and tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association
The monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the Association rooms last night. Present:—Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Disease in Sheep
A strange disease has occurred in sheep in the Cobar disrict, It attacks ewes in lamb only, and has broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Allora Spring Wheat
ALLORA SPRING WHEAT has always been a favorite with the farmers of this district, mainly, on account of its adaptability to the dry conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The " Smoko " Sheep Shearing Machine
Not many years back the idea of shearing sheep by machinery was laughed at as a fanciful impossibility, but in this marvellous age of progress there seems to be almost no…
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