Wheat Crops. Mr. Stening's Comments
In his report to the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, as judge of the field wheat competition, Mr. H. C. Stening, Inspector of…
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The World's Wheat Fields
In 1898, sir William Crookes— the discover of the "Crookes tubes" the radiometer and radiant matter—startled the British Association for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping the Sheep Farmer
Small sheep farmers of Queensland are appreciating the scheme whereby the Department of Agriculture handles their wool and puts it on the market…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colour in Butter
Recent experiments carried on by the Department of Agriculture have demonstrated that the rich yellow colour demanded by the public in dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany and Wool
Evidence of the shortage of wool in Germany is gathered from some of the newspapers published by the enemy, Wool fabrics are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool on Hand in Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., write:—"Approximately 310,000 bales of wool are in Sydney stores awaiting appraisement. Arrivals since July…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guarding the Wheat. Breaks Save Countryside
The immense value of fire-breaks in saving the crops was exemplified on Saturday afternoon, (Says a Forbes message). A bush fire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field Original Articles. Advantage of Leguminous Plants
One advantage in growing a leguminous plant for this purpose is that it does not rob the soil of nitrogen as does non-leguminous crops, but on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Royal Sheep Dip
Powder sheep dip is very scarce and the price of imported prohibitory. Sheep men, now is your chance to support colonial industry. ROYAL…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Silos
Referring on Wednesday to the tenders for the construction of the wheat silos in the country, the under Secretary and Director for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COMMERCIAL. Wool
Sch[?]e, Bell and Co., Ltd. report under date 27th December: All things considered there is every reason to be well satisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Report
The A.M.L.F. Co., Ltd., reported on 2nd January: The final appraisements for the first half of the wool year were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Pool
THE new Minister for Agriculture in Victoria evidently intends to consider the producers more in the handling of the wheat crop than has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Wheat
The Farmers and Settlers' Association has approached the Prime Minister in an endeavor to obtain a higher guaranteed price for wheat for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Wheat Agents
The Wheat Board has appointed Messrs. Wise Bros and Messrs Lewis Dreyfus and Co. (of which firm Mr. R. E…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Board Operations
Statements issued by the Australian Wheat Board on Wednesday showed that the over draft of the board on December 24 was £ 656,000. On that date…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's Wheat. Britain's Burden
With the coming of the New Year the burden borne by the Imperial Government in regard to the purchase of Australian wheat is likely to heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat and Grass Burned
A Berrigan report states: At North Coree a fire on Mr. W. Adams' property destroyed about 50 acres of growing wheat and 1500 acres of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resumption of Wool Carriage
The position in regard to congestion in Sydney wool stores having improved to some extent, it his been arranged by the Sydney Wool-seiling Brokers that the carriage of…
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. Granhnie, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 347…
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