Dairying
MOLONA.—For the month of December the Molong Dairying Company manufactured 13,1431b butter, and paid suppliers £655, while for the same period last year 17,8481b…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1909
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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Truck Trouble. Forfeiting Deposits
By this time there can be no doubt that it has been brought home in rather a striking manner to the Chief Commissioner of Railways that a shortage of stock trucks is a very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Notes
It is notified that the completion of the survey of another 28,000 acres of Pilliga scrub has been effected, with a view to throwing the area open to settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Planet Reader Sentenced. a Constable's Fortune. Amongst Sheep and Cattle
In the Summons Division of the Water Polite Court yesterday, Mary Scales was proceeded against by Senior- constable Arthur W. Lonsdale on an information alleging that she did, at 336 Victoria-street, Darlinghurst,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Selection and Milking of Dairy Cattle
Some useful notes are contained in a leaflet recently issued by the British Board of Agriculture, concerning the selection and milking of dairy cattle. In the particulars…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Mummy Wheat
Statements regarding Mummy or Miracle wheat have been revived, and have appeared in a section of the country Press. As these statements may mislead some to whom this…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Commercial. Narrabri Wheat Crops. a Record Yield
Our Narrabri correspondent writes that the wheat harvest in that district has been one of the most satisfactory in the whole of New South Wales. Harvesting operations are now finished. The local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Sheep for Fiji
The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Suva, which is to leave Sydney at 5 o'clock this afternoon for Fiji, will take away 592 merino and crossbred ewes for transportation to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rust in Wheat
On numerous occasions the contradictory nature of reports published in different countries on the rust resisting qualities of a particular variety of wheat have been…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Big Wheat Yield
MOLONG.—As far as can be gathered, the record wheat yield for this season throughout the district has been secured by Mr. Bassett, o[?] Lockwood, who garnered 2500 bags…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Sydney wool sales were continued this afternoon at the Royal Exchange. The usual buyers were in attendance, and bidding was fairly brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dapto. the Display of Cattle
The dairy cattle section is always the strongest feature of Dapto Show, and although it was so last week and for the fifty second time in the history of the society, it did not, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stock and Wheat Trucks
BARMEDMAN, Tuesday.--As pointed out last week, a groat dearth in railway treks is being experienced, both on the Wyalong and Ariah Park lines. Barmedman, Beckon, and Ariah…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Breeding in Victoria
The ex Victorian Minister for Agriculture recently approved of a scheme which has for its object the breeding of new wheat varieties to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Hints to Producers. Australian Butter Market
Butter advanced 4s per cwt in Sydney and Brisbane last week, making superfine £5. Melbourne did not follow our lead, but continued at lid per lb, wholesale for best Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral. the State of the Country
We are pleased to be in a position to report that at last there has been a break-up of the dry weather which was causing considerable anxiety over a very wide area of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Smut and Its Prevention
In view of the report which comes from Temora that farmers there are greatly concerned over the prevalence of smut in their wheat crops, it may be of interest to direct at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →F. A. Q. Wheat Standard
Year after year the grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce does good service to the farmers, millers, and shippers of New South Wales by devoting…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wheat in the Country. STACKED
The following is the official return of the wheat stacked at different stations in New South Wales for the week ended January 9:--Stockinbingal 10,590 bags. Temora 4000, Beckom 2540,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Wool Sales. Open Strong
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The first series of colonial wool sales opened this evening. There was strong competition for merinos at fully December's closing rates, and crossbreds…
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