Sale of Barellan Farms
A cleaving sale of the Barellan farms will be conducted by Messrs. Clark and M'Caig, auctioneers, Temora, on Wednesday, January 17. A spceial train will leave Temora on the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Cowra Experiment Farm
Mr. Mark H. Reynolds, the newly appointed manager of the Cowra Experiment Farm, has entered upon his new duties. As inspector of agriculture for the western districts he has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Beetle and His Mushroom Farm
Scientists have known of mushroom growing ants for a long time, and it,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Progressive Woman Farmer
Mrs. Ken Ringle, of Kansas, believes in farming by electricity. It is five miles from the Hutchinson electric light plant to the Ringleranch, but in order to get the current to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sheep with Two Mouths
GOULBURN, Thursday.—Mr. A. Speer of Woodhouseles, while engage shearing, came across a sheep with two mouths. Mr. Speer noticed a jump on the animal's head, just under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Wheat Cargo
The four-masted barque Medway has completed loading, and is now ready for sea. She is bound for the United Kingdom or Continent, and has a full cargo of wheat,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Sales
Agents advise that there will be about 181,000 bales available for the part sales in London. It is expected that morning and fine cross-brede will be from at December rates but low…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Standard. Adelaide
The corn trade sectional committee of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce held a meeting on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of fixing the wheat standard for the season…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sale of a Wheat Cargo
A shipment, consisting of 12,000 to 15,000 quarters of wheat by a sailer, three ports, January-February, has been sold at 36s 7½d per quarter of 480Ib…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Other Sheep" Mr. Begbie's Book on India
Mr. Harold Begbio's new book, "Other Sheep" is a companion volume to "Broken Earthenware," of which 175,000 have been sold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne
The wool sale were continued to-day, when 7700 bales were submitted. Included in the offerings was an excellent selection of Eastern Riverina wools, together with a few representative clips from the western…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brisbane Wool Sales. Brisbane
The wool sales were concluded to-day, when 5941, bales were catalogued. The attendance was again large and representative. The selection was onlly a medium one, with the exception of a few clips from the central…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Brisbane Wool Sales. Competition- Keen. Germans the Largest Buyers
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The wool sales were concluded to-day, when 5941 bales wore catalogued. The attendance was again large and representative. The selection was only a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Damage to Sheep From Maggot Fly Reduced From 80 Per 1000 to 3 Per 1000 by Dressing
Mr. C. W. Phillips, of Canimbla, via Cowra, gives the following experience in preventing the maggot fly amongst his sheep:—Seven hundred ewes and hoggets were…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Argentine News. Wool Deteriorating. Shearing Conditions. Underground Electric Railways. Russian Colonies a Failure. Buenos Ayres, Nov. 11
Argentine wool is selling at low prices on a lax market in Europe. The Argentine wool clip has decreased as the area of arable land has increased, and it would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Training of Dairy Factory Managers
In order to supply the unmistakable demand from all parts of Australia for men fully qulified to supervise and control the supply. manufacture and marketing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land DAIRYING
A very interesting experement was made recently at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits from four different…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Experiment Farm School. Vacancies for Studen[?]s
Officials of the Department of Agriculture report that there are still a few vacancies at the Wagga Experiment Farm school. Full space was booked, but the withdrawal of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Farmers. Settlers for the Irrigation Area
A suggestion has been made to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Trefle) that steps be taken to divert to New South Wales the stream of Italian agriculturists that at…
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