Wheat Slow of Sale. London, Wednesday Morning
The demand for wheat yesterday was again extremely slow. New South Wales grain was quoted at 35s 9d and Victorian at 36s per 4801b., c.i.f…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1914
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Too Far From Railways. Owners Giving Up Wheat
Quite a large number of land-owners between Forbes and Grenfell state that they are giving up wheatgrowing, and intend going in for sheep (writes our Forbes correspondent). Amongst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Magic Button. The Diary of a Dairy Farm. The Diary Consists of Alternate Entries by Two Children—Dot and Dash. Chapter VI
Treating of the Inventory of the Dairy Farm. The grass crop. The house and all the modern conveniences that can be subtracted from it. The Live Stock, including the Speckled Hen with the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →For the Man on the Land. The Butter Trade : An Interesting Report
To grade or not to grade has been a question agitating the minds of producers and others interested in the dairying industry for many years. The educational advantages of the compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Wheat Conference. Experiments of the Year. Speech by the Minister
The fifth annual conference of departmental officers was held yesterday for the purpose of revising the list of varieties and other cereals recommended by the department, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool Selling Season. Commencement of First Series. London, Wednesday. Morning
The first series of the London wool auction sales commenced yesterday. There was a large Attendance of buyers, which Included representatives of English…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Plot Yields. on the Southern Slopes. Affected by Adverse Weather
A further batch of harvest results of farmers' experiment wheat plots in the southern district give returns a good deal in excess of the average for these centres, though yields in all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commercial Cables. London Wool Sales. a Steady Market. London, Tuesday Evening
The first London wool sales of the year commenced to-day when there was a good attendance of buyers. The market opened [?] prices being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Products in U.S.A. Countervailing Duties on Fruit and Wool
A communication hag been received by the Minister for Agriculture from the Government representative of Now South Wales in the United States, wherein particulars are given of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scratchings. Warwick Farm Races. All [?] Jesse Willards Trial. the Jury's Verdict. Los Angels
The trial Jesse Willard, the [?] while hope on a charge of [?] laughter arising out of the death of a boxer named Young after a contact with Willard, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Legumes and Nitrogen
The question of assimilation of nitrogen by plants has long occupied much attention from leading agricultural [?], but the experiments of Hellriegel and Wilfarth,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Produce, Dairy. Weak Market for Cash Eggs
The market for case eggs collapsed in Sussex-street yesterday morning. Many merchants bad large supplies over from Monday. The prevailing hot weather is thr causr of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Stranded Passengers. Risks of Travelling. Farmers As Strike-breakers London, Wednesday Morning
Latest reports from South Africa state that the strikers are peaceable, the leaders having urged them to abstain from acts of violence. The last train that left Durban yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Season, Stock and Crops
BLAYNEY, Tuesday. -- Beautiful rain has fallen throughout this district. Just over an inch and a half was recorded in Blayney, and about the same quantity appears to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coastal Farmers' Society. Co-operative Concentration. an Important Movement
BEGA, Tuesday. -- The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society was held here yesterday. There was a representative attendance of district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warwick Farm
The "horse" meeting, on Saturday is at Warwick Farm. Entries are good and the fields large Some of the following selections may be worth an investment: --…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dutch Farmers and Victoria
Mr. J. Van Det, a Dutch journalist, who 13 about to leave Victoria to try to induce Dutch farmers to settle in that State, says that of an agricultural population of 2,250,000 in Holland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Septic Tank for the Farm
A correspondent has requested plans and instructions for a septic tank suitable for farm requirements. It is not necessary here to dwell upon the necessity of the sanitary disposal of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dairying Notes
The members of the newly-inaugurated Milk Vendors' Association have elected the following office-bearers: -- President, Mr. J. H. Stocks; committee, Messrs. V. Bayliss, Bell, F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep and Cattle
Sheep.—A moderate supply was in view for Monday's sales at Homebush Yards. Out of 35,872 sheep (including lambs) listed from 130 consignors 34,896 head were…
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