Wool Appraisement. Sydney
There is a general impression in wool trade circles that although the present appraisement scheme embraces only the balance of the current…
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London Wheat Market. London
Five thousand tons of Australian parcels on passage have been sold at 83/. Two thousand tons of Australian parcels on passage have been sold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saving Wheat From Mice Sydney
The Railway Commissioners are making strenuous efforts to get wheat away from what are now called the mice-infested areas. Arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News. a New Wheat
The Department of Agriculture has received a sample of a new wheat from Mr. Hugh Pye, of the Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer's Security
Reviewing the food problem and the possible political situation arising therefrom, London "Observer" says: "Farmers must be relieved of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Sellers' Association. Marrar Branch
The annual meeting of the Marrar branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday last. There was a fair attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Suffer Loss
The financial loss of the damage caused by the mice plague to wheat stacks will have to be borne by the pool, or, in other words, the farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Largest Cattle Ranch
The biggest cattle ranch in the world is that of Don Luis Terrazas, in Mexico. Its greatest extent from North to South is 150 miles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Quotations. Chicago
Wheat quotations are as follows:— May, opening sales 271 cents, closing 255; July, opening 227, closing 212½. The visible supply is equivalent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Sheep for Soldiers
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Ashford, has received a liberal offer from Mr. W. Ross, of Garangular and Ardesian stations, in the Harden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Use of Farm Manures
When judged on the basis of the elements of fertility present, manure does not have as high value ns when 'its indirect value is also considered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosives on the Farm
Frequently there are [?]ouolders in our cultivation paddocks which are too large to lift and put on a cart. These are ploughed round year after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Field [?]Aiginal Articles a Substitute for Vetches
When vetches cannot be obtained peas make an excellent substitute sown with the cereal; but they should be sown thicker, two bushel of pens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working the Farms
The agricultural department is considering the extra closing of schools in order to enable boys and girls to work on the farms and increase food…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. District Sheep
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that good quality sheep were dearer at Homebush last Monday. Export competition kept biddings on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumut Butter Factory, Ltd
THE annual meeting of the Tumut Butter Factory, Ltd., was held at the Temperance Hall on Saturday last. The shareholders present were: Dr. H. W. Mason…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Pool
UNDOUBTEDLY the Farmers and Settlers' Association did well in sending a deputation to interview the Prime Minister in reference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mice and the Wheat Stacks
The financial loss of the damage caused by the mice plague to wheat stacks will have to be borne by the pool, or, in other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
These Notes are issued 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. No. 313…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AGRICULTURAL. Fallow or Non-Fallow. What the Farmers' Experiment Plots Showed
Several experiments to illustrate the value of fallowing as a farm practice were conducted in connection with the farmers'…
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