No Good to the Farmers
Mr. F. W. Mackenzie. Biddon, writes:—"I favor the Country Party because it takes the middle path, the sane, moderate way, which must…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1913
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The Dairy Industry
Gentleness is an essential in handling the cows, for if the herd is abused in any manner no system of feeding will make it produce to its utmost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poultry on the Farm Table Poultry. a Profitable Farmers' Side Line
On a visit of instruction to a small farmer the other day—at least, to his wife, for it was she who conducted the poultry section of the business—I was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cowpeas As a Seed Crop. Demand for the Seed in Queensland
An article in the Queensland "Agricultural Journal" for December directs attention to the profits of cowpeas when grown for seed. The writer, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Farmfrs Movements. Important Conference in Brisbane Claims of the R.w.u
The conference of the National Central Executive of the Queensland Farmers' Umon was opened in Brisbane on Thursday, and important…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Labor Ah Immigrant's Thanks. Will Send All His Friends to Uncle Wiseman
Mr. Stanley Bigg, care of Mr. A. P. Gunther, Leeville, via Casino, writes: "I have a brother who will arrive in Sydney on February 7th by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmanian Potato Crop
The area under potatoes in Tasmania this season shows a slight increase on last year, being estimated at 23,407 acres, from which an average crop of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Seventy-five Years on One Farm
Remarkable long-service records are to be found among the labourers on the farm of Mr. F. C. Faulkiner, at Dippenhall, near Faraham, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drought-stricken State Farm
Shortage of water in the Coonamble district is having a withering effect on the crops at the Experiment Farm there; and the whole scheme is in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Foalings. "Gwalia" Welsh Cob and Pony Stud Farm, Grahamstown. N.s.w
"Gwalia Seeren" (imp.) a fine Mountain Pony by "Capel Hero" has dropped a fine stepping bay filly by "Trotting Railway 11." (imp.)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Children on the Farm
In the course of an address at Grafton last week, the Rev. Jas. Wilson, of New Zealand, started that he had heard a good deal of the complaint of child…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Treatment of Farmyard Manure
Farmyard manure consists of the solid and liquid excrements of animals and the litter with which those substances are mixed and absorbed. Its…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Produce. Dairy. Egg Market Firmer
The egg market is gradually becoming firmer. The fowls are beginning to mope, and as a consequence supplies are falling off. Last year at this period quotations were as follow:…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying
CASINO.—On Wednesday night a very heavy shower of rain fell, with every appearance of more. It Is much needed, as grass is becoming very scarce. The following is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meetings of Farmers
LIVERPOOL.—At a well-attended meeting of the committee of the Liverpool A., H., and I. Society, the question of the advisability or otherwise of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Farm Management
We have not yet made a feature of what is known as farm management in our agricultural economics, but the subject is receiving a great deal of attention in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Position of the Tenant Farmer
The [?]nroads of the rabbit pest towards the coastal districts is directing attention to the unenviable position of the tenant farmer. It looks as if he is going to be the main sufferer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bogan Gate Land. Farms Thrown Open
Mr. Tr[?]fle (Minister for Lands) stated yesterday that two scrub leases, comprising about 18,000 acres, situated from eight to fifteen miles west of Bogan Gate and from two and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer's 9 to 10 Sale
Messrs. Farmer's successful 9 to 10 sale will finish to-morrow (Saturday) morning with an extension to 11 o'clock. All remnants, oddments, and shop-worn articles, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chinn Inquiry. Loans for Farmers. "A Very Fine Man." Melbourne
The Chinn inquiry was continued to-day by Mr. Justice Hodges. William Hunt, late of the firm of Messrs. Wilson and Hunt, stated that the books of…
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