Farm Dwelling Competition
A very interesting competition, providing scope for the development of latent talent, has been drawn up by President Pritchard. of the N.S.W. Institute of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Farming & the land, 1917
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Cattle Replacing Sheep. "The Shearers' Allies, the Blow Fly."
Mr. E. W. Abbot, of Wingen. (N.S.W.) writes:—"The BLowfly pest is the direct result of the system of wholesales pe[?]ning that has been made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Troubles
Stock Inspector Cotton, of West Maitland, has had a busy time lately dealing with stomach troubles in cattle, chiefly amongst dairy herds occurring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Elevators
The State Government has decided to extend the time for the receipt of tenders for the erection and installation of machinery of a bulk handling system for wheat until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Experimental Wheat Plots
PARKES.—The most successful wheat on the Government experimental plots on Mr. A. Milgate's farm was Canberra, which gave a yield of 24 bushels 24lb per acre. Many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Elevator Business
The greater the light thrown upon the elevator contract the more clear does it become that something is wrong. On the face of it a huge blunder has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seven Miles of Flames. Wheat Crops Destroyed at Wagga
An extensive bush fire, which was started by lighting, occurred at Wagga (N.S.W.) on Saturday afternoon. At midnight there was a wall of flame…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sheep-fly. Poisoning Experiments
The attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters have appeared in the Press recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat-lumpers' Strike
The strike of Wheat-lumpers at the Old Junec (N.S.W.) railway station has not been settled, A number of men have been employed loading wheat, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Financial. the Wheat Elevators
The Government has not yet seen fit to answer the criticisms which have been passed upon its method of calling for tenders for the wheat elevators. No explanation has been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Missing Bags of Wheat
Thirty-six bags of whoat, valued at £30, the property of the Chief Commissioner for Railways, were stolen or delivered in mistake between the 10th and the 17th inst, from truck…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Produce. Wheat and Flour
The fixed legal maximum price of broad, wheat., Hour, and mill offal remained unchanged yesterday, The prices are as follow:-- Wheat: Prime (f.a.q.) open market up to 49 per basket…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Fly Losses Out Coonamble Way
Pastoralists of the Coonamble and surrounding districts have suffered heavy losses from the sheep fly pest, and to-morrow will hold a public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Beaker
The number of sheep and lambs drawn for at the Homebush sales yesterday was 10,300, but only 9156 were in the pens. They came from 37 owners, principally from the north-west,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool for America. Shipments from Australia
An announcement has been made from America that permission would be granted shortly for the export of Australian and carpet wools to America. It is stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Payment for the Wool. the Arrangement
As reported in last Friday's Journal, the Prime Minister announced in Melbourne last week that payment for the wool would be made fourteen days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. the Wheat Pool Grain Below the Standard Uncle Wiseman Makes a Few Inquiries
During the past few days Uncle Wiseman has received u number of inquiries from N.S.W. wheat-farmers inquiring as to their position in regard to wheat that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Typhoid Epidemic. Rotten Wheat Apparent Cause
MELBOURNE, Monday.--An alarming outbreak of typhoid Cover has occurred at Goorambat. It Is stated that the epidemic was caused by rotten wheat which was used as fowls' feed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dingo Pest Sheep-Breeding Endangered Lahd-owners Interview the Minister
The dingo pest in the western division of New South Wales is becoming so acrate as seriously to interfere with sheep farming in the districts affected. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool for America. Britain May Sell Some. of Interest to Growers
A cable from London says:—"With reference to the announcement from America that permission would shortly be granted for the export of…
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