"Keep The Wheat Dry" British Representatives Arrive
Professor 11. Maxwell Lefroy, who occupies the chair of Entomology at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London and formerly…
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Mersey Salvage Case. a Wheat Steamer from Australia
Mr. Justice Hill, I nthe English Admiralty Court, on Nov. 16, heard an action for salvage remuneration brought by the owners of the steam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Need of Steamers. Shipping Wheat and Meat to London
Cable advices state that the Postmaster-General (Mr. Albert Illingworth), in the course of a speech on the war situation, declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's Wheat British Scientist After the Weevil. Entomolocical Research
There arrived in Sydney last week Professor H. Maxwell-Lefroy, M.A.F.E.S., F.Z.S. and Mr. R. A. Love, representatives of the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Louse and The Tick Warning to Stockowners an Important Provision
Mr. S. T. D. Symons, Chief Inspector of Stock, has issued the following circular to the P.P. Boards:— "As you are aware the infestation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Tick in Queensland the Advisory Board's New Powers. Stock From the Territory
The Advisory Tick Board, appointed in Queensland some time ago to deal with the tick pest, has been given executive powers, Several meetings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat in the Pig Ration Experiments with Damaged Grain. Methods of Cleansing
In view of the enormous quantities of damaged wheat in the Commonwealth, experiments have been conducted at the Hawkesbury (N.S.W.) Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flocks and Herds—breeding and Feeding. Stock Parasites Ringworm on Cattle Various Effective Remedial Treatments
Though cattle in poor condition are more prone than well-fed stock to suffer from skin maladies these disorders are readily communicable from one [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Experiment Plots Helpful Tests in Northern N.S.W. Some New Varieties
The inspector of agriculture for the north and north-west sections of New South Wales (Mr. M'Dlarmid) has prepared the following report on Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Rubber Crop
Advice has been received from the Standard Rubber Company (of Sclangor), Limited, "Sydney" Estate Kajang, Federated Malay States that the rubber crop for the month of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Share-Farming Conditions Said to Be a Blot on Rural Life. a Sufferer's Story
Mr. H. M. Somer, secretary of the N.S.W. Royal Agricultural Society, in directing attention to the conditions in which share-farmers are existing—they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Latest War Cables "Farmer and Settler" [?] Tuesday, Noon
FRANCE.—A number of enemy officer and men, with white flag attempted to [?] with the [?] The French soldiers Bred on them, killing and wounding several men. GREAT BRITAIN.—The postmaster, General (Mr. Albert [?]worth) in the course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Vote No, or Be Burnt Out." Coercing the Farmers in Victoria
On the Green [?] and Mia Min roads (Vic.) leading into Newstend for a distance of some miles, on most of the bridges and on some fences the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Season Reports. Crop Conditions and Prospects
W[?] the-best dew days stripping will be general throughout the Temore district, Opinions are divided as to the estimate of the majority consider that it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suffolk Horses Popular. English Farmer Breeding More
A strong demand has arisen in England for the clear-legged Suffolk: and farmers are eagerly buying Suffolk mares and fillies for breeding purposes. At a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mules for Farm Work. The N.S.W. Stud at Yanco
The N.S.W. Undersecretary for Agriculture (Mr.Voider), in his review of the year's work of the department, stated that the use of mules for farming purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Practical Forestry Stripping the Wattle a By-product for Careful Farmers
At a recent farmers' meeting in South Australia a paper was read upon the subject of the stripping and preparation of wattle bark for market. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Profitable Dairying Victorian Irrigation Area Experience. Small Herd, Big Profits."
The returns from dairying and, pig raising in the irrigation districts of Victoria are regarded by the Water Commission as justifying us advocacy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Dairy Cheddar Cheese-Making Lactic Acid Cultures As Starters
There is no innovation in the treatment of milk for cheese-making (says the "Weekly Notes," issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture), that has been so far-reaching, and, when properly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Factory Reports, [?]
The half-yearly reports and balance-sheet of the A.B.C. Dairy Factory Company, Ltd., T[?] states that [?] of milk was treated at the factory from March [?] to September 11th, This…
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