Lockhart Wheat Yield
Mr. R. O. Drummond writes to point out that in Tuesday's "Sun" the average wheat yield for the Lockhart district was seven bushels-- the lowest in the list. From…
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Sydney Wool Sales
Messrs. John Bridge and Co. report:—We held our last auction before the recess on Tuesday, the 11th inst; when we brought forward our fifteenth catalogue for the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Butter Shipments From New South Wales
The official return showing the number of boxes of butter exported from this State during the week ended 8th inst shows the following shipments:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enormous Turnover in Butter. Byron Bay
The North east co-opertative Company manufactured 543 tons of butter last month and paid suppliers [?] and 8½d and for park nearly £300 more than any previous turnover…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat. Transportation Scandal. Modern Farms, Ancient Railways. the Mighty Body with the Little Legs
The wheat harvest of New South Wales has been garnered, thousands of bushels have been bagged and are lying on the farms. Other thousands have been carted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Markets Sydney Wool Sales
Messrs. John Bridge and Co. report:—No sales have been held in this centre since our last, report, owing to the Brisbane auctions taking place last week. The majority…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Agriculture. Dairying. on the Richmond River. the Breeds at Wollongbar Experiment Farm
The conditions on the North Coast, especially on tie Richmond River, make it quite necessary that the dairyman should study carefully the class of cow that is best…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisk at Yanco. Settlers Making Good Progress. Assistance to Dairy Farmers
The official statement regarding work under the Water conservation and Irrigation commission (Murrumbidgee are [?] for the fortnight ended February [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Man on the Land More of Margarine. Serious London Position. Possible Butter Crisis. Fraud and Honest Substitute
The position of the Australian butter on the London market at the present time is one which should give food for serious thought to dairymen. Judging by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Compulsory Enrolment. a Farmer Fined. Adelaide
V. George, a farmer, was charged at the Police Court to-day wtth having failed to enrol under the Commonwealth Electoral Act. Defendant stated he did not think it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer Killed. Coolamon
On Monday opening John Swann, a farmer, was returning home to Dulla with an empty waggon, and when about two miles from Coolamon was jolted out. He became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Veterinary Awakening
Not very many years ago the veterinary surgeon received but scant honour and a meagre income. There were, it is true, times when the noble profession of doctoring human beings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Irrigation Area. Settlement Steadily Increasing. Progress of Dairying
The fortnightly official report of the work done on the Yanco irrigation area shows that 93 farms, aggregating 1300 acres, were irrigated, the crops being principally maize,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Grazing Farms. in the Northern Territory. Melbourne
Apparently the Commonwealth Government and the Administrator of the Northern Territory (Dr. Gilruth) are tired of waiting for outsiders to step in and risk their money in…
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GUNDAGAI.—At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Gundagai Butter Factory John Walsh, J. M. Dodd, and W. Barton were re-elected directors. The report showed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Meetings of Farmers
JERILDERIE.—At the annual meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the committees' report for the year was adopted. The office-bearers elected were:—President…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Backyard Gardens. City -Grown Vegetables. Pocket -Handkerchief Farms
A pleasant yet pathetic sight in Sydney is the little backyard gardens which many workers try to make in their city homes. In the poorer localities, as Woolloomooloo, Surry…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Season and Crops
BANGALOW, Wednesday.--About 11 inches of rain have fallen during the past six days, and the ground has had a thorough soaking. There is every promise of an abundance of feed for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soil the Yanco Settlers. Making Good Progress. the Dairying Outlook
The manager of the Murrumbidgee irrigation settlement reports that at Yanco for the fortnight ended 1st inst., 93 farms, aggregating 1300 acres, were irrigated, the crops being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food Commission. Evidence in Dairy Districts
KIAMA, Wednesday.--The Royal Commission of inquiry as to food supplies and prices left Sydney last Saturday morning, and has inspected dairies and taken evidence at…
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