Pasturing Dairy Cattle. The Benefits or Frequent Changes
It is a well known, but frequently ignored, fact that dairy cattle. If run too long on the same country, become discontented and go off in their milk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1917
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Wool Appraisements
The wool appraisers for the Imperial Government had two catalogues submitted to them to-day totalling 9012 hales. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., submitted 6491 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers and Wheat Growing. Mr. Hughes' Views
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—If the wheat farmers of the Commonwealth carry into effect their alleged throat to plant less wheat next year because of their failure to secure direct…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bradford Wool Market. Scarcity of Wool
The Bradford wool trade has practically suspended operations, owing to rumors about the Government requisitioning all stocks, on account of scarcity, and extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep
Sheep and lambs penned yesterday at Homebush were placed on the official list at 26,088, but there were not more than 24,500 in the pens, consigned by 96 owners. They came…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The World's Wheat
The International Institute of Agriculture in its latest review of the world's wheat crops gives a striking example of the deficiency in the 1916 crops, as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Boards. Farmers Want Representation. a Serious Position
The refusal of the Governments, State and Federal, to grant wheat-growers representation on the State and Central Wheat Boards has called forth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boston Wool Market
Another big week in the local wool market has just passed, with sales aggregating over 10,000,000lb. Almost everything available in the way of supplies has been included in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electrification of Wool
It is interesting to know that after only a few months of investigation Dr. G. A. Shorter, who is doing research work at the Leeds University in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Markets. Wheat and Flour. Sydney. (Wheat Standard, 611b.)
Wheat throughout the Commonwealth, 2/[?] per bushel (per warrant) at railway stations or siding; for export as grain to Africa, New Zealand, and South Sea Islands, 5/1½;…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wheat-Growing Tests Sydney Royal's Riverina Competition. the Prize Crops
Mr. E. Field, who judged the N.S.W. Royal Agricultural Society's field wheat competition in the Riverina this season, has submitted his report. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Variation in Wheat Yields
In the Quirindi district the crops are patchy, good and bad being found in adjoining paddocks. This is accounted for in part by variations in soil. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Representation on Wheat Board
Referring to the interview given by him to the "Herald" on the question of farmers' wheat, and the reply of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) thereto, Mr. T. I…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →World's Wheat. Big Decrease
A cable says:—"The Institute or Agriculture reports that the yield of wheat in 16 countries in the northern hemisphere, and two in the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter-Making Problems Brief Explanation of the Over-run. Butter Not All Fat
The "Science of Dairying," a New Zealand publication, says people frequently wonder how it is possible for a dairy factory to pay a shilling per pound for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Harvest. Storms, Rust and Pools. Can the Farmers' Get through?
People in Sydney cannot realise that the last few weeks Have made all the difference in this State between a good havest and an indifferent one. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Breadstuffs. Wheat Loadings and Stackings
During the week ended December 30 the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 289,922 bags, compared with 268,193 bags last week, and 401,413 bags for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Sacks. Position in Victoria
There has been no cessation in the flow of orders from the country for new standard cornsacks, but, there is a general non-acceptance of their proffered…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →From Cattle to Poultry. Department's Wide Interests
The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture is interested in every kind of live stock, from cattle to poultry, from horses to goats. In the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sheep-fly Pest. Successful Bait Mixture
The work of the sheep-fly Investigation committee so far seems to point to the fact that amelioration of the conditions caused by the pest must be looked for…
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