Dairying Prospects
The present season is proving a very favorable one for the cultivation of the soil and planting of winter and spring fodder crops. There have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1918
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Agricultural. Water on the Farm. Chemicals that Purify
Various methods of rendering water suitable for human consumption are utilised under different conditions, and the latest article by the Chemist of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes
These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister for Agriculture, and are based on the experiment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. a Doubtful Method—Poisoning Water
Poisoned water used to be regarded as an effective method of destroying rabbits in the drier parts of the State, but the risk of poisoning stock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Administration of the Wheat Pools
Mr Clement Giles, the farmers' representative on the Australian Wheat Board, addressed the conference of the Farmers and Settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction and Control. Erection and Maintenance Fences
In erecting a rabbit-proof fence, a line should be cleared for a distance of a chain or so of all timber lying about, and of all standing trees that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers as Settlers. Minister Addresses Farmers
The Minister for Lands (Mr Ashford) at the invitation of delegates again addressed the Farmers and Settlers Conference on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PASTORAL. Rabbit Destruction. A Doubtful Method—Poisoning Water
Poisoned water used to be regarded as an effective method of poisoning rabbits in the drier portions of the State, but the risk of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cornsacks for Farmers. State Wheat Office to Distribute
An arrangement has been concluded between the Minister for Agriculture and the Federal authorities, whereby the State Wheat Office undertakes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Practical Hints. To the Novice on the Land—Particularly Returned Soldiers. No. 3, Sheep Farming
MY remark with regard to suitability of conditions apply with equal force when dealing with sheep. No one can expect to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Season's Wool. £6,000,000 Dividend
The [?] Prime Minister, Mr. [?] announced on Wednesday [?] the Central Wool Com [?] reported the average…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News. the F.a.q. Wheat Standard
At the annual meeting of the Nathalia (Vic.) branch of the Framers' Union, the matter of fixing the f.a.q. standard of wheat at 60 lb. was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Lice in the Narandera District. Owners' Liability under the Stock Diseases Act
In his last monthly report to the local Pastures Protection Board, the Inspector of Stock drew attention to the spread of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report under date July 23: Shearing, which had commenced in some of the early sheds in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Only a Little Joke." Costs Farmer £2. SYDNEY
Thomas Henry Gee, aged 56 years, and stated to be a prosperous South Coast farmer, was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing a leather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL Eradication of Stinkwort A Farmer's Hints
Stinkwort in getting such a hold in New South Wales and is so much better known and understood South Australia und West Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy. a Day in a Butter Factory
Daylight is filtering through the windows of the "batch" when the silence is broken by the whirring of an alarm clock. The engineer, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock and Wool. Effect of Rains
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Shearing, which Had commenced in some of the early sheds in the west and north-west will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Held Original Articles Value of Humus
Humus is so thoroughly disseminated in the soil that its presence is noticeable only in the dark colour it gives when in largo amounts, but black soil…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. Fumigation
Fumigation is a method of destruction that, i[?] carefully attended to, accounts for many rabbits. The best time of the year to fumigate as the winter,…
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