Farmers' Experiment Plots. GININDERRA
A feature of the Farmers' Experiment Plots at Gininderra (particulars of the yields of which appeared in the "Town and Country Journal" of December 27). was that the work…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Record Potato Crops
The past season has been a record one, both as regards quality and quantity, for potatoes in the Clarence district. There was very little Irish blight. A much larger area than…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Failure of the Maize Crops
Owing to want of rain, the maize crop in the neighborhood of Murwillumbah, which had promised well, will be a failure. Advices from Maclean state that in the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers' Fighting Fund
A largely attended and enthusiastic meeting of farmers was held in the Greenridge Hall, Casino, under the auspices of the local branch of the F. and S. Association. The president…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irrigation Farms
The first tangible result of the construction of the Burrinjuck reservoir, which is estimated to cost more than one and a half million pounds, will be reached when some 500 farms on the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Rearing Calves at Wagga Experiment Farm
In order to secure strong, healthy calves, it is essential that the cow be well cared for previous to giving birth. She should be well fed during her milking period, and…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Standard Dairy Cattle
BRISBANE.—Speaking at the opening of a butter factory at Maleny Mr. Tolmie, Minister for Agriculture, said this year he proposed to set up a standard in connection with dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Crop
WALLENDBEEN.—About 40,000 bags of wheat have been delivered, of which some 14,000 have been trucked, and the balance stacked in the yard, leaving in the hands of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales
Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable message from the London house, dated Tuesday last:--"Wool sales. continue active, competition is brisk, and buying general from all quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Record Load of Wheat
PEAK HILL.—On Tuesday W. H. Swain brought a load of wheat into the railway station drawn by 10 horses. There were 196 bags, which weighed 17 tons. The shire and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 23
There was a good sale at the wool auctions this afternoon[?] Prices for best merinos and all crossbreds were firmly maintained. Average pieces and faulties were weaker…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Improvement in Butter Exported. Anti-grader's Explanation. London, Dec. 22, 1911
"Butter from the State arriving this season has shown a marked improvement over the butter shipped in 1909-1910," reports Mr. King, of the London office of the Coastal Farmers'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying at Inverell. Particulars of Mr. Draper's Farm
INVERELL.—The area of Mr. A. M. Draper's farm at Bannockburn, Inverell (12 months' returns from his cows were published in Saturday's issue) is 2200 acres, but the area on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Dairying in Denmark. the Value of Pigs. (By Our Special Representative.) Xiii. Lesson for Australia
The enormous value of the pig in farm economy has not yet been realised in Australia. No industry has been subject to such wide fluctuations and vicissitudes as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pure Milk. Employers and Dairymen Confer
For some time past correspondence has passed between the Milk and Ice Carters and Dairy Employees' Union, and the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen's Association with the view…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rain Wanted for Maize Crops
The weather conditions on the Macleay River during the past couple of months have been extremely dry—in fact, drier than has been the case for many years past. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Position of Share Farmers
A case of some interest to landowners, who [?]et their land to share farmers respecting the liability for falling to destroy rabbits thereon, was recently decided at Wagga. The facts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Income Tax
TEMORA.—At the monthly meeting of the Bagdad branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, held on Saturday, the following motion was unanimously carried:—"That this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Value of Cow's Tail. Farmer's Compensation Claim. Melbourne
As the result of an outbreak of pleuro pneumonia in several dairy herds at Yannathan a year ago the veterinary officers or the Department or Agriculture inoculated 1684 cattle…
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