Farm Labor
Messrs. Parbury (Bega), Perrett (The Manning), and Perry (Casino) have been appointed by the F.S.A. tp act as a committee of advice to deal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1912
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Farmers Meetings and Movements
At the adjourned meeting of Bega branch F.S.A., sixty members were enrolled, and the meeting was very enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Arrawatta Dairy Heros
The Arrawatta Estate, Inverell, has purchased from Mr. S. Hordern the whole of his Ayrshire cattle. This lot of cattle, together with the Ayrshires…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Barellan Farms
The recent good wheat and hay returns from the Barellan district, N.S.W., have done much to increase interest in the subdivisions which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry on the Farm Eggs to Market. Should be Fresh and Infertile
The producer, whether he be a regular poultry man or a general farmer, cannot pay too much attention to the marketing of his eggs. It is certain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush and Farm Craft Concrete Silos. How American Farmers Build Their Own
The principal source of profit in dairying, stock raising, and farming (says "Stockman and runner") lies in improving the quality and at the same…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming in South Africa
In addressing a meeting of farmers at Moselikatzisnek, near the Rustenburg- Pretoria border, General Beyers warned his hearers that the spirit of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Oat Crop
According to the Government Statistician, tho urea under oats for the season 1911-1912 is estimated at 242,611 acres, of which 83,080 acres were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Nerve Battery of a Dairy Cow."
Mr. Frank McCaffery, hon [?] secretary of the Illawarra Dairy Cattle Association, writes:— Some years ago it was discovered that electricity could be accumulated and stored up in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial. the Story of a Grain Elevator. From Farm to Ship. Like the Clapper of a Titanic Bell
From a report on "The storage and handling of grain," prepared by Sir Thos. R. Price for the South African Government, we get some intersting facts regarding grain elevators, which should prove of deep…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Great Dairy Breed in America
CHAMPION HOLSTEIN BULL AT THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW, CHICAGO. CHAMPION HOLSTEIN COW AT THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW, CHICAGO…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blayney District Prospects. Crops and Rabbit Depredations
BLAYNEY, Thursday.--Harvesting is almost finished in this district, and on the whole the crops have averaged very fair quantity. The early crops cut for hay were damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soya Bean Crop Prospects
Information front North Manchuria during the past few weeks regarding the prospects of the soya bean crop have all been of a reassuring nature, and it is expected that it will not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wheat Crop
YOUNG.—With the exception of a few late paddocks, the wheat is all off now. Notwithstanding the somewhat erratie nature of the weather, the season has turned out a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Agricultural & Pastoral Notes Issued under the direction of the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon J L. Trefle) DAIRYING. Intensive Dairy Farming
A very interesting experiment was made recently at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Price of Butter
The quotation for butter in Sydney on Monday will be 126s per cwt. Latest advices state that the London market is very firm at 132s for choice, seconds being quoted at 128s and 130s, with an upward tendency. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.s.w. Butter Dearer
In view of the [?]ness of the London and Dealah butter markets, and of the [?] in N.S.W being reduced by the mail of dry [?] it has been decided to [?] next…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat by the Sonneberg
The G. A. Company's steamer Sonneberg, for Madeira, has on board 5200 tons of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Wool Trade. Short Supplies Ahead
The holiday recess has been maintained in Sydney pretty thoroughly. Sales during the recess are confined, according to the woolselling regulations, to passed-in lots from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Late Commercial. Launceston Wool Sale. Launceston
The annual wool sale, attended by British and foreign buyers, was held at Launceston to-day, when a most successful sale resulted. The catalogue comprised close on 5000 bales,…
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