Poultry on the Farm
Farmers should conduct their poultry, keeping as though it were one of their staples. They should run the business in a business-like way, gathering the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Farmers' Meetings and Movements
A branch of the Farmers and Dairy-men's Association has been formed at Thalaba, near Dungog. The Tamworth Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Farmers' Co-operative Co
The first meeting of the provisional directors of the newly-formed Farmers' Co-operative Co., of Queensland, was held at Toowoomba on Wednesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes Crop Competition
At last meeting of Forbes Branch F.S.A. it was resolved that the secretary write to the Forbes P., A. and H. Association committee and ask them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crown Lands Available on the Bulga Crown Plateau. Extensive Dairying Country in N.S.W. Expected to Be Thrown Open for Settlement Soon
The New South Wales Lands Department is now having prepared for selection an extensive area of rich dairying lands on the Bulga plateau,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hydraulic Ram Its Usefulness for Raising Water on Farms
Uncle Wiseman is frequently called upon to advise his friends on the use af various pumps, rams and other engineering appliances for raising water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Stuffed Cow. Unscrupulous Trick on a Farmer
An Inglewood correspondent writes:—"I saw a clever, but unscrupulous, trick played on a farmer the other day. He put his cow in a neighbor's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming Inventions
The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office, Melbourne:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Labor
Wingham branch F.S.A. has appointed collectors to endeavor to raise funds to combat the R.W.U. claims. Fifty rabbiters at Mudgee have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Arbitration a Wagga Settler's Strong Views
The following letter from Mr. George W. Commins, Wagga, in reply to an invitation to attend a public meeting to discuss the claims of tho R.W.U., was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Starting Poultry Farming
Stanthorpe.—The best and most easily worked green bone cutter on the market is one called the "Humphries," but it is also the most expensive. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finance for the Farmer Loan on a G.P.
Cooma has just bought a large property and wishes to obtain money by way of mortgage on another area of 900 acres C.P. land worth £4 per acre,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Show Disqualifications
There is apparently some misapprehension existing among country agricultural societies in regard to the steps taken to endeavour to secure a more satisfactory handling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Experiment Farm. Genesis of Land Cultivation in Australia
In this present age, when so many millions of acres in our State are under cultivation, or are used as grazing areas, it is interesting to cast a glance at the conditions obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hawkesbury Fruit Crop
RICHMOND, Monday.--Down the river the orchardists have had a record season. There was never so much fruit before, and the prices obtained have been satisfactory. The dry spell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Breeds Rivalry
Mr. A. Buchanan, of "Jersey Holme," Palm, erst on North (N.Z.), has issued a challenge for a 1000-guinea champion hospital sweepstake butter-fat competition between Jerseys,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle and Sheep Dog Club
Miss A. Mackay, hon. secretary of the Cattle Dog and Sheep Dog Club of N.S.W., writes:—In Monday's "Herald" appears a notice of the club's first parade, which states that an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral and Agricultural
Measure.—S.T.M. (Dubbo): A bushel contains 2150.4 cubic inches, or 1.244 cubic feet. A box 12.8 x 12.8 x 8 inches deep will hold one bushel. A cylindrical measure 18½ inches in diameter on the inside, and…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →London Butter and Cheese Market. Butter
Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, of Tooley-street, London, report under date of January 5, as follows:—"This week business has again got into the usual swing, and the- New Year has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle-dogs and Sheep Dogs of N.s.w. First Club Parade
It Is somewhat surprising that the class of dogs of most value to the industrial development of-Australia, i.e., sheep and cattle dogs, is one which has received but scant attention…
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