The Blackberry Crop. Good Prospects in Illawarra
Provision is being made by blackberry contractors in the BUlll (N.S.W.) district to gather blackberries, of which there promises to be a good crop this season…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1918
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Current Sport Kenilera Wins at Warwick Farm. Small Fields and Poor Racing
Despite a counter attraction on a [?] course near the city there was a good attendance at Warwick Farm (Sydney) races on Saturday afternoon last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surplus Fruit Leeton's Great Peach Crop Shepparton Cannery and Cool Stores
A fruit-canning factory has been erected at Shepparton (Vic), under the supervision of the Public Works Department. This is regarded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman's World Women's Work Back to the Land Suitable Attire for Garden and Farm
At the present time the woman farmer, the woman gardener, and all that are engaged in any form of work on the land are very important persons; and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disease in Crops Prevalence and Protection
In the course of his report on the crops in the second Held wheat competition. Mr. H. C. Stening, Inspector of Agriculture, says :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Field Crop Competition Judge's Report
D. and J. Gagie, West Wyalong, 146 1/2 points, 1. A. Wilson, Old Junee, 142 points, 2. E. Field, Marrar, 140 points. 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying
BATHURST.—During last month the Bathurst Co-operative Dairying Company, Ltd., manufactured 18,948lb of choicest butter. Suppliers were paid 1/2 per lb, plus 2½ per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Farmers' Co-operative
The report of the above society for the half-year ended September 30 states that notwithstanding the unprecedented shrinkage in butter production, and the industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Produce. Dairy. Egg Market Firmer
The market for all classes of hen eggs was much firmer yesterday. Surplus stocks of "new-laid" which were on hand at the close of last week had been placed in cold stores,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Classing Farmers' Clips
A Brisbane report, states that the wool-sorting operations of tho Deportment of Agriculture are evidence of tho fact that small farmers are going in for sheep-rearing in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Farmers' Troubles
The wheat farmers of New South Wales have not had rosy, times during the past four years. The 1914-15 harvest was almost a failure owing to a drought. For the season of 1915-16 they…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wheat and Weeds. What the Farmer Has to Endure
The new season's wheat is being garnered over pretty well the whole of the southern districts, and farmers are beginning to find out what the yield Is likely to be. The weather has steadied…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →North-west Wheat Tests
The season has been unfavorable to tho wheat- grower in parts of the north-west, as indicated by the results of farmers' experiment plots at Wee Wan and Bellata. At the former,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the Land. Stock or Wheat
The issue raised in these columns yesterday regarding the advisability of encouraging stockraising rather than wheat-growing, In the immediate future has aroused…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Soil. the New Wheat Pool. Agents' Agreement
The agreement between the New South Wales Wheat Board and the eight Government agents' for the handling of the wheat in the 1917-18 pool has been finalised, and now awaits the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cows and the Dairy. What the Farmer Should Remember
In a year a 1000 pound cow Will consume about two tons of hay, and one of feed, besides pasture. A cow requires about eight gallons of water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Season's Wheat. Arranging for Payment Three-shilling Instalment
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) stated yesterday that the agreement that had been made with the agents for the handling of this season's wheat would mean a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Season's Wheat Advance to be Authorised MELBOURNE
Mr. Oman, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, stated this morning that as soon as Federal politics became more settled an advance of 3s a bushel on the new season's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral—For the Man on the Land. Condition of the Country. DALLIMORE
Harvesting is now in full swing. On the Jones' Creek side of the district stripping is going on apace. Mr. Nolan has finished his 380 acres with very good results, exceeding his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Farm Results Indian King and Kenilera Win the Double
There were no special happenings at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Horses, bookmakers and backers were much the same as at any other suburban meeting, and, while some of the…
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