Crop Reports
Ardlethan.—During the past ten days exceptionally fine weather has prevailed, and stripping is being vigorously pushed forward. Splendid crops of hay and…
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Barley in New South Wales. a Neglected Crop
At a meeting of the section in agriculture of the Royal Society, Mr. L'Estrange called attention to the importance of the barley crop from a…
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Casino Land District, 1836 acres, in four blocks, from 444 acres 2 roods to 474 acres 2 roods, being portions 72, 73, 86 and 87, parish of Camira, county of Richmond, 32…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →POULTRY Starting a Poultry Farm
Poultry, writes:—I am about to start a poultry farm and intend to keep White Leghorn fowls. Could you please tell me where I could procure young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Agricultural Outlook. Many Farmers Short their Areas. General Dissatisfaction with Departmental Administration. Growers Want to Have a Say Through Their Own Representative
Considerable unrest prevails in the farming industry throughout the Commonwealth. It is even suggested that next year's [?]rop of wheat may be…
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Farm No, 4, comprising portion 44 of 1128 acres (about); distant from Cargellico about 25 miles, Wyalong about 52 miles. Improvements—fencing, scrubbing, and…
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It has been pointed out that lime nearly always has a beneficial effect upon soils. At the same time it is possible to use lime in such excessive…
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A [?] will be on the [?] The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Female Farmers. Pitt Town Experiment. Minister for Labor Dubious
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint The National Party the Friends or Foes of the Farmers? a Waiting Policy
The mind of the rural world is not fully made up with regard to the new political combination in New South Wales known as the National Government and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Training for Anzacs. Good News for Returned Men
Do our returned soldiers know that they can have form training free? In the annual review of the N.S.W. Minster for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlement as a State Policy the Wisdom of Cultivating the Farming Ambition Among the Returned Men. a Minister for Ingpiration Required
In the last issue of the "Farmer and Setter" Uncle Wiseman urged that the results thus far achieved in soldier settlement were so inadequate as to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daylight Saving as an Economical Reform. Earlier Rising and Longer Life for the People of the Cities. the Farmers Not Affected
Advancing the clock and [?] ought not to suggest stopping the clock, [?] conservative politicians in the Parliament of New South Wales recently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farm Horse State Breeding in N.S.W. the Clydesdale Said to Be Deteriorating
"The Clydesdales in this State, for some years past, have shown marked signs of deterioration" (writes the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture, Mr. [?],…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy Industry The State and the Dairyman Mr. Crahame As a Public Benefactor
The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. G[?]) claims to have done a great service to the dairying industry of the State by the passing, during 1916, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bega Farmer Drowned. In a well on the Town Common
John Pearce, a well known farmer of Be[?] (N.S.W.), was found drowned in a well on the town common. A widow and family survive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coat Breeding. a Nyngan Farm Activity
It may not be generally known that the N.S.W. Government it experimenting with [?] breeding. The Minister for .Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) knowing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poultry on the Farm State Encouragement in Queensland. Raising Utility Birds
A deputation representing the [?] men of Queensland wa[?] upon the Queensland, Minister for Agriculture (Mr.Lennon) on Thursday of last week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. Crop Improvement The Breeding of Grasses Government Experiments in N.S.W.
A summary prepared by the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) gives timely information concerning the work of the department in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cotton Growing Closer Settlement Industry a Profitable Crop for Small [?]
The recent articles in the "Farmer and Settler" on the subject of cotton growing in Australia have aroused considerable interest and turned the thoughts of…
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