The Ways of the Wheat Pool. a Country Storekeeper's Experience
The Blackheath correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald" forwards the following story concerning the ways of the wheat pool:—…
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Wheat Elevators. the Matter of Plans. Further Explanation by Premier
Yesterday Mr. Holman made a further explanation in regard to the preliminary matters connected with the letting of the contract for the construction of grain elevators throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homebush Sales Good Prices FOR Good Stock Strong Demand for Light Sheep
There were 15,085 sheep, including lambs, on offer for sale at the Homebush yards, yesterday (Thursday). The yarding was made up of all descriptions, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Making Superphosphate. Shirley's Scientific Methods. Extreme Care.—minute Exactness. Things the Farmer Ought to Know
There is a lonely little spot in the central portion of the great Pacific Ocean where while men never go for pleasure, and about which few white…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying. Grading Cheese for Export
Large quantities of cheese are now being graded by the Department of Agriculture for export to the British Government. The work is being carried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hall on Crops
T.J.R. asks:—(1) Do small hailstones damage a standing wheat crop, falling on it after the straw is moistened by a previous rain shower? (2) Would not hailstones…
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Coonamble.—The harvest being practically over, some idea can be formed of the losses sustained by the farmers on the western plains by rain and high…
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Finley.—Harvesting operations are now nearly completed, and the yield has been highly satisfactory. The average for the district will be fully 20…
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The Rock.—The season has been a particularly severe one on growing crops in this district. Hail and wind damaged very many otherwise good crops. This…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cultivation. the Potato Crop
Provided the land in kept well cultivated during the next two or three months, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in practically all districts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sporting. The Turf. Warwick Farm Races
There was only a moderate attendance at the Farm last Saturday. The fields were good, and favourites won, punters getting the best of the deal. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woodland's Farm
The Minister for Agriculture denied the suggestion that the Government had abandoned the Woodlands farm because it had met with failure. The fact was,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint Problems of Price-Fixing WHEN 18 It Just and When Unjust? the Farmers' Standpoint
Ought the farmers to receive the full market price for their products in wartime, as they have every moral right to do in times of peace? The average…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Season Reports. Crop Conditions and Prospects
Wheat is being delivered very freely to the Lockhart railway station During the past week over [?] bags passed over the weighbridge, and up to Thursday about [?] bags of new wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flocks and Herds-breeding and Feeding. the Dairy Industry Irrigation for Big Profits Settler Averages £2 Per Cow Per Month
The "Irrigation Record" furnishes particulars to show the possibilities of dairying at Yanco (N.S.W.), Particulars of the returns of one settler, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Factory Reports. [?] District
The balance-sheet of the Hastings District Dairy Company shows a love for the half-year ending December 31st, 19[?], of [?] Wingham,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The "Hands" that Stayed the Inducements Offered by the Farmer. Does It Pay to Be Liberal?
"Some land-owners find that by employing married men and making the living conditions congenial for them and their families, better and lengthier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Back to the Land Every Man Working a Farmlet Warragamba Weir and the City Railway
Mr. Herbert J. Rumsey dreams a dream about how to turn the people of Sydney into rural workers, with no greengrocery bill to pay:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying for Soldiers
Mr. C. Sutherland Thompson, who was formerly: Government Dairy Expert in Queensland, and who haas acted as the commercial representative in London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers' Interests. Question of N.B.W. State Polloy
The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) met the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in conference on Wednesday for tho purpose…
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