The Farm. Life and Nitrification in This Soil
There are two great processes going on contiounlly in the soil which are known to be due to the activeness of bacteria: (a) The conversion…
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Farm and Field Original Articles. Fertilisers and Bacteria
The basis of manurial treatment, as at present understood, is to apply manures which supply to plants the requisite elements of nourishment not…
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Members of the Wagga Poultry Club and their friends, to the number of about 25, paid a visit by motor bus to the Wagga Experiment Farm yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. the Rock Branch
The annual meeting of The Hock branch of the F. and S. Association wis held on April 20. Mr. W. E. Magrath. president, was in the chair, and there…
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Mr. A G. Manning, M.L.A., writes:— in view of the announcement made by the State Government that they will guarantee a first payment of 4s per bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Question. (To the Editor)
Sir,—The agitation to get remunerative prices to our farmers for wheat has fortunately borne fruit. Our State Government has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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. No. 363…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Pool. One Payment Advocated Melbourne
Several matters of interest affecting the Wheat Pool were discussed by the Wheat Board to-day. Subsequently a deputation, consisting of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry. Weevily Wheat. Its Possibilities in the Mash
The question was lately asked in the Chemist's Laboratory of the Department what amount of bran would have to be added to wheat-meal made from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers ask for Guarantee
The proposal that the State Government should guarantee is a bushel on the 1916-17 wheat delivered in Sydney, is being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Water on the Farm. The Requirements of Live Stock
The presence of organic matter, as stated in a previous article, is generally beneficial when the water is being used for irrigation purposes, but it is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Diseases of Calves. And Some Simple Suggestions
Two interesting addresses on the diseases of calves occupied a recent meeting of the Kyogle branch of the Agricultural Bureau. Mr. G. Fleming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irrigation Farmers' Conference
To-morrow there will be a great meeting of farmers to participate in the programme arranged by the Leeton branch of the Farmers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Chief Functions of Water. In a Dairy Cow's Ration
A good dairy cow probably needs more water than any other domestic animal. The chief uses of water to a cow have been the subject of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural. Maize Improvement. a Farmer's Experience
In a brief outline of his method of growing maize a Wisconsin farmer relates in "Hoard's Dairyman" how he improved his strain of maize so as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool
Owing to the fortnightly offerings in Victoria having been reduced from 49,000 to 30,000 bales, Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Melbourne, report their catalogue…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes
These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister for Agriculture, and are based on the experiments of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clearing Up 1915-16 Wheat Pool
The Australian Wheat Board decided on Thursday to clear up the 1915-16 pool and make what amounts to practically a final payment to farmers on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Mouse Trap
Particulars of a successful form of mouse trap have been supplied to the New South "Agricultural Gazette" by Mr W. F. Seiler, of Pleasant Hills…
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