Wheat Traffic. Congestion in the Country. Important Cabinet Consideration Storage Sheds and Duplication of Lines
The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 7
Three matters of more than passing importance were before the Cabinet at a meeting to-day, namely;-- 1.--The duplication of the main lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Congestion. Wheat Transport Problem. Royal Commission to Inquire. Country Storage Suggested. Doing Away with the Annual Rush
Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 7
Every year there in a serious congestion of traffic on the New South Wales railways during the Wheat season. It is mainly due to the practice of trying to shift the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the Farm Table
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 8
A very tasty way to dish potatoes, as a change, writes a friend from Lue, is to mash them with a little spier, butter, and chopped parsley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland State Farms. Minister Dissatisfied with Results
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 7
A deputation to the Queensland Minister for Agriculture on Tuesday last asked for the establishment of a model farm in the Pomona-Dunoose district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers' Politics. Country Party or Liberal
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 1
At last meeting of the Temora Branch F.S.A., a letter was received from the secretary of the Temora F.S.A. District Council, asking for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beet Sugar in Victoria a Promising Industry: to Help Mixed Farming
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 7
In the Maffra district of Victoria, the Sugar Commission heard a heard a great deal of evidence last month as to the advantages of beet growing, both for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush and Farm Craft Cultivation by Dynamite. the Use of Explosives in the Field
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 7
Recently the "Farmer and Settler" had an article on rain-making by dynamite. Now we want to introduce Fruit-growing by means of the same…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How a Dairyman Lost. a Brisbane Strike Episode
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3
Mr. Arthur Darby writes:—A man went to Brisbane from the New South Wiles side about six years ago, and established a dairy there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Labor
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3
Wallamba Branch F.S.A. has appointed collectors to raise money towards the fighting fund. Mr. F.C. Rudde[?] was nominated at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes Farmers United to Fight the R.W.U. CLAIMS
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3
A meeting of farmers at Forbes on Saturday week considered the best means of raising funds to resist the R.W.U. claims. Mr. J. O. Elliott,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Meetings and Movements
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3
Major Fanning, chairman of the Casino P.P. Board, has been appointed Casino representative on the Kyogle Tick Advisory Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Indifference of Farmers. Failure a Millmerran Meeting
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3
The Millmerran (Q.) correspondent of the Toowoomba "Chronicle" has a word to say concerning the supineness of some of the farmer, on the Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Experiment Farm in the Territory
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 5
Dr. Woolnough, of for the Commonwealth Scientific Expedition, during a recent lecture, related the history of the South Australian Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Profitable Ostrich Farming. On the Darling Downs
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 6
Mr. F. A. H, Cork, who started ostrich farming on the Nepean, N.S.W., a couple of years ago with birds brought from the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Factory Reports
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 6
The Ballina Co-operative Creamery Company manufactured 65 tons of butter last month, suppliers being paid as follows:—Superfine, [?] NO. 1.[?] No.2, 11d.to 11ld. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poultry on the Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 6
While the hot weather lasts, all heating must be stopped, for the birds cannot do well if they are overheated from the inside as well as out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy Industry the Weakest Spot. Where Australian Dairymen Fail
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 6
The feeding of dairy stock does not receive sufficiently serious, consideration by dairymen, the, quantity and quality of the food supplied being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canada Through Australian Spectacles Ready Made Farm Chapter Xvi
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2
When British people start a colony, they invite all the world to come in and share the blessings of the place, and there is something magnificent in that British form of hospitality, which gives welcome to every soul. But it won't work always, as we have found out in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers As Wharfies
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3
The executive of the Darling Downs Farmers' Union, at a meeting on Saturday, decided to offer the Queensland Government the assistance of as many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Profitable Farm
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 7
Mr. H. R. Flanders, licensee of Eaton's Hotel, Muswellbrook, has a model irrigation farm on the river flat close to the town. For years Mr…
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