A Queensland Farmer's Suicide
August Gorlong, a farmer at Hampden, and of Mackay, Queensland, an old resident of the district committed suicide at his home on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Standard Dairy Cows
Speaking at the opening of a butter factory at Maleny (Q.), Mr. Tolmie, Minister for Agriculture, said this year he proposed to set up a standard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cars for the Farmer
A well-informed visitor tells us that the South Australian farmer has caught on to the motor-car. The number of farmers who own their own cars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land. Warm and Station. Popularising Farming in 'America
The tendency to get back to the land is not confined, to Australia. All over the world there appears to be a great desire on the part ot city dwellers and others to establish…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Sugar Crop
A preliminary estimate of the sugar crop of Queensland, compiled by Mr. Thornbi. Weedon the Government Statistician, shows a production for 1911 some 34,680 tons below…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying
GRAFTON.—The annual report of the Grafton Dairy Company showed the turnover to have been £52,613 for the year. The amount of butter manufactured was 913,5031b, average…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Crops
BLAYNEY.—Pessimistic reports are received daily on the condition of the potato crops owing to the continued dry weather. This has been the driest January for six years,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Season and Crops. Maize Areas in Jeopardy
BINGARA, Monday.--Scattered light showers have fallen over parts of the district, but not sufficient to do any good. Grass is still plentiful, and stock in good condition. Water,…
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WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--The claims of the Rural Workers' Union were considered at a meeting of members of branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral "Get Some Sheep." an Expert's Advice to Farmers
"All farmers should have a few sheep. They never fail to pay. They are good scavengers. They require little or no trouble to work. Therefore, I say again to the farmer, 'Get…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter
Supplies of butter, both from the coastal and inland districts, are falling off rapidly. The quantity of choice butter coming forward in not heavy, and local requirement absorbs the…
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Dip Contents.—Out-Back: It would contain approximately 87 feet. Colt Trouble.—Owner: Castor oil mixed with equal parts of methylated spirit is beat, rubbed well into…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →Inferior Cattle
Alderman Milner Stephen, the Acting Lord Mayor of Sydney, has a notion that many of the beasts offered for sale at the Homebush saleyards are, to put it mildly, very unsuitable…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cattle Trucking
At the Parramatta District (Court, the other day it transpired that certain cattle had travelled by truck a distance of 450 miles, and were in the trucks from Friday, 3 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →Dairying. Cattle Breeding. Much Food for Argument
"Breeding is a game of chance." This remark was recently made by a prominent cattle-man. A general discussion followed amongst stock-owners, and various opinions…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cruelty to Cattle
At the Parramatta District Court last Thursday, before Judge Docker, Elmo Richards proceeded against W. H. Vidler, claiming £37 10s money paid for the purchase of…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →Wheat Vessel
Messrs. J. Darling and Son will to-day despatch the Norwegian barque Dagny from Sydney for Falmouth for orders with 21,936 bags of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry Notes. Poultry for the Wheat Farmer
There is a great deal of misunderstanding On the subject of poultry-keeping as it affects farmers, particularly those the chief product of which are wheat and sheep. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prizes for Shorthorn Cattle
The English Shorthorn Society has prepared a comprehensive and generous scheme for supplementing prizes at shows next year. A good deal has been said from time to time…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →London Wheat Weaker
Private cables state that the London and Liverpool wheat marked were quiet on Tuesday with slightly less disposition to buy Australian cargoes…
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